{"id":437968,"date":"2026-05-08T02:17:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T02:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/437968\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T02:17:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T02:17:12","slug":"chris-odowd-jane-fonda-cast-in-irish-political-thriller-ceasefire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/437968\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris O’Dowd, Jane Fonda Cast In Irish Political Thriller ‘Ceasefire’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEXCLUSIVE: Emmy winner Chris O\u2019Dowd (State Of The Union), Oscar winner Jane Fonda (Moving On), Oscar nominee Ciar\u00e1n Hinds (Belfast), Oscar nominee John C. Reilly (Stan & Ollie) and BAFTA winner Tom Hollander (Feud) will lead political thriller Ceasefire<\/a>, set against the backdrop of the Northern Ireland peace process.<\/p>\n

\n\tOscar winner Terry George<\/a>, director of Hotel Rwanda and screenwriter of Irish crime-drama In The Name Of The Father, has scripted and will direct the movie, which is due to shoot in Ireland later this year. Bankside is launching world sales at the upcoming Cannes<\/a> market.<\/p>\n

\n\tCeasefire is based on the true story of Niall O\u2019Dowd, who is described by producers as \u201cthe courageous Irish-American journalist who gambles everything to broker a secret backchannel between the IRA (Irish Republican Army) and a wary Clinton administration\u2026As bombings, political betrayal, and mistrust close in, he risks his life to secure a lasting ceasefire between the deadliest enemies.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tNiall O\u2019Dowd, the founder of the Irish Voice newspaper, is known for playing a behind-the-scenes role in Northern Ireland\u2019s Good Friday peace agreement and went on to develop ties to the Clinton family. He served in Hillary Clinton\u2019s Finance Committee for her 2008 presidential run.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tChris O\u2019Dowd will play Niall O\u2019Dowd. Fonda will play Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith, who was Bill Clinton\u2019s representative in Dublin, and was the sister of John, Robert and Ted Kennedy. Reilly will play Congressman Bruce Morrison. Hinds will play CEO Bill Flynn.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe movie, which some years ago was being positioned as a TV series, will be produced by Trevor Birney for Fine Point Films (Kneecap) and Patrick O\u2019Neill for Wildcard (Kneecap). Bankside Films is handling worldwide sales and will be introducing the film to buyers in Cannes.<\/p>\n

\n\tTerry George, whose last movie was 2016 Christian Bale and Oscar Isaac pic The Promise, said: \u201cCeasefire is about the fragile, dangerous, often invisible work required to end conflict. It\u2019s about the belief that dialogue can triumph over violence. It\u2019s a message and a story that is dramatic, moving and vital. I am honoured to tell it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tTrevor Birney and Patrick O\u2019Neill commented: \u201cThe war in Northern Ireland was an intractable conflict. After 25-years, any hope for an end to the violence had all but gone. The story behind the process that led to peace is thrilling and emotional and a critical contemporary reminder that individuals \u2013 not governments \u2013 can bring about change that can save the lives of innocents caught up in a war they didn\u2019t want. Terry is one of Ireland\u2019s greatest filmmakers and he has assembled an amazing cast for the film. We are beyond excited to be going into production on Ceasefire later this year.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tStephen Kelliher of Bankside Films added: \u201cWe are delighted to be working with Terry George and his incredible cast to bring this compelling story to audiences around the world. It\u2019s a story which has incredible relevance in the world today whilst being a thrilling story of one man\u2019s enormous personal endeavour to bring about peace in a world where conflict has become ingrained.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Emmy winner Chris O\u2019Dowd (State Of The Union), Oscar winner Jane Fonda (Moving On), Oscar nominee Ciar\u00e1n…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":437969,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[47241,180878,47440,42,43,190962,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-437968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-cannes","tag-cannes-market","tag-ceasefire","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-terry-george","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437968","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=437968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/437969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}