Stunt Guild Ireland member Peter Dillon at the Irish Premiere of “The Hobbit- An Unexpected Journey” in Dublin last night. Peter doubled lead Character Balin, coached Archery and was Fight Assistant. Well done Peter! Some pictures of Peter in action:
Brendan Condren (SGI President) and Tony Condren wrapped up a Precision Driving day with a visit from Mairéad Farrell of RTE 2’s ‘The Movie Show’. Mairéad got to experience first hand the ins and outs of Precision Driving. The episode is due to air on Thursday the 13th of December at 7.55p.m. on RTE 2.
The long-awaited Peter Jackson adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel The Hobbit will go on general release next week. Peter Dillon, who was one of the core stunt team responsible for the action scenes , Was invited by Warner Brothers to attend the Irish Premiere.
Ripper Street is due to air on BBC 1 December 30th @ 9pm. Stunt Coordinator Gee Nagys and the majority of the guilds performers wrapped last summer on this action packed, 8 episode, BBC production. Ripper Street will air in the USA on January 19th.
Brendan Condren has recently returned from London where he was working on The fifth installment of the “Die Hard” series. Brendan was Stunt Double for actor Jai Courtney on the UK segment of the production. Stunt Coordinator Franklin Henson
After 19 weeks MGM’s television series “VIKINGS” has just completed filming. Stunt Guild Ireland Members would like to express how much they enjoyed working with Stunt Coordinator Franklin Henson and Fight Coordinator Richard Ryan. Looking forward to series 2 next year.
Gee Nagys is currently stunt rigging on RED 2 that’s currently shooting in the UK. RED 2 brings back the team of retired CIA operatives as they use their old-school style to take on a new set of enemies all across Europe. RED 2 stars Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren and Catherine Zeta Jones and is due to …
SKYFALL has just gone on general cinematic release – Great work from SGI’s Roger Yuan
President of the Guild Brendan Condren and Tony Condren wrapped up a Precision Driving day today with a visit from Paddy McKenna of the Craig Doyle show. Paddy got to experience first hand the ins and outs of Precision Driving and even had the luck to get involved in a specially coordinated stunt. The episode is due to air on …
Stunt Guild Ireland members are currently working on the MGM television series Vikings. Written by Michael Hirst ,the series is loosely based upon the reign of the Viking King Ragnar Lothbrok. The show stars Gabriel Byrne,Travis Fimmel and Katheryn Winnick.