The 13 major Hollywood productions now shooting across Ireland
The new series of Netflix smash Wednesday comes to our screens next month and is set to showcase Ireland in one of the biggest productions ever to come to this country. Choosing Ireland as the new location for series two is no mean feat for the country's profile internationally - the first series of the standalone Addams Family series starring Jenna Ortega was a giant hit for the streamer.
Wednesday ended up becoming Netflix's most-watched original series, passing out Stranger Things 4 and Bridgerton season one in winning over fans.
Ortega is joined by Steve Buscemi, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Lady Gaga and Billie Piper in the show, which comes to our screens from August 6th. The series was filmed over several months across many locations in Wicklow and Dublin, with Powerscourt, Enniskerry and the gothic Charleville Castle in Co Offaly all set to feature.
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The Irish locations look fantastic in the new series, according to co-showrunners and executive producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar. They described the locations as 'truly magical' and the perfect backdrop for the series.
'It adds a sense of timeless beauty, wonder, and epic spectacle to the world of Wednesday,' they added. 'It's no coincidence that Dracula author Bram Stoker hailed from Dublin, and his stories were inspired by the stories of Irish folklore.'
As fans wait for Wednesday to arrive, several other movies and TV shows filming around Ireland are coming to a screen near you soon. They include:
Christy (Cork)
This buzzy new drama features the stars of Cork's Kabin Crew, with the stars of last year's viral smash among the cast of a tale filmed in Cork city and the Northside suburb of Knocknaheeny. Christy tells the story of a teenager in foster care as he sets out to find his place in the world. The movie, due on our screens soon, won Best Irish Film at this week's Galway Film Fleadh.
The Wayfinders (Limerick)
Limerick's ginormous Troy Studios are currently home to the forthcoming major fantasy TV series which is shooting on location in the mid-west. Filming will continue until the end of the summer on the series, which follows the tale of three high school students transported to a brutal, medieval world. Cast includes Issy Knopfler (daughter of Dire Straits star Mark) and Tamara Smart, with hundreds of Irish crew working on the big-scale new show.
Lisa McKee.
Incidents Around the House (Dublin)
Hollywood star Jessica Chastain has been regularly spotted filming on the streets of the capital this summer as part of her role in a forthcoming horror. The movie focuses on a young girl who becomes convinced she has another 'mother' haunting her family.
Kung Fu Deadly (Dublin)
Martial arts meets Irish humour in this movie which completed filming in Dublin earlier this summer. YouTube star Steven He - who has grown an enormous online following with his comedic videos - takes the lead role in a film which blends Irish wit and Asian storytelling. The plot revolves around two hapless pest controllers who accidentally get caught up in a band of Chinese undead aka Jiangshi who are making their presence felt in the city.
Tall Tales & Murder (Dublin)
Love/Hate creator Stuart Carolan and Veep's Chris Addison are joining forces on a new comedy-crime series for BBC and RTÉ. Rising Irish star Ella Lily Hyland (who previously starred in hit series Black Doves and Fifteen-Love) joins a cast that includes Aidan Gillen. The plot is being kept under wraps but centres around a number of interconnected characters in the capital.
Everybody Digs Bill Evans (West Cork)
Independence Day star Bill Pullman has been spotted in West Cork filming his latest movie, a biopic about the famous jazz musician. The film will revolve around the recording of some of jazz's greatest-ever albums and their aftermath. Laurie Metcalf, who played Saoirse Ronan's mammy in Lady Bird, will also star.
Hokum starring Adam Scott.
Victorian Psycho (locations TBC)
US stars Maika Monroe and Jason Isaacs are due to these shores next month to begin filming their new horror thriller. Ireland will double for Victorian England in the movie, in which the Longlegs actress plays an eccentric governess who arrives at a remote gothic mansion. We have a feeling this doesn't go well…
How to Get to Heaven from Belfast (Northern Ireland)
The buzz is big for this new comedy series from Lisa McKee, the creator of Derry Girls, which recently completed filming up North. Roisin Gallagher, Sinead Keenan and Caoilfhionn Dunne play friends who reunite following the death of an old classmate - and get pulled into an adventure that brings them across Ireland.
Bloodaxe (Wicklow)
The cameras will begin rolling shortly on this new drama from the makers of Vikings, filming on location in Ireland for Prime Video. Jessica Madsen and Xavier Molyneax are among the stars of the new series, a historical action thriller which follows Erik Bloodaxe and his wife as they fight to wrestle control of the throne of Norway.
500 Miles (Kerry)
A countrywide road trip that goes all the way to Dingle forms the backbone of this movie starring Bill Night and Clare Dunne. The action centres around a tale of two boys who run away from home in a bid to be reunited with their grandfather.
Hokum (Cork)
Severance star Adam Scott came to Ireland to film the new horror from the maker of global hit, Oddity, which has just finished filming in Bantry. Native filmmaker Damian McCarthy's latest frightfest centres on a horror novelist who comes here to spread his parents' ashes - unaware the location he chooses is rumoured to be haunted.
Saipan (Louth, Belfast and Wicklow)
The highly anticipated tale of Roy Keane and Mick McCarthy's epic falling out is coming to Irish screens soon. The movie is set to divide us all into Team Roy and Team Mick once more as it recalls the infamous confrontation between the Republic of Ireland football captain Roy Keane (Éanna Hardwicke) and his manager Mick McCarthy (Steve Coogan) during the team's preparations for the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
Trad (Donegal)
Aidan Gillen and Sarah Greene co-star in this forthcoming drama set around a trad community in the northwest. The film follows a gifted fiddle player and her young brother as they leave their home in the Donegal Gaeltacht and take to the road with a troupe of wandering musicians.
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