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Finola Dwyer

Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Finola Dwyer Shopping Brooklyn TV Spinoff

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
October / November 2016

October 1, 2016 by Leave a Comment

Meanwhile, Colm Tóibín’s Brooklyn will likely have a second life on the small screen. Finola Dwyer – the New Zealand-born producer who guided Brooklyn to the big screen – has confirmed that she is in talks with the BBC to spin off various characters from Brooklyn as the basis for a television drama. The show would “revolve around the boarding house for young women run in the … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Finola Dwyer Shopping Brooklyn TV Spinoff

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