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Irish feature ‘Made In Belfast’ Enters Pre-Production |
| 16 May 2012 | Ciaran McMenamin (One Hundred Mornings), Owen McDonnell (Single-handed) and Stuart Graham (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) are among a strong Northern Irish cast set to star in writer/director Paul Kennedy’s debut feature film, ‘Made In Belfast.’ |
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Yann Demange To Direct Belfast-Based Thriller ‘71’ in Northern Ireland |
| 16 May 2012 | Director Yann Demange is attached to direct upcoming Belfast-based feature film '71,' which will be shot in Northern Ireland later this year. |
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Screentime ShinAwil Prepares Second Series of 'Masterchef' |
| 16 May 2012 | Screentime ShinAwil is currently in pre-production of a second series of popular television format ‘MasterChef’ for RTÉ. |
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‘Game of Thrones’ Series Three To Start Shooting In July As Extras Sought |
| 16 May 2012 | Production on a third season of ‘Game of Thrones’ is set to get underway this July in Northern Ireland with the HBO series now seeking extras to join the cast |
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TV3 Calls Time On ‘The Apprentice’ |
| 16 May 2012 | TV3 has announced that IFTA winning television format ‘The Apprentice’ will not be returning to screens this year after four successful series. |
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Keira Knightley Replaces Scarlett Johansson In John Carney’s ‘Can A Song Save Your Life?’ |
| 16 May 2012 | Keira Knightley has reportedly replaced Scarlett Johansson in Irish director John Carney’s forthcoming movie ‘Can A Song Save Your Life?’ |
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Irish Film Board To Change Funding Application Management |
| 16 May 2012 | The Irish Film Board is to restructure how it manages applications for development or production loans by replacing its current roles of two production executives and a development executive with three project managers by the beginning of next year. |
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‘Love/Hate’ Wraps Filming As Windmill Lane Begin Post-Production |
| 16 May 2012 | The third series of ‘Love/Hate’ has wrapped filming in Dublin and is now in post-production at Windmill Lane in Dublin. |
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Stephen Rea and Fionnula Flanagan To Shoot ‘Tasting Menu’ In Ireland and Spain |
| 15 May 2012 | Stephen Rea and Fionnula Flanagan are to star in award-winning Spanish director Roger Gual’s romantic ensemble comedy ‘Tasting Menu,’ which will begin shooting in Spain later this month before relocating to Ireland. |
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Irish Film Industry Set To Descend On Cannes |
| 15 May 2012 | More than 80 Irish film companies have registered their attendance with the Irish Film Board’s Irish Pavilion stand for the Cannes International Film Festival, which gets underway in France tomorrow (May 16). |
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Irish Film Board Production Executive Alan Maher Steps Down |
| 14 May 2012 | Irish Film Board production executive Alan Maher will step down from his position after six years at the IFB. |
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Irish Feature ‘Citadel’ Secures International Distribution Deal |
| 14 May 2012 | Irish feature film ‘Citadel’ has struck another international distribution deal, this time with Paris-based Films Distribution, just one month after distributors Cinedigm and New Video bought the US rights to the horror. |
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Daily Bite: Tim Hincks Appointed President of Endemol |
| 11 May 2012 | Today’s Daily Bite features news that Dutch television format giants Endemol have appointed a new president; Canadian journalists are to be charged to interview Brad Pitt and Kristen Stewart at Cannes and Film4 are to up their investment into comedy features. |
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Exclusive: Johan Renck to Direct First Three Episodes of ‘Vikings’ |
| 11 May 2012 | Swedish director Johan Renck will helm the first three episodes of ‘Vikings,’ the Irish co-produced series for The History Channel which has begun pre-production at Ashford Studios in Ballyhenry, Co Wicklow. |
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Hayley Atwell & Imogen Poots Join Andre 3000 on Jimi Hendrix Biopic |
| 11 May 2012 | English actresses Hayley Atwell (Captain America: The First Avenger) and Imogen Poots (Fright Night) have joined Outkast rapper Andre 3000 on the cast of the Jimi Hendrix biopic ‘All Is By My Side,’ which is due to begin filming in Ireland this month. |
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Set Report: New Series Of ‘Love/Hate’ Filming in Dublin |
10 May 2012 | As ‘Love/Hate’ gets set to wrap filming on its much-anticipated third season tomorrow (May 11), IFTN visits the set of the IFTA winning RTÉ series on-location in Dublin.
Look at a full gallery of images on the set of 'Love/Hate' here. |
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'A House Of Cards' Enters Post-Production After Dublin Shoot |
| 10 May 2012 | Irish short film ‘A House of Cards’ has entered post-production after a three-day shoot in Dublin. Director Jordan Ballantine (Spare Change?) is currently editing the short with cinematographer Kenneth Adams working on colour correction. Enda Roche is mixing the sound. |
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Interview: Emmett J Scanlan and Terry McMahon on bringing ‘Charlie Casanova’ To Life |
| 10 May 2012 | Shot on a budget of less than €1,000 and with a crew assembled on Facebook, writer/director Terry McMahon took the unconventional – and ultimately successful – route in order to bring his satirical thriller ‘Charlie Casanova’ to the big screen. Along with the film’s star, Emmett J Scanlan, he talks to IFTN. |
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BBC Comedy ‘Blandings’ Wraps Filming in Fermanagh |
| 09 May 2012 | ‘Little Britain’ comedian David Walliams and ‘Absolutely Fabulous’ star Jennifer Saunders wrapped filming on BBC comedy ‘Blandings’ last night at Crom Castle in Co Fermanagh. |
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Daily Bite: TV Production Behind Strong ITV Growth |
| 09 May 2012 | In today’s Daily Bite, news that production revenue is largely behind ITV’s first quarter growth; a merger that will increase China’s position as a major player in the global film industry and Ben Affleck’s return to the director’s chair. |
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