15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Sunday World
The Young Offenders creator searching for singers to star in new feature film
Peter Foott's next project 'Mary Man' is set to begin filming later this year
The creator of the hit TV show and film The Young Offenders is on the search for singers to star in his upcoming feature film, Mary Man.
Writer and Director Peter Foott, is casting a variety of singing roles in the upcoming movie set for release in 2026.
Producers are seeking lead, secondary, and background vocalists, aged 18+.
Mary Man, a story based on real events, is the inspirational tale of a Kerry woman with an incredible singing voice who is outcast from Irish society.
When she enters a singing contest, she brings joy and challenges the local community's perceptions of her.
Production is set to get underway in Co Kerry later this year.
Peter Foott (Getty Images)
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Castle Cove Pictures issued the casting call, requesting all applicants to submit a singing audition with their application.
I've wanted to make this film for some time now,' Peter Foott said of the project.
'I heard so many stories in the Castlecove, Co. Kerry community about this incredible person, and I wanted to bring Mary's story to life on the big screen.
'It feels joyful, musical, and very cinematic, and we're really eager to feature the best Irish talent possible in this exciting feature film,' he added.
'The Young Offenders' is part of RTÉ's comedy output
Foott's first feature film The Young Offenders was inspired by the 2007 multimillion euro cocaine haul in Co Cork.
Bales of the drug were left floating in Dunlough Bay after a gang bungled their operation to smuggle them into Ireland when they put the wrong fuel in their boat.
The film won numerous awards, including an IFTA and was eventually commissioned as a TV show.
