In 1961, 150 Irish Un soldiers were sent to the Congo to keep the peace during the changeover of control of the region to pro-Western factions. Led by Commandant Pat Quinlan, they soon found themselves facing down a force of 3,000 local troops led by French and Belgian Mercenaries in the employ of the local mining companies. Even though they were outnumbered 20 to 1, these Irish peacekeepers held their own in an extraordinary act of bravery. Now, this untold true story is coming to Netflix, with Jamie Dornan taking some time out from playing Christian Grey to take on the role of Quinlan in what promise to be an intense, action packed debut feature from director Richie Smyth. The cast, which also includes Guillame Calet, Sam Keeley, Charlie Kelly, Conor MacNeill, Michael McElhatton, Mike Noble, Jason O’Mara, Fionn O’Shea, Mikael Persbrandt, Conor Quinlan (grandson of Commandant Quinlan), Ronan Raftery, Emmanuelle Seigner, and...
- 9/10/2016
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tom White)
- www.themoviebit.com
Six weeks of shooting has commenced in the UK on the action sci-fi feature "Kill Command" at Vertigo Films.
Visual effects artist Steve Gomez makes his directorial debut on the film which follows a group of soldiers who are sent to a remote island to test the latest class of military robot.
Thure Lindhardt ("Keep the Lights On," "Angels and Demons") and Vanessa Kirby ("The Hour," "Wasteland") head a cast that includes David Ajala, Bentley Kalu, Mike Noble, Tom McKay, Osi Okerafor and Kelly Gough.
James Richardson is producing. Gomez is a close friend of "Monsters" director Gareth Edwards and the film hopes to capture that kind of genre success.
Source: Screen Daily...
Visual effects artist Steve Gomez makes his directorial debut on the film which follows a group of soldiers who are sent to a remote island to test the latest class of military robot.
Thure Lindhardt ("Keep the Lights On," "Angels and Demons") and Vanessa Kirby ("The Hour," "Wasteland") head a cast that includes David Ajala, Bentley Kalu, Mike Noble, Tom McKay, Osi Okerafor and Kelly Gough.
James Richardson is producing. Gomez is a close friend of "Monsters" director Gareth Edwards and the film hopes to capture that kind of genre success.
Source: Screen Daily...
- 4/9/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
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