It's a Hollywood star in its own right, and as luck would have it 'The Quiet Man' has just been sold to a fan of the film.

Saying, “The gun law in America is absolutely crazy and out of control,” James Bond, AKA Irishman Pierce Brosnan, has turned against violence and thinks society is being deeply damaged by violence in films and video games.

There's no doubt that Roma Downey and Mark Burnett’s surprisingly controversial series The Bible is a hit. But now the a big-screen cut of the History Channel's runaway hit miniseries The Bible is set to transform the ten hour series into a three-hour movie, executive producer Mark Burnett told The Hollywood Reporter this week.

Irish film production company Fantastic Films, headed up by Brendan McCarthy and John McDonnell are celebrating. 'The Last Day of Mars' directed by Oscar nominated Ruairi Robinson, being announced as one of the films accepted into this year’s highly prestigious ‘Directors’ Fortnight’ at next months Cannes Film Festival.

The 'Campaign' actor was introduced by 'Game Of Thrones' star Peter Dinklage at the event at Sony Studios in Culver City, who joked that while Will may be funny, he is far from perfect.

Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence were double winners at the MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday.

Torrentfreak.com, a website that analyzes file sharing, reports that an IP address in Vatican City has been downloading eyebrow raising torrents from pornographic websites featuring transsexuals and other fetishistic clips. 

The Irish tax breaks that have allowed shows like “Camelot” to be filmed in the Emerald Isle could be on the way out, warns Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan.
 
According to Variety, Section 481 “offers up to 28% benefit for projects, up to a ceiling of 50 million euros ($64.1 million) on qualifying expenditure.”
 
However, the Sunday Independent reports that Noonan is considering replacing this tax break, which runs until December 2015, with new tax credits for film producers.

There's a lovely informality to the New York press day for The Host, the highly anticipated new sci-fi thriller starring Ireland’s Saoirse Ronan, 18, which might have something to do with the nationality of the young star. 

A Northern Irish producer is among a group of five jailed for a $4.2 million tax fraud, which they attempted to cover-up by making the indie movie “A Landscape of Lies.” In a major plot twist the low-budget movie, with a B-list cast, went on to win an award at an American film festival before the scam’s cover was blown.

The film adaptation of Swedish playwright August Strindberg’s Miss Julie is to be filmed in Castle Coole, Fermanagh. Due for release in 2014, the film will star Colin Farrell, Jessica Chastain and Samantha Morton.

The Australian man accused of raping and murdering Irish woman Jill Meagher, slept into the afternoon, and watched movies with his girlfriend after he committed his heinous crimes, according to court documents.

Fresh form a successful awards season, including Best Movie Oscar for “Argo, Boston’s golden boy Ben Affleck will return to his roots to working a ‘Whitey’ Bulger project alongside his old friend Matt Damon.

10. "Waking Ned Devine"

Charming comedy set in a tiny, rural Irish town. When lottery winner Ned Devine is found dead - lottery ticket in hand and all - the townsfolk ban together to fool the authorities into thinking Ned is alive so they can receive the cash and share it. Starring Ian Bannen and Fionnula Flanagan.