The eagerly awaited TV adaptation of Sally Rooney’s Normal People, a documentary about much-loved rock star Phil Lynott and the story of how Ireland repealed the Eighth Amendment are among the big and small screen projects being backed by Screen Ireland due for release in the coming months. Screen Ireland also confirmed the long-rumoured news that production is underway on Foundation, an Apple TV drama, in Limerick’s Troy Studios. 🚨 Screen Ireland launches its 2020 slate of productions today - with a little help from key creative talent across film, television, documentary & animation. 🙌 #IrishTalent #Slate2020 pic.twitter.com/5ZZASqYynD — Screen Ireland (@ScreenIreland) January 31, 2020Among the speakers at Screen Ireland’s launch were director Lenny Abrahamson and producer Ed Guiney of Element Pictures, whose Normal People comes to TV screens this spring. Other projects being supported by Screen Ireland include Wild Mountain Thyme, starring Emily Blunt and Jamie Dornan and filmed in the west of Ireland and My Salinger Year, an adaptation of the hit novel starring Sigourney Weaver.

Source: Irish Examiner January 31, 2020 17:26 UTC