Irish actors Stephen Don (Wilderness, Omagh) and Brian Fortune (Marú, The Bee Keeper's Son) have joined the cast of HBO's epic 'Game of Thrones'. The actors will join other newly announced cast and crew members such as Oscar winning English composer Stephen Warbeck (Shakespeare in Love, Billy Elliot) who will write the original music and score for the film, Emmy nominated American director Tim Van Patten (The Sopranos, Rome) and English actor Ian Gelder (Torchwood, Robin Hood).
- 11/9/2010
- IFTN
Following the recent meeting of the Investment Committee of the Irish Language Broadcast Fund (Ilbf) several funding decisions have been announced. Awards were made across of a wide genre of programming, including single documentaries, documentary series, factual entertainment, and re-versioned animation. Below the Radar received funding to produce a six part magazine series focussing on rural affairs, 'Luí na Talún', which will be presented by Jarlath Burns & Máire Bhreathnach and broadcast on BBC Ni. Stirling Productions was awarded backing for a new series, 'Ainsprid' which will dramatize real-life ghost stories and will feature Tony Devlin (Marú) as presenter. The six part series will air on TG4.
- 6/30/2010
- IFTN
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