Announcements // At Swim-Two-Birds
Subject: Jonathan Rhys Meyers cast in At Swim-Two-Birds
Date: August 18, 2006
Source: UTV
Notes: As usual this is a tentative announcement and should be treated as such. We're keeping our eyes peeled for additional sources.
"Byrne hopes to fulfill a plan to bring to the screen the Flann O`Brien novel At Swim-Two-Birds.
If it gets made, the film will unite Byrne with Colin Farrell, Cillian Murphy, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers as well as Brendan Gleeson, who has written the screenplay."
Byrne hopes to fulfil a plan to bring to the screen the Flann O`Brien novel At Swim-Two-Birds.
If it gets made, the film will unite Byrne with Colin Farrell, Cillian Murphy, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers as well as Brendan Gleeson, who has written the screenplay.
Director John Boorman has also expressed an interest in the project.
Speaking about the young stars, Byrne, 56, said: "They`re talented actors and the whole country is very proud of them.
"It will be the first time the older generation and the younger generation have come together to do a classic Irish novel."
The star of classics including Miller`s Crossing and The Usual Suspects was at the Edinburgh International Film Festival to promote his latest film Jindabyne, the UK premiere of which took place last night.
Directed by Australian Ray Lawrence, the film also played on the official selection at Cannes.
It is the director`s first film since the critically-acclaimed Lantana in 2002 and only his third in 21 years.
Byrne plays a weak-willed Irish ex-patriot caught up in what the actor described as a "universal" moral dilemma.
Focusing on relations between white Australians and the indigenous Aboriginal population, the film follows a group of men who find a dead girl`s body floating in a lake while on a fishing trip.
Byrne said the film was a rarity in an industry obsessed with not confusing its audience.
He added that the movie business was going through a period of political and technological "revolution".
"I do believe we are in a process of change, but we will find a new way to tell stories," he added.
"Who could have predicted silent movies 200 years ago, then talking movies, then cinemascope and all of the changes it has gone through."
Credit: JRM Fansite Message Board
Date: August 18, 2006
Source: UTV
Notes: As usual this is a tentative announcement and should be treated as such. We're keeping our eyes peeled for additional sources.
"Byrne hopes to fulfill a plan to bring to the screen the Flann O`Brien novel At Swim-Two-Birds.
If it gets made, the film will unite Byrne with Colin Farrell, Cillian Murphy, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers as well as Brendan Gleeson, who has written the screenplay."
Byrne hopes to fulfil a plan to bring to the screen the Flann O`Brien novel At Swim-Two-Birds.
If it gets made, the film will unite Byrne with Colin Farrell, Cillian Murphy, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers as well as Brendan Gleeson, who has written the screenplay.
Director John Boorman has also expressed an interest in the project.
Speaking about the young stars, Byrne, 56, said: "They`re talented actors and the whole country is very proud of them.
"It will be the first time the older generation and the younger generation have come together to do a classic Irish novel."
The star of classics including Miller`s Crossing and The Usual Suspects was at the Edinburgh International Film Festival to promote his latest film Jindabyne, the UK premiere of which took place last night.
Directed by Australian Ray Lawrence, the film also played on the official selection at Cannes.
It is the director`s first film since the critically-acclaimed Lantana in 2002 and only his third in 21 years.
Byrne plays a weak-willed Irish ex-patriot caught up in what the actor described as a "universal" moral dilemma.
Focusing on relations between white Australians and the indigenous Aboriginal population, the film follows a group of men who find a dead girl`s body floating in a lake while on a fishing trip.
Byrne said the film was a rarity in an industry obsessed with not confusing its audience.
He added that the movie business was going through a period of political and technological "revolution".
"I do believe we are in a process of change, but we will find a new way to tell stories," he added.
"Who could have predicted silent movies 200 years ago, then talking movies, then cinemascope and all of the changes it has gone through."
Credit: JRM Fansite Message Board