Domhnall Gleeson fuels rumours of reunion with father Brendan Gleeson on screen

IRISH POST
By Nemesha Balasundaram on April 28, 2014



IRISH actor Domhnall Gleeson has fuelled rumours that he may star alongside his father Brendan on the big screen, once again.

“I’ve got to keep my mouth shut for the moment, but maybe some time in the next year we might get working on something, that’d be fun,” the About Time leading-man revealed.

The pair previously worked together on Calvary, in which they both performed in front of the camera, and earlier in Noreen (2010), where Domhnall wrote and directed his father in his short film about two Gardaí.

Speaking to The Irish Post on the red carpet at London’s O2 on the first day of Sundance London, where he was promoting his new film Frank alongside Michael Fassbender and director Lenny Abrahamson, the enthusiastic star spoke of potential opportunities for his family to reunite for audiences in the near future.

“We’ll figure it out, my brother Brian is a tremendous actor also, so we’re working on it, we’ll see what we can come up with,” he added.



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Michael Fassbender & Marion Cotillard Bring Shakespeare To Life With New Image From 'Macbeth'

THE PLAYLIST (INDIEWIRE)
BY KEVIN JAGERNAUTH
APRIL 28, 2014 10:05 AM



For any students out there who will face the task of reading Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in the future, cheating by watch the movie version just got a whole lot more interesting. Not that we condone not reading one of literature's greatest works, but if you do decide to take a shortcut, Justin Kurzel's cinematic take may be the one to track down.

Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard lead the way in this highly anticipated film, and the actress is already finding human tragedy and flaws in Lady Macbeth. “The depth of humanity in her – but it’s all driven away by fear and  despair. How you do things to have a better  life – but when they are against humanity, you will fail,” she told The Independent earlier this year.

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Benedict Cumberbatch to attend Krakow's Off Plus Camera Festival

POLSKIE RADIO

April 28, 2014

The British star, who brought Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's beloved detective into the 21st century, will be presenting his new short film Little Favour to a Polish audience.

Fellow Briton Mike Newell, director of such diverse movies as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and mafia classic Donnie Brasco, is on the jury of the main competition this year.

The so-called 'Making Way' contest looks to celebrate emerging international talent, and only directorial debuts or second films can be entered.

Other jurors include thrice Oscar-nominated US actress Joan Allen and 'Queen of the Indies' Parker Posey, who has played in cult movies such as Dazed and Confused, Basquiat and Best in Show. Veteran Polish actor and director Jerzy Stuhr will chair the jury

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Thorin Actor Richard Armitage Talks ‘The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies’

SCREEN RANT
Published 8 hours ago by Anthony Vieira



Director Peter Jackson’s epic prequel trilogy to his previous epic trilogy The Lord of the Rings culminates this December with the recently re-named The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. It’s been a long journey for The Hobbit - before Jackson signed on to direct, Guillermo del Toro (Pacific Rim) was originally going to make the project in two parts.

Jackson took J.R.R. Tolkien’s single volume and expanded the story and scope well beyond the main narrative, which followed the simple hobbit Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) as he was drafted by wizard Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellan) into assisting dwarf king Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) and his brethren in re-taking the Lonely Mountain from the fearsome dragon Smaug (voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch).

The previous chapters in The Hobbit saga, An Unexpected Journey and The Desolation of Smaug, surpassed Peter Jackson’s LOTR trilogy in epic spectacle, and now star Richard Armitage has hinted that the final film will include some suitably memorable moments.

As Armitage told HitFix (via CBM):

“It’s going to be quite a nostalgic event I think. It’s going to be 15 years of seeing Middle Earth on the big screen, the culmination of Peter Jackson’s life’s work. I think the ‘Battle of the Five Armies’ is something that I cannot wait to see.”

Armitage echoed this sentiment to OTRC, adding: “There’s a couple of big surprises. [...] I think it will be probably quite a cinematic event.”

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Joanne Froggart takes pictures on her phone as she films scenes for Downton Abbey season five

MAIL ON LINE
By NOLA OJOMU
PUBLISHED: 12:38 EST, 26 April 2014 | UPDATED: 08:16 EST, 27 April 2014

Her character - Anna Bates - was at the centre of one of the most shocking storylines of Downton Abbey during the last series.

And now Joanne Froggatt is back on set to films scenes for season five of the popular ITV drama.

With fans eager to see their favourite characters back on screen, all eyes will be on Anna, Lady's Maid to Lady Mary Crawley, as she and her husband John Bates move forward after the death of her attacker.

With her blonde hair hidden under a black hat, the actress also sports gloves as her character makes her way to her destination.

In between takes, Joanne kept warm in mauve puffy jacket black sheepskin boots as she took a few pictures of the set on her smartphone.



Plot details for the new series, slated for an autumn return, are being kept under wraps, but Hugh Bonneville, (Lord Grantham), Michelle Dockery (Lady Mary), Allen Leech (Tom Branson) and Daisy Lewis (Sarah Bunting) have also been filming over the past week.

Rob James-Collier, (Thomas Barrow) will make a return and show favourite, Dame Maggie Smith was also seen back in costume as her character, Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of Grantham.

New faces on the show are expected, including Richard E. Grant, who will play Simon Bricker, an art historian who is a house guest of the Crawley family.


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