Five For Your Radar: 28 Years Later, Neil Young, Live at the Marquee
Cinema: 28 Years Later
General release, Friday, June 20
Over 20 years on since the release of 28 Days Later, which made a star of Cillian Murphy and, ahem, revived the zombie genre for the new century, Danny Boyle returns with a sequel, 28 Years Later, and a terrifying new "auteur horror" story. Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ralph Fiennes, and Jodie Comer star.
Street theatre: Les Girafes: An Animal Operetta
St Patrick's Street, Cork, 2pm, 9pm, Sunday, June 22
Les Girafes parade through Cork on Sunday.
Seven towering red giraffes gracefully parade through Cork's city centre, led by an operatic diva, as Cork Midsummer comes to a close after 10 days of memorable events. French street theatre company Compagnie OFF will be accompanied by a troupe of bumbling keepers, musicians, and performers savannah for this free event.
Concert: Neil Young and Van Morrison
Malahide Castle, Dublin, Thursday, June 26
Both men are 79, and while they may outlast us all, there is a sense that we don't know how long more they'll be touring. The Canadian-American rocker returns to Ireland with a band that includes Willie Nelson's son Micah, and fans will be happy to hear that recent setlists have included such classics as Sugar Mountain and Heart of Gold. Van the man has been a mixed bag in the live arena in recent years, but can still conjure up moments of magic.
Streaming: The Bear
Disney+, Wednesday, June 25
After a divisive — some would say tedious, others would say slow — third season, The Bear returns for its fourth season. Jeremy Allen White, most recently seen as The Boss in the trailer for Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, reprises his role as anger-managing chef Carmy, while Ayo Edebiri and Ebon Moss-Bachrach also return to the kitchen/melting pot. As usual, all 10 episodes of the season drop at once on Wednesday.
Concert: Picture This
Live at the Marquee, Wednesday-Thursday, June 25-26
Fans at a previous gig at Live at The Marquee in Cork. Picture: Larry Cummins
Picture This kick off a month of shows Live at the Marquee in Cork. Ten years on from the release of Take My Hand and having released fourth studio album Parked Car in 2024, Picture This return for two sold-out shows to kick off the Marquee shows.
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Extra.ie
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- Extra.ie
Danny Boyle credits Cillian Murphy for 28 Years Later comeback
28 Years Later director Danny Boyle paid heartfelt tribute to longtime collaborator Cillian Murphy, crediting the acclaimed actor as a driving force behind both the film's success and the franchise's much-anticipated return. Speaking to ahead of the Irish Gala Screening on Friday, Boyle praised Murphy's commitment and creative influence, saying the latest instalment simply wouldn't have happened without him. A fresh-faced Cillian starred in the original 28 Days Later back in 2002, playing the role of Jim, a bicycle courier who awakens from a coma to discover that the accidental release of a highly contagious virus known as the 'rage virus', has kicked off the decline of society. Director Danny Boyle at the Gala screening of 28 Years Later at the IFI, Dublin. Pic: Brian McEvoy Photography Chatting on the red carpet, Boyle shared his gratitude at getting the opportunity to return to one of cinema's bleakest universes. ' It's a privilege to still be working. You have to remember that, just to get a job is great, but to be able to do one that's this ambitious,' the Oscar-winning director began, stating his disbelief. ' We're trying to create three films and a lot of our ability to do that is linked to Cillian's involvement in the film, in the trilogy of films,' he added. View this post on Instagram A post shared by (@extradotie) 'He's a producer in the first film. You've got to be grateful that you can undertake something this ambitious at this point in your career, 'cause you want to use your experience to keep challenging yourself and keep pushing, pushing the boundaries of what the public will tolerate, you know? What they'll be interested in and obviously Killian gives us a big advantage in that respect.' Boyle also shared a more playful tidbit about his creative counterpart, admitting that if the rage virus ever broke out in real life, Cillian would be his top pick to survive of all the actors who've entered into the franchise. 'You'd have to say Cillian, especially as ones in Ireland today. My answer might change if I was somewhere else,' he laughed. 'The ferocity he produced at the end of the first movie was something to believe. It'd be very interesting to meet him 28 years after that time and see what's happened to him.' Speaking to ahead of the Irish Gala Screening on Friday, Boyle praised Murphy's commitment and creative influence, saying the latest installment simply wouldn't have happened without him. Pic: Brian McEvoy Photography Set almost three decades after the rage virus escaped a biological weapons laboratory, the new instalment in the franchise follows a group of survivors who inhabit a small island connected to the mainland by a single causeway. A synopsis for the film reads: 'When one of the group leaves the island on a mission into the mainland, he discovers secrets, wonders, and horrors that have mutated not only the infected but other survivors.' The film also stars Jodie Comer, Ralph Fiennes and Alfie Williams and is in Irish cinemas now.
Irish Daily Mirror
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- Irish Daily Mirror
Danny Boyle recalls 'nightmare' trying to film naked zombies for 28 Years Later
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RTÉ News
13 hours ago
- RTÉ News
Cillian Murphy will return in next 28 Years Later movie
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