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<\/a>The Sunday Mail<\/a><\/i> reports that Jeremy Irons is going to star in The End Time<\/i>, a film about St. Columba<\/a>, the Irish monk who brought Christianity to Scotland in the 6th century. The film will be directed by Norman Stone, whose credits include the original C.S. Lewis biopic Shadowlands<\/a><\/i> (1985).<\/span><\/p>\n
Regarding his new film\u2019s main character, Stone says: \u201cHe was not a saintly saint and this film will be more of a character study and a political thriller than a Christian epic. Columba will not wear a halo. It needs big-screen treatment and in Jeremy we have the right person to deliver the performance we are looking for.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/i> says The Secret of Kells<\/a><\/i>, an animated film inspired by the 8th-century illuminated Bible known as the Book of Kells<\/a>, will have a brief theatrical run in Los Angeles next month in order to qualify for the Oscar for Best Animated Feature. It is one of 20 films<\/a> that have been submitted for the award.<\/p>\n The film was produced by the Irish firm Cartoon Saloon<\/a>, and its subject matter is deeply Irish as well \u2014 but as Variety<\/a><\/i> noted several months ago, the work on this film spanned several countries on two or three continents:<\/p>\n There\u2019s a scene in \u201cThe Secret of Kells,\u201d when an eighth-century Irish monk is rummaging through his papers and throwing them in the air, which sums up the sheer international complexity of the project.<\/p>\n It was animated by a Polish artist working in a Hungarian studio, then cleaned up by a Mongolian who could only communicate with Irish director Tomm Moore via a translator from Transylvania.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Secret of Kells,\u201d co-directed by Moore and Nora Twomey, was made across five countries \u2014 Ireland, France, Belgium, Hungary and Brazil \u2014 and funded by a patchwork of co-production coin.<\/p>\n \u201cI call it Franken-finance, pulling the pieces from different parts from Europe,\u201d says producer Paul Young.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The film is currently slated for an American release in March; I don\u2019t know if it will be coming to Canada as well. Co-director Moore has a blog devoted to the film here<\/a>, and you can see a few trailers below, the last of which has been dubbed into French:<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ptXbPEHLwDs<\/a>\n