{"id":303675,"date":"2026-02-18T04:33:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T04:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/303675\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T04:33:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T04:33:19","slug":"new-film-from-normal-people-director-lenny-abrahamson-to-begin-filming-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/303675\/","title":{"rendered":"New film from Normal People director Lenny Abrahamson to begin filming next month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n             Strike star Tom Burke and  Bad Sisters\u2019 Eve Hewson are set to lead an upcoming film from the director of  Normal People,  <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/lifestyle\/artsandculture\/arid-40872050.html\">Lenny Abrahamson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The new drama from the Oscar-nominated director, which is currently untitled, tells the story of a 12-year-old boy living in Dublin&#8217;s Jewish community in the late 1970s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Filming for the new drama, which is set in Dublin, is due to begin in early March, according to  The Hollywood Reporter.\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"\"> Producers of the film are Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe of Element Pictures and Catherine Magee of  Normal People and  Small Things Like These, alongside Lenny Abrahamson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"> Abrahamson will reunite for the movie with collaborators from his successful Element Pictures TV series  Normal People and  Conversations With Friends, such as production designer Anna Rackard, director of photography Suzie Lavelle, editor Nathan Nugent, make-up designer Sonia Dolan, and composer Stephen Rennicks.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4970954_5_articleinline_PC2J5253_1_.jpg\" alt=\"Eve Hewson is set to lead an upcoming film from the director of Normal People, Lenny Abrahamson, alongside Strike star Tom Burke. Picture: StillMoving\/Netflix.\" title=\"Eve Hewson is set to lead an upcoming film from the director of Normal People, Lenny Abrahamson, alongside Strike star Tom Burke. Picture: StillMoving\/Netflix.\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Eve Hewson is set to lead an upcoming film from the director of Normal People, Lenny Abrahamson, alongside Strike star Tom Burke. Picture: StillMoving\/Netflix.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Also reported to be on board for the project are costume designer Eimer n\u00ed Mhaoldomhnaigh of  The Banshees of Inisherin<br \/>\n              and hair stylist Orla Carroll, also of The Banshees of Inisherin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"> Tom Burke last appeared in Steven Soderbergh\u2019s  Black Bag and is also known for his roles in  Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, The Souvenir, and the TV series  Strike.\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Eve Hewson\u2019s recent credits include the film  Flora and Son, as well as TV series  The Perfect Couple and  Bad Sisters. She also stars in Steven Spielberg\u2019s  Disclosure Day, which will be released in June.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"> The new film is funded by Film4, High Frequency Entertainment, Screen Ireland and RT\u00c9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Strike star Tom Burke and Bad Sisters\u2019 Eve Hewson are set to lead an upcoming film from the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":303676,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60,6405],"class_list":["post-303675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music-movies-reviews-munster"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}