TV3 want to commission their first-ever soap opera and are inviting Irish and UK production companies to pitch ideas, via a formal tendering process which will be launched next month.
Sligo director Dearbhla Walsh – winner of an Emmy for ‘Little Dorrit’ and an IFTA for ‘The Silence’ – has signed on to direct a BBC adaptation of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s book ‘Esio Trot’, starring Judi Dench and Dustin Hoffman.
The BAI is seeking public input into its future strategy for 2014-16, with an online public consultation planned for the launch of a draft strategy statement this Tuesday 27th August at 11:30am.
RTÉ today announced the appointment of John McHugh - Executive Producer of The Late Late Show since 2012 - to the position of Head of Entertainment, following an internal competition.
Eve Hewson will attend the world premiere of her romantic comedy ‘Enough Said’, starring late ‘Sopranos’ star James Gandolfini, at next month’s Toronto International Film Festival - which will also feature a screening of her film ‘Blood Ties’.
Irish actor Jason Barry - best known for playing Dano in ‘Love/Hate’ season three and Tommy in James Cameron’s ‘Titanic’ - has joined the cast of Frédéric Auburtin’s ‘F2014’ about the history of FIFA, starring Tim Roth as FIFA President Sepp Blater.
RTÉ is currently commissioning new Irish language programming for TG4 and English factual programming for RTÉ 2 - before the submissions deadline next week of 30th August.
‘The Irish Pub’, a heart-warming documentary film exploring the unique place in Irish society of pubs as places for a great chat and sense of community, is being released by Element Pictures in cinemas from 4th October.
‘Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God’ - which won the IFTA for Best Feature Documentary 2013 - has been awarded an early Emmy for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking.
