| PRODUCTION | Boulder & Disney Team for 'Randy Cunningham: Ninth Grade Ninja', 50 Jobs Created | |
Disney EMEA today announced that it has started production in Ireland, on a new action-packed animated comedy, 'Randy Cunningham: Ninth Grade Ninja', with BAFTA and Emmy winning Irish animation house Boulder Media (The Amazing World of Gumball) enlisted to handle the series from animation through to post-production.
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| INTERVIEW | Rebecca Daly on 'The Other Side of Sleep', in Cinemas 16 March | |
Rebecca Daly entered the Irish film world with her acclaimed short film 'Joyriders', winning both the IFTA Best Short Film and the Short Film Award at the Galway Film Fleadh, and her successive short film 'Hum' was chosen as a finalist for the Berlin Today Award in 2010. Today - she is the first Irish female Director to be selected for inclusion in the Cannes Film Festival Directors Fortnight and is enjoying the success of her debut feature film - 'The Other Side of Sleep',
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| PRODUCTION | Kealan O'Rourke to Write/Direct 'Bolivar' for Warner Bros. | |
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| FESTIVALS | 'This Must Be The Place' To Open Fingal Film Festival | |
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| CASTING | Amy Huberman Enters NBC's 'Animal Kingdom' | |
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| FESTIVALS | Irish Films Screening at Tribeca Film Festival | |
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| CASTING | Ruth Bradley Cast in ABC's 'Beauty and the Beast' |
| IFTA winning Irish actress Ruth Bradley (Primeval, Stardust) will star in the pilot for ABC's anticipated drama 'Beauty and the Beast'. The actress has been cast in the lead role alongside Scottish singer/actor Darius Campbell (Pop Idol) and 'Letters to Juliet' star Chris Egan. more |
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| DISTRIBUTION | 'Stella Days' Opens in Irish Cinemas This Week |
| Irish feature film 'Stella Days', the latest from 'Into the Storm' award winning director Thaddeus O'Sullivan, will be distributed by Eclipse Pictures across cinemas nationwide from today. more |
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| BROADCASAT | Abu Media's Series Three of 'Garraí Glas' on TG4 |
| Abu Media's 'Garrai Glas' returns to TG4 on Tursday 13th March. The 13-parter is directed by Paula Kehoe, and produced by Bríd Seoighe, Eileen Seoighe & James Ryan of Abu. more |
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IFC Midnight Secures 'Grabbers' North & Latin American Rights |
| IFC Midnight has acquired the North American and Latin America rights to Jon Wright's feature film 'Grabbers'. more |
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| AWARDS | Prodijig Win 'Got To Dance' Title - Final Performance |
| Irish dance crew Prodijig were last night crowned winners of the Sky 1 series 'Got To Dance'. In a nail biting finish, the Irish troupe battled Tayleur and Elliot and Fear of the Unknown in the final dance showdown to win the £250,000 grand prize. more |
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| TRAINING | Pulse College Open Days, with Bressie & Linda McQuaid |
| Pulse College Open Days (Friday, Saturday 9/10th March) are open the anyone interested in a career in Audio, Film or Games Development. Speakers include ex-The Blizzards' Bressie (The Voice), Screentime ShinaWil's Linda McQuaid (The Apprentice, Masterchef), and Andrew O'Connor from indie games developer Batcat Games. more |
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| BROADCAST | 'What does being Irish mean to you?' RTÉ Finds out… |
| On St Patrick's Day 2012 RTÉ Television will broadcast its first ever user-generated documentary 'How to Be Irish'. The programme will be made entirely of clips sent in by viewers talking about, or otherwise illustrating, what being Irish means to them. more |
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| FESTIVALS | Screen Cinema Celebrates Irish Shorts |
| Celebrating 'The Shore's win a the recent Academy Awards, Dublin's Screen Cinema has programmed a feature length screening of selected award winning Irish short films - offering Irish audiences a rare opportunity to enjoy these productions on the big screen. more |
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| BROADCAST | 'The Simpsons' Meets 'Game of Thrones' in Series Intro |
| Last Sunday FOX's 'The Simpsons' in the US opened with a fantastic intro a-la 'Game of Thrones'. Since the GOT series is filmed on location in Ireland we've posted it for your viewing pleasure. more |
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| DIGITAL | UTV Acquires Simply Zesty |
| UTV Media has announced the acquisition of social media agency Simply Zesty - for an initial consideration of £1.7million up to a deferred final consideration of approximately £5million, depending upon future trading performance. more |
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| FINANCE | TV3 Inks Sponsorship Deal with Chill Insurance |
| TV3 has announced a major six figure deal with Chill Insurance for sponsorship of 'Weather on TV3'. The multi-platform deal, unveiled yesterday, includes broadcast sponsorship of all TV3 weather bulletins across Ireland AM, Midday, News at 5.30 and Tonight with Vincent Browne; sponsorship of the weather page on tv3.ie and TV3's weather App; and several activation pieces across the duration of the deal. more |
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| Saturday 10th March 14:00 - Live Six Nations Rugby - RTÉ Two 17:00 - Take Me Out Ireland - TV3 17:00 - Final Score Northern Ireland - BBC Two 17:55 - Pop 4 - TG4 19:15 - Fear an Phoist Arís - TG4 19:30 - Premier Soccer Saturday - RTÉ Two 20:15 - The Right Honourable Pat Jimmy Den Rua MP - TG4 20:25 - Winning Streak - RTÉ One 21:00 - Alan Hughes' Celebrity Family Fortunes - TV3 21:00 - Aistir Mharfacha - TG4 21:30 - Rásaí na Gaillimhe 2 - TG4 21:55 - The Saturday Night Show - RTÉ One
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17.55 - Ponc@na Movies - TG4 18.25 - Aifric - TG4 19.00 - The Zoo - RTÉ One 19.30 - Comhrá - TG4 19.30 - Ireland's Animal A&E: On the Road - TV3 20.00 - Bóithre Iarainn - TG4 20.00 - Fair City - RTÉ One 20.30 - Neven Maguire: Home Chef - RTÉ One 20.30 - Ros na Rún - TG4 21.00 - Ireland's Crime Capitals - TV3 21.30 - Don't Tell the Bride - RTÉ Two 21.35 - Prime Time - RTÉ One 22.00 - Boozed Up Abroad - TG4 22.00 - CÉ a Chónaigh i mo Theachsa - TG4 22.30 - Éalú - TG4 22.35 - Craig Doyle Live - RTÉ Two 23.00 - ForscÉal - TG4 23:10 - The Works - RTÉ One Friday 16th March 18.45 - Ponc - Sos Ceoil - TG4 19.00 - Nationwide - RTÉ One 19:00 - Airtricity League Live - RTÉ Two 19.30 - GAA Seó Speisialta - TG4 19.30 - Transatlantic Sessions - RTÉ One 20.30 - On the Street Where You Live - RTÉ One 21.00 - Take Me Out Ireland - TV3 21.35 - The Late Late Show - RTÉ One 22.00 - Tallafornia - TV3 22:15 - Geantraí - TG4 23:50 - Racing from Cheltenham - RTÉ Two |
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