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Grabbers
''Grabbers'' is a 2012 monster horror comedy film directed by Jon Wright and written by Kevin Lehane. A co-production of Ireland and the United Kingdom, the film stars Richard Coyle, Ruth Bradley, Bronagh Gallagher and Russell Tovey among an ensemble cast of Irish actors. ''Grabbers'' premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2012, and received mostly positive reviews upon release. Plot Ciarán O'Shea (Richard Coyle), an alcoholic Garda is assigned to a new partner, Lisa Nolan ( Ruth Bradley), a workaholic. His resentment only grew when Nolan, seeking to impress her superiors, volunteering for temporary duty at a remote Irish island. After discovering mutilated whale corpses, the quiet community slowly comes to realise that they're under attack by bloodsucking tentacled aliens creatures which they dub "Grabbers". Paddy ( Lalor Roddy), the town drunk, inexplicably survives an attack. Local marine ecologist, Dr. Smith (Russell Tovey), theorizes that his high blood alcohol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Lehane
Kevin Lehane is an Irish screenwriter. In 2009, his speculative screenplay ''Grabbers'' was listed on the Brit List and in late 2010 it began production marking his feature film debut. In 2013, he was nominated for a Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award for Best First Feature and an IFTA Award for his script to ''Grabbers ''Grabbers'' is a 2012 monster horror comedy film directed by Jon Wright and written by Kevin Lehane. A co-production of Ireland and the United Kingdom, the film stars Richard Coyle, Ruth Bradley, Bronagh Gallagher and Russell Tovey among an e ...'' at the 10th Annual Irish Film and Television Academy awards. References External links How to write a horror movieHeads Will Roll for Irish writer Kevin Lehane’s new filmKevin Lehane interview: Grabbers, Twitter, and filming in the rainGrabbers Writer Kevin Lehane Reveals His Take On Where A Grabbers 2 Could Go External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Lehane, Kevin Irish screenwriters Irish male screenwriters L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bronagh Gallagher
Bronagh Gallagher (born 26 April 1972) is an Irish singer and actress from Northern Ireland. She had her first acting role in the 1989 television movie '' Dear Sarah''. In 2020, she was listed at number 33 on ''The Irish Times'' list of Ireland's greatest film actors. Early life During her teenage years, she got involved in drama and music activities through school and joined a local amateur dramatics group called the Oakgrove Theatre Company. At one time she was a backing singer in a local band called The Listener (1989–90). The band practised in a garage that belonged to Kevin McLaughlin, the drummer. Laurence Harkin, aka L, was the lead singer and guitarist. Career A former hairdresser, Gallagher's big break came when she starred as Bernie in '' The Commitments'' (1991), followed by a supporting role in the BBC drama '' You, Me & Marley'' (1992). She had small parts in ''Pulp Fiction'' (1994) and '' Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace'' (1999). Other film appeara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Bradley
Ruth Bradley is an Irish actress. She is best known for playing Emily Merchant in '' Primeval'' (2011) and Karen Voss in ''Humans'' (2015–18). She has also had recurring roles in ''Legend'' (6 episodes, 2006), '' The Innocence Project'' (8 episodes, 2006–07), '' Plus One'' (6 episodes, 2009) and '' Love/Hate'' (seasons 1 and 2). Awards she has won include the IFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2007, for her role in '' Stardust'', and a Best Actress award at the Milan International Film Festival 2010 for her starring performance in the film '' In Her Skin''. Early life and education Ruth Bradley was born in Dublin, Ireland, to IFTA-winning actress Charlotte Bradley. Bradley lived in Newfoundland, Canada from shortly after birth until she was five. She enrolled in Trinity College Dublin to study drama and languages, but dropped out after three weeks and moved to London to pursue acting full-time at the age of 18. Career Bradley voiced the pink Power Ranger in the Ir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Wright
Jon Wright is a Northern Irish television and film director and screenwriter. Career Wright is known for directing the British low budget horror comedy ''Tormented (2009 British film), Tormented'' starring Alex Pettyfer and the Irish monster movie ''Grabbers''. He directed and co-wrote the science fiction adventure film ''Robot Overlords'' starring Ben Kingsley. The estimated budget was $21 million. The film began principal photography in Wales, the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland. Wright has also directed multiple episodes of television, for series such as ''Our Girl'', ''The Good Karma Hospital'' and ''Brassic''. Returning with Mark Stay, Wright co-wrote and directed ''Unwelcome (film), Unwelcome'', an fantasy (genre), fantasy horror film, released in January 2023. Wright was inspired by the Brothers Grimm, Grimm fairytales and stories from his own Irish grandfather. Wright described it as a "home invasion movie" and pitched it as "''Gremlins'' meets ''Straw Dogs (1971 film) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Coyle
Richard Coyle (born 6 February 1972) is an English actor. He portrayed the lead role of Father Faustus Blackwood in the Netflix series '' Chilling Adventures of Sabrina'', and Jeff Murdock in the sitcom '' Coupling''. Early and personal life Coyle was born in Sheffield, England. His father was a builder and he is the fourth of five sons. Coyle began his acting career after a stint working on a ferry entertaining passengers, where he was told by a theatre director that he had talent and should pursue it further. He graduated in Languages and Philosophy from the University of York in 1995 and was then accepted into the prestigious Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, graduating in 1998, the same year as his close friends Dean Lennox Kelly and Oded Fehr. Coyle was married to actress Georgia Mackenzie but they divorced in 2010. From early 2011, he was in a relationship with actress Ruth Bradley, but by 2017 this had ended and he was seeing someone else. Film and television work He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russell Tovey
Russell George Tovey (born 14 November 1981) is a British actor. He is best known for playing the role of werewolf George Sands in the BBC's supernatural comedy-drama '' Being Human'', Rudge in both the stage and film versions of '' The History Boys'', Steve in the BBC Three sitcom '' Him & Her'', Kevin Matheson in the HBO original series ''Looking'' and its subsequent series finale television film '' Looking: The Movie'', and Patrick Read in '' American Horror Story: NYC''. Early life Tovey was born on 14 November 1981 in Billericay, Essex.Randall, Lee.Actor Russell Tovey graduated to Dickens, Doctor Who and Gavin & Stacey. Now starring as a modern-day werewolf in a new TV sitcom, he's headed for the top of the class." ''The Scotsman''. 1 February 2009. Retrieved 25 December 2013. He is the younger of two sons of Carole (''née'' Webb) and George Tovey, who ran a Romford-based coach service taking passengers from Essex to Gatwick Airport. Tovey has an older brother, Daniel. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forward Films
Forward Films is a British-based film production company founded by producers Tracy Brimm and Kate Myers. So far they have produced the feature films '' Tormented'' starring Alex Pettyfer and Tuppence Middleton, ''Skeletons'' starring Jason Isaacs and in 2011 they completed filming on their third feature film, the Irish monster movie ''Grabbers'' starring Richard Coyle, Russell Tovey and newcomer Ruth Bradley Ruth Bradley is an Irish actress. She is best known for playing Emily Merchant in '' Primeval'' (2011) and Karen Voss in ''Humans'' (2015–18). She has also had recurring roles in ''Legend'' (6 episodes, 2006), '' The Innocence Project'' (8 e .... Filmography * '' The Salvation'' (2014) Film production companies of the United Kingdom {{UK-film-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Film Board
Not to be confused with Northern Ireland Screen. Fís Éireann / Screen Ireland, formerly known as Bord Scannán na hÉireann or the Irish Film Board, is Republic of Ireland, Ireland's state development agency for the Irish film, television and animation industry. It provides funding for the development, production and distribution of feature films, feature documentaries, short films, TV animation series and TV drama series. History The Irish Film Board (IFB) was established to develop filmmaking in Ireland under the provisions of the Irish Film Board Act 1980. Over the following seven years, it funded or co-funded a total of 10 feature films, including ''Eat the Peach'', ''Anne Devlin (film), Anne Devlin'' and ''Angel (1982 Irish film), Angel,'' before its activities were suspended by Taoiseach Charles Haughey. After its closure, the success of several externally funded Irish films, such as ''My Left Foot'', ''The Crying Game'' and ''The Commitments (film), The Commitments'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Sundance Film Festival
The 2012 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 19 until January 29, 2012 in Park City, Utah. 64 short films were selected for the festival from 7,675 submissions, including 27 international shorts from 3,592 submissions. Non-competition features Midnight * '' Black Rock'' * '' Excision'' * '' Grabbers'' * '' John Dies at the End'' * '' The Pact'' * '' Shut Up and Play the Hits'' * '' Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie'' * '' V/H/S'' Awards * Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - '' The House I Live In'' * Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic - '' Beasts of the Southern Wild'' * World Cinema Jury Prize: Documentary - '' The Law in These Parts'' * World Cinema Jury Prize: Dramatic - '' Violeta Went to Heaven'' ''(Violeta se Fue a Los Cielos)'' * Audience Award: U.S. Documentary - '' The Invisible War'' * Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic - ''The Surrogate'' (retitled '' The Sessions'') * World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary - '' Searching for Sugar Man'' * World Cinema Audience Award: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart Graham (actor)
Stuart Graham (born 31 August 1967) is a film, television, and stage actor, born and brought up in Northern Ireland. Life Born in Belfast and educated at the University of Ulster, where he took a degree in media studies, Graham trained for an acting career at a drama school in London. In 1990 he played a minor part in a revival of ''Berenice'' at the Cottesloe Theatre, Lambeth, and in 1991 appeared at the Dublin Theatre Festival in a production of ''Michael Collins Big Fella!'' by the Praxis Theatre Laboratory of Greenwich, playing the part of Eoin O'Duffy. Most of Graham's stage work has been in Dublin and Belfast, while in film and television he has worked in both Irish and British productions, specialising in playing Irishmen. However, his leading roles have included the part of the Englishman Howard Carter in ''Egypt'' (2005). In an interview in 2011, Graham commented In April 2017, he appeared in '' The Ferryman'' at the Royal Court Theatre, ahead of a transfer to the G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clelia Murphy
Clelia Murphy (born 5 December 1975) is an Irish actress. From 1996 to 2017, Murphy starred in the RTÉ soap opera ''Fair City'' as Niamh Cassidy. After leaving her role as Niamh, she competed in the third series of the Irish edition of ''Dancing with the Stars'', where she reached the quarter-finals. In January 2022, Murphy was cast in the BBC soap opera ''Doctors'' as Maeve Ludlow, for which she moved from Dublin to Birmingham. Early and personal life Murphy trained at the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin, Ireland. She also has an MA in screenwriting. In 1998, Murphy gave birth to a daughter, Clarabelle. Clarabelle is an actress. Career Murphy began her career in ''Fair City'' in 1996 playing schoolgirl Niamh Cassidy. Her character was featured in numerous storylines, involving having an illegal relationship with teacher Barry O'Hanlon (Pat Nolan), her tumultuous relationship with her husband, Paul Brennan (Tony Tormey), having an affair and eventually leaving her husband ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Henson
Christian Henson is a British composer, primarily working on television and film soundtracks. He has also soundtracked video games, and is the co-founder of Spitfire Audio with fellow composer Paul Thomson. Henson has been nominated for a BAFTA and an Ivor Novello Award for his music. Early life Henson is the eldest son of actors Una Stubbs and Nicky Henson. His half-brother Keaton Henson is also a composer. His uncle was the farmer and television presenter Joe Henson and Adam Henson is his cousin. His great-uncle was the cricketer Geoffrey Howard. His great-great-grandfather was Sir Ebenezer Howard, founder of the garden city movement and the first garden cities Letchworth and Welwyn Garden City. His paternal grandfather was the English actor and comedian Leslie Henson, who was perhaps best known for founding the Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA) during the Second World War. As a child, Henson acted in the 1980 film ''Never Never Land''. After attending H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |