Brendan Gleeson News

Production begins in Connecticut this week on an untitled contemporary comedy directed by Academy Award winner Sam Mendes (American Beauty) from an original screenplay by Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida. The film is being produced and co-financed by Big Beach, with Focus Features co-financing and distributing worldwide.

Screenwriter / Director Martin McDonagh attended the screening of his new film In Bruges at the IFC Center on Monday, February 4, 2008. Also in attendance were film stars Colin Farrell and Clémence Poésy.

Hollywood actor and Sundance Festival founder Robert Redford, stage and screenwriter/director Martin McDonagh and Sundance Film Festival director Geoffrey Gilmore attended the 2008 Sundance Film Festival's opening day press conference at the Egyptian Theatre on Thursday, January 17, 2008 in Park City, Utah.

Click now to watch this BroadwayWorld Exclusive World Premiere Movie Trailer for In Bruges - the hot new film written and directed by four-time Tony Nominee and Academy Award-winning writer/director, Martin McDonagh. Opening on February 8th, 2008 - In Bruges stars Ralph Fienes, Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson.

Sundance Institute announced today that the Opening Night Film for its 2008 Sundance Film Festival is the world premiere of In Bruges, written and directed by first-time feature filmmaker and award-winning playwright, Martin McDonagh.

Tony Award-winner Janet McTeer will be featured opposite Brendan Gleeson in 'Churchill at War,' the HBO Films/BBC Films follow-up to the earlier acclaimed Winston Churchill biopic 'The Gathering Storm.'

Colin Farrell, Ralph Fiennes, and Brendan Gleeson will star in the Focus Feature film 'In Bruges,' directed by Martin McDonagh.