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New Animation Community Website announced by Brown Bag Films |
| 05 Feb 2014 | Brown Bag Films has launched a community-focused website, Brown Bag LABS, which gives unprecedented access to the animation studio. Features of LABS include behind-the-scenes insights, in-depth tutorials, reviews, industry analysis and the chance to watch shows and projects that are still in development. |
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RTÉ in search of Entertaining, Engaging Formats for Lifestyle |
| 05 Feb 2014 | A 4-part Factual Entertainment series and other formats are required for RTÉ One and Two. There are a small number of slots available in 2014 but RTÉ is also hoping to find series to develop and produce for early 2015. |
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‘All is By My Side’ to Premiere at SXSW |
| 04 Feb 2014 | The US premiere of the biopic of Jimi Hendrix, entitled ‘All is By My Side’, will take place at the upcoming South by South West Festival in Texas (taking place March 7-16). The film was previously shown at the Toronto International Film Festival. |
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Casting Call for TG4 series ‘Ó Tholg go Tolg’ |
| 04 Feb 2014 | The producers of the hit TV travel show ‘Ó Tholg go Tolg’, or ‘From Couch to Couch’, are looking for two new stars who will travel around Europe this summer for the third series of the show. |
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Thaddeus O’Sullivan to direct ‘The Secret Scripture’ |
| 04 Feb 2014 | One of Ireland’s leading filmmakers Thaddeus O’Sullivan is set to direct an adaption of the award-winning novel ‘The Secret Scripture’. |
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Irish Actors sail for Nick Jr’s ‘Driftwood Bay’ |
| 04 Feb 2014 | Richard Dormer (‘GOT’, ‘Good Vibrations’), Ardal O’ Hanlon (‘Father Ted’, ‘London Irish’) and newcomer Orlagh O’ Keefe from Belfast are confirmed key members of the all-star cast for new Nick Jr. series ‘Driftwood Bay’. Stephen Fry, Peter Mullan, Tameka Empson, Jane Horrocks and Annette Crosbie will also lend their voices to the pre-school animated series. |
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Irish Production Activity Heats Up |
| 03 Feb 2014 | ‘Traders’ and ‘The Spider’s Trap’ Join ‘Glassland’ in Production in and around Dublin. |
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Neeson to star in Scorsese’s ‘Silence’ |
| 03 Feb 2014 | Shusaku Endo’s acclaimed novel ‘Silence’ is set to hit the big screen with Martin Scorsese in the director’s chair. |
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Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz to star in Irish-Greek Co-Production ‘The Lobster’ |
| 03 Feb 2014 | Dublin-born Colin Farrell and English rose Rachel Weisz will lead the cast in ‘The Lobster’, a Greek-Irish co-production directed by Giorgos Lanthimos. Also included in the cast are Ben Whishaw, Jason Clarke, Olivia Coleman, Léa Seydoux, Ariane Labed and Angeliki Papoulia while other roles are yet to be confirmed. |
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World Premiere of Terry McMahon’s ‘Patrick’s Day’ at SXSW |
| 31 Jan 2014 | Terry McMahon’s feature film ‘Patrick’s Day’ has officially been selected to have its world premiere at the prestigious South by Southwest (SXSW) Festival in Texas, which takes place between March 7th and 16th 2014. |
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Sky Customers Get Connected in Ireland |
| 31 Jan 2014 | Sky has revealed that more than 3000 Irish customers a week are connecting their Sky+HD boxes to broadband to access Ireland’s biggest Catch Up TV service and hundreds of movies on demand. |
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‘Lean On Me’ – starring Paddy C. Courtney & Joe Rooney |
| 31 Jan 2014 | ‘Lean On Me’ is a two minute short starring Paddy C. Courtney (Shameless), Joe Rooney (Father Ted) and directed by Gavin Butler. |
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Cillian Murphy returns to BBC’s ‘Peaky Blinders’ |
| 31 Jan 2014 | BBC Two crime TV series ‘Peaky Blinders’ has been confirmed for a second series with Cillian Murphy returning in the lead role as Thomas Shelby. Helen McCrory (‘Harry Potter’), who played Aunt Polly, will also reprise her role while new characters and cast are yet to be announced. |
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Partnership Announced between Tyrell Group and iStreamPlanet |
| 31 Jan 2014 | Tyrell leads the way in technology solutions, providing for broadcast, production, post-production and education sectors in Ireland and the UK. IStreamPlanet plays a vital role in its simplification of live video streaming to multiple screens. |
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Three Irish Titles to screen at Berlin |
| 30 Jan 2014 | ‘Calvary’, ‘The Food Guide to Love’ and ‘Last Hijack’ will be screened while other Irish films will be selling at the EFM. |
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Piranha Bar Animation to Feature in Berlin Film Festival |
| 30 Jan 2014 | The Berlin Film Festival, which takes place between the 6th and 16th of February 2014, has announced that the ‘Last Hijack’ will launch the Panorama Documentary section at this year’s festival. |
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New Feature Film ‘Trampoline’ Secures Theatrical Release |
| 30 Jan 2014 | 'Trampoline', a new Irish independent feature film, will open at the Ormond Cineplex Nenagh for a week beginning Friday February 21st. |
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2014 looking bright for HOUSE Post Production |
| 30 Jan 2014 | HOUSE Post Production is located in Stephen’s Place, Dublin 2 |
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Sheila Pratschke – New Arts Council Chairperson |
| 29 Jan 2014 | Sheila Pratschke has been announced as the new chairperson designate of the Arts Council. The announcement was made by the Minister for the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Jimmy Deenihan. |
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Robert Sheehan Cast as Mark Anthony in upcoming ‘Caesar’ film |
| 29 Jan 2014 | The Portlaoise 26 year old actor is best known in Ireland for playing Darren in the first three seasons of RTÉ hit drama series, ‘Love/Hate’. Though his character was shot down at the end of the third season, his international career has continued to steadily rise since. |
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