With Martin Scorsese’s Netflix epic The Irishman–about the hitman who supposedly whacked Jimmy Hoffa–slated for release next year, now comes word that Oscar-nominated tough guy Tom Hardy (Dark Knight Rises, Mad Max: Fury Road) has begun shooting a new Al Capone biopic, called Fonzo. From the streets to the bedroom, the Irish played a central role in the life of this … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood: Al Capone's Irish Gal
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Irish Eye on Hollywood: Al Capone’s Irish Gal
With Martin Scorsese’s Netflix epic The Irishman–about the hitman who supposedly whacked Jimmy Hoffa–slated for release next year, now comes word that Oscar-nominated tough guy Tom Hardy (Dark Knight Rises, Mad Max: Fury Road) has begun shooting a new Al Capone biopic, called Fonzo. From the streets to the bedroom, the Irish played a central role in the life of this … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood: Al Capone’s Irish Gal
Irish Eye on Hollywood:Brosnan in Hemingway Flick
Former 007 Pierce Brosnan is re-teaming with Goldeneye director Martin Campbell for a very different kind of movie. The duo are looking to bring Ernest Hemingway’s war novel Across the River and Into the Trees to the big screen. The novel is about a World War I veteran, Colonel Cantwell, on a hunting trip. Cantwell has serious health problems, and begins looking back on the … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood:Brosnan in Hemingway Flick
Irish Eye on Hollywood: Saoirse Takes a Turn in Little Women
It has been 150 years now since Louisa May Alcott wrote her beloved novel Little Women–and filmmakers can’t stop returning to this classic. Just as one updated version was being released this September, it was announced that Irish Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan would be teaming up again with director Greta Gerwig (they made the indie hit Lady Bird together) for yet another version … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood: Saoirse Takes a Turn in Little Women
Irish Eye on Hollywood: TV & Streaming Report
You can catch a creepy Irish horror story called The Lodgers on Netflix right now. Directed by Brian O’Malley, The Lodgers is set in 1920s Carlow, where a brother and sister live a mysterious life on their family estate. But things get decidedly scarier at night, when the house becomes possessed by some kind of supernatural force. When an Irish soldier happens upon the family, … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood: TV & Streaming Report