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Kilkenny roots for Cartoon Saloon and Golden Globes glory Reporter:  '); Hopes are high across Ireland that Kilkenny-based animation studio, Cartoon Saloon's latest feature, Wolfwalkers will win a Golden Globe at the ceremony which takes place later today in Hollywood. The film which is set in medieval Kilkenny is nominated for Best Motion Picture - Animation.   Speaking about the nomination, co-directors Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart said “We would like to thank the HFPA for nominating Wolfwalkers for a Golden Globe award - we are delighted that this Irish story is so well received by aud...

"I had a passion for cinema and film since I was a dot." So said Castlemagner man Will Collins, whose most recent screenplay is for 'Wolfwalkers', a film which has just been nominated for a coveted Golden Globe in the Best Animated Movie category. It's not the first such recognition for a movie for which he has written the screenplay. His previous film, 'Song of the Sea', was nominated for an Academy Award. And the son of Willie and Peggie Collins and brother to John and Pádraig is now working on the script for a new animated movie, an adaptation of a graphic novel by Ryan Andrews, This Was ...

Based on the best-selling graphic novel by Ryan Andrews, This Was Our Pact centres on a young boy named Ben and his classmates, who create a pact to prove if a legend about lanterns soaring off to the Milky Way and becoming stars is true. Encountering wondrous new sights and strange characters along the way (including Dinklage's talking bear), the group agrees to just two rules: no looks back and no one heads home. Will Collins, the screenwriter of Apple TV +'s Wolfwalkers, will write the upcoming animation, which will be brought life by Ken Duncan's Duncan Studio team. "I'm delighted to...

The animated feature film Wolfwalkers has put Castlemagner-born screenwriter Will Collins in line for a - virtual - red carpet night following the movie's nomination on the shortlist for this year's Golden Globe Awards. Now living in Donegal, Killavallig man Will is working at present on a screen adaptation of 'This Was Our Pact', an animated novel by Ryan Andrews which is getting its big screen opportunity with Peter Dinklage (Tyrion in 'Game of Thrones') as director. When contacted by The Corkman, the writer expressed delight that his work had secured the coveted nomination. "It's an abso...

This Was Our Pact: Peter Dinklage to Produce & Star in Animated Feature Adaptation This Was Our Pact: Peter Dinklage to produce & star in animated feature adaptation Duncan Studio, Peter Dinklage’s Estuary Films, and Corus Entertainment’s Nelvana are producing the animated feature This Was Our Pact, based on the bestselling and award-winning graphic novel by author Ryan Andrews. Will Collins, writer of the Golden Globes nominated Wolfwalkers for Apple TV+, and the Academy Award-nominated Song of the Sea, will adapt. Additionally, Emmy and Golden Globe winner Dinklage ( Game of Thrones...