Parallel Pictures Invites Irish Stars For A SWIM And A VIRGIN

This may not be stationed in Hollywood but the following projects have a great group of foreign actors that have done quite well in Hollywood. According to Variety, Irish production company Parallel Pictures is gathering the fighting Irish talents for 2 projects. The first one is the adaptation AT SWIM-TWO-BIRDS based on the book by Irish author Flann O’Brien‘s. It’s “the story of an Irish college student who, half to amuse himself and half to avoid work, writes an irreverent novel about the figures of Irish myth and legend in which characters come to life and riot against their author.”
This will mark the directorial debut of Irish actor Brendan Gleeson who will also be in the cast along with In Bruges co-star, Irish bad boy Colin Farrell, Batman Begins‘ Scarecrow Cillian Murphy and Usual Suspect‘s Gabriel Byrne. It’s a $11 million project and Gleeson himself wrote the screenplay.

The next project is THE VIRGIN OF LAS VEGAS.. I didn’t know such a thing exists in that town… the movie will be produced by Alan Moloney and (drumroll please)…U2′s Bono, the Irish King.
Liam Neeson is set to star as an aging show band singer, prone to drink and living in Vegas who finds his life turned on its head following the arrival of a mysterious stranger.
Written by Barry Devlin, production costs $14 Million.