| PRODUCTION | 'MILO' Shoot Begins in Dublin, Berend & Roel Boorsma Directing | |
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| INDUSTRY | Eddie Doyle Is New Commissioning Editor for RTÉ Two | |
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| PRODUCTION | Richard Dormer, Steve Coogan & Robert Sheehan Join 'Good Vibrations' | |
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| PRE-PRODUCTION | Neil Jordan Preps Vampire Pic 'Byzantium', Saoirse Ronan & Gemma Arterton Star | |
Director Neil Jordan is currently in prep with 'Byzantium', a new vampire film that is to star Saoirse Ronan (Hanna) and Gemma Arterton (Tamara Drewe). The feature will reunite Jordan with previous collaborators, Stephen Woolley and Alan Moloney who are set to produce the film which will shoot in October.
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| PRODUCTION | 'Wayfaring Strangers' Eyes August Shoot - Murphy, Gambon & Sheehan On Board | |
Cillian Murphy (The Dark Knight) remains attached to Treasure Entertainment's WWII thriller, 'Wayfaring Strangers' which will start shooting in mid August on locations including Burgundy in France. 'Killing Bono's Robert Sheehan is also attached to the project which is written by and is to be directed by Irish filmmaker Stephen Bradley (Boy Eats Girl).
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| ACTORS | Martin McDonagh Helms 'Seven Psychopaths', Colin Farrell among all-star cast | |
Sam Rockwell, Mickey Rourke, Christopher Walken and Colin Farrell have been cast in 'In Bruges' Irish writer/director Martin McDonagh's latest feature 'Seven Psychopaths'.
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- Marche du Film, Cannes Film Festival: 11th - 22nd May
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- Screenwriting Course at Pulse College |
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- Pirates of the Carribbean: On Stranger Tides 3D (Walt Disney Pictures) |
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- Cork Film Centre - Cork Screen Commissioner |
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| DEVELOPMENT| Ruairi Robinson to Direct 'The Fallen' for Lionsgate |
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| Irish director Ruairi Robinson (Silent City, Blinky) is set to direct new contemporary sci-fi adventure 'The Fallen'. The futuristic pic follows a Special Ops team sent into the wilderness to find and neutralise an Alien ship that has crash landed on Earth and created a 400 mile electronic dead-zone..more | |
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| PRE-PRODUCTION | beActive Prep 'Yes I Can' For Setanta Sports. |
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| Irish production company, beActive is currently in pre-production with 'Yes I Can', a new 4 part series examining the lives of four disabled people as they undertake extreme sports. Commissioned by Setanta Sports' Tony Whelan, the series will shoot around Ireland and will be presented by blind adventurer Mark Pollock.more | |
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| AWARDS | 'One Hundred Mornings', 'Love/Hate' & 'The Crush' Take ZeBBie Prizes |
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| The winners of the Irish Playwrights & Screenwriters Guild's ZeBBies 2011 were revealed at Dublin's Sugar Club on Thursday, 12 May 2011.more | |
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| DIGITAL | Report Finds 66% of Analogue Households Unaware of DTT Switch |
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| Monday, April 16th saw Communications Minister, Pat Rabbitte publish a Report on TV viewing methods in Ireland. The report is the result of a survey of 1,100 households and one key finding was that 66% of households were unaware of the upcoming analogue switchover. more | |
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| FESTIVALS | 'My Brothers' & 'The Guard' Join Edinburgh Film Festival Lineup |
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| 'My Brothers' and 'The Guard', the directorial debuts from Paul Fraser and John Michael McDonagh respectively, have been added to the list of Irish films set to screen at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival (15 - 26 June). more | |
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| DISTRIBUTION | Ripple World's 'Parked' & 'Retreat' Seal International Distribution Deals |
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| Ripple World Pictures have returned victorious from Cannes with distribution deals inked for both the IFTA nominated film 'Parked' and their new feature, 'Retreat'. Sony will distribute 'Retreat' in North America more | |
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| FESTIVALS | Guth Gafa Documentary Festival Adds Top Industry Experts to Line-up |
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| In an updated list of highlights, industry experts from Sundance Documentary Fund, Tribeca Film Institute and Hot Docs Forum amongst others are to be joined by filmmakers from the US and Canada, whose films are screening at this year's Guth Gafa International Documentary Festival. more | |
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| BROADCAST |Jedward Draw Record Irish Audience for Eurovision 2011 |
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| Jedward mania resulted in last Saturday's Eurovision Song Contest achieving its highest Irish audience figure in 15 years. The three and a half hour final of the competition, which was broadcast live on RTÉ One, was watched in its entirety by an average of 1,174,300 Irish viewers, the highest viewing figure since the 1997 Contest. more | |
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| BROADCAST | Mark O'Rowe Adapts BBC's 'Broken', Cillain Murphy to Star |
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| Cillian Murphy (Perrier's Bounty) is set to head up the cast of new BBC Films feature, 'Broken' which is to start shooting at the end of this year in the UK. The film, adapted by Mark O'Rowe (Intermission, Perrier's Bounty) from Daniel Clay's novel of the same name about three English families whose lives simultaneously unravel. more | |
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| SHORTS | New Funding For Short Films on Temple Bar as TBCT Comp Launched | |
| Filmbase and Temple Bar Cultural Trust (TBCT) are to fund three short films inspired by the title of TBCT's summer festival, 'Made in Temple Bar'. Selected filmmakers will be offered a package including €1,000 in cash, along with access to filmmaking equipment and production facilities. more | |
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| FESTIVALS | Galway Film Fair Deadline Extended | |
| The deadline for applications to attend the Galway Film Fair has been extended until Friday, May 13th. The Galway Film Fair will take place from the 7th to the 9th of July during the Galway Film Fleadh which runs from the 5th to the 10th of July. more | |
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| ACTORS | Andrew Niccol Directing Saoirse Ronan in 'The Host' | |
| Irish actress Saoirse Ronan will lead the cast for the screen adaptation of 'The Host', the latest from 'Twilight' writer Stephanie Meyer. Writer Andrew Niccol (The Truman Show) has been announced to direct. more | |
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| AWARDS | 'The Pipe' Wins Circom Grand Prix, Three Honours for TG4 | |
| Risteárd Ó Domhnaill and Rachel Lysaght's Shell to Sea feature documentary, 'The Pipe' has been awarded the Grand Prix at Circom, an awards ceremony hosted by the network of regional European broadcasters. more | |
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| - Warrior Films Post Skateboarding Documentary 'Hill Street' - Donal Gilligan Tribute at IFI - UTV Enjoys 3% Revenue Increase - Sky Strikes Dublin Super Cup Deal with FAI - Emmet J Scanlan Wins at Soap Awards | |
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