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Breaking film and television news, production information, interviews, features, top stories, Irish film and television industry.

Breaking film and television news, production information, interviews, features, top stories, Irish film and television industry.

23 Feb 2021 : News Desk Actor Pierce Brosnan. Tourism Ireland has teamed up with the Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) to create a new series of short videos to showcase Ireland. The first of these videos features actor Pierce Brosnan. In the video, Pierce speaks about his love for Ireland and, in particular, for Kerry and his hometown of Navan, in Co Meath. Brosnan praises Ireland, saying : “What’s not to love about Ireland? This tiny island, tha...

17 Feb 2021 : Nathan Griffin Foundation Apple TV+ has revealed that their adaptation of Foundation, Isaac Asimov’s classic sci-fi novels, which stars Jared Harris will release in autumn 2021. The news was revealed by writer David S. Goyer and producer Michael Malone when speaking with Maltese publication LovinMalta. Malta is said to features quite prominently as an external filming location in the show, while the internal aspects of the show were filmed in...

Irish content is already proving successful on streaming platforms, with titles such as The Young Offenders, Angela’s Christmas finding success on Netflix, TV shows such as Normal People reaching a huge international audience on Hulu, and, more recently, Oscar-tipped Animated Feature Wolfwalkers becoming the jewel in the crown of Apple TV+’s first slate of acquisitions. But as the VoD market continues to rapidly change and evolve, there are huge opportunities for the Irish Film & Televi...