While he waits for the 24 film to move forward, Kiefer Sutherland is going to romance Kate Bosworth in New York. A film called Fairytale of New York (which only conjures up memories of the Pogues song [1]) has been written by Jeff Murphy and will follow an Irish standup comic who meets an American woman in a NYC art gallery while on a working tour of the States. I can't get too bent out of shape about another romcom, but I'll be pretty curious to hear Kiefer Sutherland's accent. He was born and spent his early life in the UK, but I'm so accustomed to his distinctive voice that the idea of him sporting an accent seems unusual. [THR [2]] After the break, Seth Rogen gets company in My Mother's Curse, and Bridesmaids standout Melissa McCarthy is the focus of two new projects. Seth Rogen and Barbara Streisand are, somehow, still planning...
- 5/17/2011
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
Kiefer Sutherland and Kate Bosworth are set to top line the indie romancer "Fairytale of New York" for Little Film Co. says Variety.
The story centers on a cynical but charming Irish standup comic who, while in New York, meets an intriguing American woman and the two connect.
Lee Cleary directs from a script by Jeff Murphy. Lisa Katselas and Dan Reardon will produce and shooting will take place in Northern Ireland and New York.
The story centers on a cynical but charming Irish standup comic who, while in New York, meets an intriguing American woman and the two connect.
Lee Cleary directs from a script by Jeff Murphy. Lisa Katselas and Dan Reardon will produce and shooting will take place in Northern Ireland and New York.
- 5/15/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Variety reports that Kiefer Sutherland and Kate Bosworth are set to star in director Lee Cleary's independent romance film Fairytale of New York , to be produced by Lisa Katselas and Dan Reardon. Written by Jeff Murphy, the project "centers on a cynical but charming Irish standup comic who, while in New York, meets an intriguing American woman and the two connect." Shooting for the film will take place in Northern Ireland and New York.
- 5/15/2011
- Comingsoon.net
No, this is not going to be an attempt to make a film out of the classic Shane McGowan/Kirsty MacColl tune Fairytale of New York, at least not completely. But new indie romantic comedy Fairytale of New York is looking to hook up a troubled Irish type with a woman, and has snagged Kiefer Sutherland and Kate Bosworth to be the odd couple.We’re not sure we see the combo of Sutherland and Bosworth, but writer Jeff Murphy and director Lee Cleary obviously do. Cleary is gearing the movie up now, for a shoot that will take in Northern Ireland and New York.Sutherland’s playing a cynical yet charming Irish stand-up who travels to the Big Apple and makes a connection with an intriguing American woman (Bosworth). Cue, we assume, Sutherland spending the next few months with a dialect coach.“Fairytale of New York lets us observe...
- 5/15/2011
- EmpireOnline
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