Following Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for her star turn in Loving, Ruth Negga is beginning to rub elbows with A-list stars. The Ethiopian-born, Irish-raised actress will appear alongside Brad Pitt, Donald Sutherland, and Tommy Lee Jones in the sci-fi epic Ad Astra, due out next year. The film will be written and directed by James Gray, best known for gritty urban … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood:
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O’Dowd Trades Laughter for Tears
Roscommon native Chris O’Dowd is moving beyond his comedy roots. April saw the release (in select theaters and also streaming on-demand) of Love After Love, a drama about a family dealing with a terrible loss. O’Dowd plays Nicholas, whose father’s death shatters not only his own life but that of his mother (Andie MacDowell) and brother (James Adomian). As Nicholas struggles to … [Read more...] about O’Dowd Trades Laughter for Tears
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The Delinquent Season Lines Up Big Irish Talent
There’s lots of Irish talent in front of the camera and behind it in the forthcoming dark, domestic drama The Delinquent Season.
Cillian Murphy teams up again with Irish writer and director Mark O’Rowe for this film, which revolves around two Dublin couples. On the surface, these lovers seem to have everything they could want. But things very much go awry at dinner one night, … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood:
The Delinquent Season Lines Up Big Irish Talent
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Jonathan Rhys Meyers is John Doe
Jonathan Rhys Meyers is going “hardcore.” Which means the Dublin star of TV shows like The Tudors and movies such as Stonewall is teaming up with one of the filmmakers behind the controversial 2015 film Hardcore Henry. That film earned much attention (not all of it positive) for being shot almost entirely from a first-person point of view, making it appear as much like a video … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood:
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New, recent, and noteworthy Irish shows streaming on various services.
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The Irishman in the Mist
Details about Martin Scorsese’s next project The Irishman remain sketchy, but most reports suggest the film will be released next year. And, while it might show up in a limited number of theaters, most people are likely to see it on Netflix, which has prompted the old-school … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood:
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