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Mickey Rourke and Colin Farrell to star in Martin McDonagh’s ‘Seven Psychopaths’

New project announced at Canne Film Festival

BUZZ BRADY,

IrishCentral.com Staff Writer

Published Friday, May 13, 2011, 9:00 AM

Updated Friday, May 13, 2011, 9:00 AM

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Mickey Rourke, Christopher Walken, Sam Rockwell and Colin Farrell to star in "7 Psychos"

An all star line up including Ireland’s own star Coin Farrell, as well as Mikey Rourke, Christopher Walken and Sam Rockwell will star in Martin McDonagh’s newest dark comedy.

“Seven Psychopaths” will see McDonagh, the Irish playwright behind the critically acclaimed “In Bruges”, once again join forces with Dubliner Farrell.

The new dark comedy is currently being sold at the Cannes Film Festival.

According to Variety, the new drama, written and directed by McDonagh will revolve around a
screenwriter played by Farrell who comes down with a bad case of writers block while struggling to find inspiration for a new script.

Farrell ends up getting involved in the dog kidnappings schemes of his eccentric friends played by Rockwell and Walken.

The situation takes a turn for the worst when the beloved pet of a local gangster, played by Rourke, goes missing. Convinced Farrell is guilty of the crime, chaos ensues.

Irish playwright McDonagh, had his screenwriting and directorial debut in 2008 with “In Bruges”, an Oscar nominated drama starring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson.

Walken and Rockwell also worked alongside McDonagh in the Broadway hit, ““A Behanding in
Spokane” in 2010.

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forflann | Jun 30, 2011, 10:49 AM EDT

PhoenixZouave, you obviously haven't seen Triage, an Irish film,never screened in America. It is a film based on Scot Anderson's novel. It tells the story of a photojournalist returning from covering the 1988 Kurdistan war and suffering from PTSD. Lots of very graphic war scenes, and the agonizing discovery of what actually happened there, that caused his condition. Directed and scripted by Danis Tanovic, you don't see films like this coming out of Hollywood. The independant films Colin Farrell has done in Ireland and England or Belgium[In Bruges] are much better that any work hollywood has to offer. Martin McDonagh and Colin Farrell had a great relationship with InBruges and I expect nothing less than that from them on this film. Ever since he stepped on the stage at the prestigous Donmare warehouse theatre in London,in "A Little World of Our Own" and received rave reviews on his role of an autistic teenager[with out a word of dialog]when he has outstanding material with which to work. When you only see American films you only part of the picture.

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forflann | Jun 30, 2011, 10:20 AM EDT

I seem to have left out the important part that Colin Farrell, starred in and executive produced Triage.

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forflann | Jun 30, 2011, 10:17 AM EDT

PhoenixZouave, you've obviously not seen Triage, an Irish film Farrell both starred in and excutive produced, which tells me you are American. Like In Bruges, another independant film. Martin Mcdonagh is an Irish treasure, and the only playwright to have 3 hit plays running at the same time in London. Since he, and Colin Farrell had a winning relationship with In Bruges I expect nothing less from them on this film, Farrell did win the Golden Globe for his role as Ray in In Bruges.

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PhoenixZouave | Jun 30, 2011, 12:05 AM EDT

Mickey Rourke will act Farrell under the table. Rourke is a talented, serious actor who wasted much of his career fighting the Hollywood Moguels. Now he has seen the light as reflected in "The Wrestler!"

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