Brian & Domhnall Gleeson To Write & Star In Merman-Produced Comedy ‘Frank Of Eire’ For Amazon & Channel 4
Amazon Studios and UK community Channel Four are reuniting on a brand new comedy from Sharon Horgan’s Merman. The U.S. streamer and the British public service broadcaster have ordered Frank of Eire, a comedy collection starring and written by brothers Brian and Domhnall Gleeson.
The six-part collection facilities on Frank Marron, performed by Brian Gleeson, is a 32-year-old misanthropic musician who lives in Dublin together with his mom, performed by Pom Boyd (Rosie). Domhnall Gleeson performs Frank’s wingman. The Dublin Murders stars Sarah Greene and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor additionally function.
It’s written by Brian and Domhnall Gleeson and Michael Moloney (Your Dangerous Self) and produced by Merman, the manufacturing firm arrange by Disaster co-creator and star Horgan and Clelia Mountford. Merman is the producer of collection together with Hulu and Channel Four comedy This Approach Up and BBC Two comedy Motherland.
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Brian Gleeson stars as Jimmy McCavern in BBC interval gangster drama Peaky Blinders and he has featured in Channel 4/Hulu comedy The Bisexual in addition to function movies together with Hellboy and Snow White and the Huntsman. Domhnall Gleeson stars in upcoming HBO romantic comedy thriller Run, exec produced by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and featured as Basic Hux within the Star Wars sequel trilogy.
Sharon Horgan and Clelia Mountford exec produce alongside Brian Gleeson, Domhnall Gleeson and Michael Moloney. The collection is produced by Rory Gilmartin and directed by MJ Delaney. Filming is ready for Dublin and Belfast. It will likely be out there on Amazon Prime Video within the U.S., Canada and Australia.
Brian, Gleeson, Domhnall Gleeson and Michael Moloney mentioned, “We’re so excited to work with MJ, Sharon, and Clelia on this, our first and, we’ve been informed, final tv collection.”
Sharon Horgan, Merman Co-Founder, added, “Working with the Gleeson Brothers has been like dwelling in a really humorous, existential dreamscape. I laughed a lot making the pilot that it grew to become annoying. So Clelia and I are very glad and relieved they nonetheless selected to make this collection with us.”
Fiona McDermott, Head of Comedy at Channel 4, mentioned, “We’re delighted to welcome Domhnall and Brian to Channel Four for his or her comedy debut. They’re proficient in methods Frank and his wildest goals might solely hope to emulate; we will’t watch for viewers to see the unashamedly ridiculous and hilarious new present they’ve created.”
Brad Beale, Vice President of Worldwide Content material Licensing, Amazon Studios, added, “Frank of Eire is sensible, wholly unique and extremely humorous. We’re thrilled to work with Brian and Domhnall to convey our Prime Video clients this terrific new comedy.”
The Gleeson brothers are repped by Paradigm and The Company in Eire.
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