John Boorman will direct the heist thriller Underground as part of a two-film pact between Dublin-based Merlin Films and Film Bridge International, which kicks off talks with buyers in Cannes this ...

Noticeably absent from Guy Ritchie's King Arthur: Legend Of the Sword last year was the character of Merlin. The plan was that Arthur's magician mentor would get his own spin-off movie in a franchise ...

EOIN Macken has seen his star soar over recent years. And after the success of BBC hit Merlin he’s set for new adventures in Netflix sci-fi show Nightflyers. Here’s more about the Irish actor. Eoin, ...

If you’re Disney and you’re looking for someone to tackle a movie about a well-known fantasy figure, it makes sense to hire a proven talent who has won an Oscar for adapting the most famous ...

Games of Thrones writer Dave Hill has signed on to pen a new film franchise based on the Merlin legend. Trade paper Variety report that Dave Hill will team up with Hanna's David Farr to work on a ...

NICK WEBB THE film company behind such hits as The Tailor of Panama, starring Pierce Brosnan, and The General, featuring Brendan Gleeson, is being investigated by the Revenue Commissioners, as the ...

NICK WEBB THE Irish Film Board has "expressed a concrete interest" in giving a production finance grant to veteran movie maker John Boorman's latest project, despite a Revenue Commissioners probe into ...

Between 2008 and 2012, BBC drama Merlin well and truly cast a spell over the nation with its tales of witchcraft and wizardry. The series was, to some extent, inspired by the 2005 revival of Doctor ...

Roger Corman of Concorde Films has teamed with Kieran Corrigan of Ireland's Merlin Films to launch a $10m drive into financing low-to-medium budget productions primarily from Europe, the partners ...

RICHARD BRAKE has been working in Hollywood for years, and has taken up the mantle of countless characters. Most of these characters have been of evildoers and naysayers, leaving Brake to sometimes to ...

We take a look at the life and career of this Irish actor EOIN Macken has seen his star soar over recent years. And after the success of BBC hit Merlin he’s set for new adventures in Netflix sci-fi ...