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Irish Eye on Hollywood: Colfer's Fiction Soon to Become a Small-Screen Reality

By Tom Deignan, Columnist
March / April 2020

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Memorial Day is going to feel more like a sequel to St. Patrick’s Day when the sci-fi fantasy flick Artemis Fowl – with loads of Irish talent in front of and behind the camera – kicks off the summer blockbuster season. Let’s start with the author of the book series on which the Harry Potter-esque film is based. That would be Wexford native Eoin Colfer, whose Fowl books have … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood: Colfer's Fiction Soon to Become a Small-Screen Reality

Irish Eye on Hollywood: March / April 2019

By Tom Deignan, Columnist
March / April 2019

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THE IRISHMAN FOR 2020? It’s time for Academy Award predictions – for 2020!  It’s never too early to look ahead and see which films Hollywood honchos are positioning as Oscar bait, to lure crowds away from their iPhone apps and Netflix accounts. The influential show biz web site IMDB.com ranks The Irishman, Martin Scorsese’s next movie (to be released by Netflix, of course), as … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood: March / April 2019

Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Kenneth Branagh Can’t Stop

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
October / November 2017

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Belfast native and Oscar winner Kenneth Branagh spent time behind the camera and in front of it during the shooting of Murder on the Orient Express, which hits theaters in November. Branagh starred and directed in this latest movie version of Agatha Christie’s classic mystery novel, featuring her beloved detective Hercules Poirot. Murder on the Orient Express tells the story of … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Kenneth Branagh Can’t Stop

Irish Eye on Hollywood: Barry Keoghan Stars in Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
August / September 2017

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With Irish stars like Kenneth Branagh and Cillian Murphy, not to mention the A-List director Christopher Nolan, it’s easy to forget that the much-hyped July war thriller Dunkirk also features the young Dublin actor Barry Keoghan – recently dubbed “Hollywood’s Next Big Thing,” by the influential magazine Hollywood Reporter. The gushing profile says: “The vulnerability Keoghan … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood: Barry Keoghan Stars in Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk

Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Christopher Nolan Rounds Up Irish for WWII Film

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
August / September 2016

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Another impressive Irish team is being assembled for Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan’s next film. Kenneth Branagh, Cillian Murphy and Dublin up-and-coming star Barry Keoghan (’71, Life’s a Breeze) will team up for a war flick called Dunkirk. Also starring Tom Hardy, Mark Rylance and One Direction’s Harry Styles (yes, you read that right), the film explores the … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Christopher Nolan Rounds Up Irish for WWII Film