The upcoming Galway Film Fleadh has landed a world premiere of a very local story from arguably Ireland’s most renowned producers in Element Pictures and, in Liam Neeson, one of the country’s biggest stars. “The Lost Children of Tuam,” directed by Frank Berry (“Aisha,” “Michael Inside”) and written by Rebecca Lenkiewicz (“The Salt Path,” “She […]

Lenny Abrahamson, the acclaimed Irish director who famously brought Sally Rooney’s bestselling novel “Normal People” to TV screens (igniting the careers of both Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones in the process), has turned his attention to another beloved author: David Nicholls. Variety understands that Abrahamson will direct a TV adaptation of Nicholls’ 2024 novel “You […]

EXCLUSIVE: Eternity writer-director David Freyne, The Rachel Incident writer Caroline O’Donoghue and exec producer Matt Jordan Smith and All About The Money director Sinéad O’Shea have been confirmed as speakers for the third edition of Storyhouse, Element Pictures’ Dublin-based screenwriting festival. They will join previously announced speakers including Brady Corbet, Abi Morgan, Will Tracy,…

The Brutalist writer-director Brady Corbet, Pillion filmmaker Harry Lighton and The Iron Lady writer Abi Morgan are among the talent set to participate in the third edition of Storyhouse, Element Pictures’ Dublin-based screenwriting festival. This year’s event, which is returning to the Irish capital’s Light House Cinema on April 16-17, will also see French filmmaker Audrey Diwan, Bugonia writer…

These days, any drama with the U.K.’s Sheridan Smith raises expectations, especially if her role is written by Tony Schumacher, creator of “The Responder.” Winner of a BAFTA TV Award for “Mrs Biggs” (2013) and TV Choice Award for “Cilla” (2015), Smith was also the star of last year’s “I Fought the Law.” “No one […]

Extraordinary star Máiréad Tyers is leading Channel 4, Universal Content Productions (UCP) and Element Pictures’ adaptation of Caroline O’Donoghue’s The Rachel Incident, which has set cast. Tyers, who played the lead in hit Disney+ show Extraordinary, will star as the titular character alongside Ellis Howard (What It Feels Like for a Girl, Red Rose) as James, Sarah […]

“Room” and “Normal People” director Lenny Abrahamson is gearing up to shoot his next film for Element Pictures, and has tapped Tom Burke and Eve Hewson to star in the as-yet-untitled project set within Dublin’s Jewish community in the late 1970s. Newcomer Sean Meagher also stars. Abrahamson reunites with long-term collaborators Element Pictures, with shooting […]