STAR WARS – THE FORCE AWAKENS

A continuation of the saga created by George Lucas set thirty years after Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983). The Force Awakens is produced by Walt Disney Pictures, Lucasfilm and Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions,[6][10] and will be distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. Second-unit filming began in April 2014 in Abu Dhabi and Iceland,[11] with principal photography taking place between May and November 2014 in Abu Dhabi, Ireland and Pinewood …

The Surprise

Feature film De Surprise recently wrapped up shooting in Donegal. Stunt Guild Ireland’s Brendan Condren co-ordintated with the help of Gee Nagys and Conor Hegarty as stunt riggers. De Surprise is a film about an eccentric multimillionaire who signs an agreement to have his life ended. While selecting his coffin he meets a young woman who has signed up for the same arrangement. …

The Lobster

Stunt Guild Ireland’s Coordinator Gee Nagys recently wrapped on the feature film The Lobster. The film star’s Colin Farrel and Rachel Weisz, and was all shot in County Kerry, Ireland. The Lobster is a love story set in a dystopian near future where single people are arrested and transferred to a creepy hotel. There they are obliged to find a matching mate …

Ripper Street Season 3

Ripper Street has recently started to film in Dublin again for Season 3. Stunt Guild Ireland’s Gee Nagys continues to stunt coordinate + has been joined by Stunt Guild Ireland members both in UK + Ireland. Familiar faces such as MyAnna Buring (Long Susan) and Monaghan actress Charlene McKenna (Rose) are expected to make a dramatic return. The first and …

Penny Dreadful

Penny Dreadful is an upcoming psychosexual horror TV series created for Showtime by John Logan and executive produced by Logan and Sam Mendes. The series will weave together the origins of literary horror characters, such as Victor Frankenstein, Frankenstein’s Monster, Dorian Gray, and Count Dracula, as they grapple with their monstrous alienation in Victorian London. It will premiere at the …

Macbeth

Feature film adaptation of Shakespeare’s Scottish play about General Macbeth whose ambitious wife urges him to use wicked means in order to gain power of the throne over the sitting king, Duncan. Macbeth is directed by Justin Kurzel and stars Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard. Stunt Guild Ireland’s Gee Nagys and Phil Lonergan have recently shot scenes. Gee doubled for …

Exodus

Exodus is an upcoming biblical epic, directed by Ridley Scott and written by Bill Collage, Adam Cooper and Steven Zaillian. The film stars Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, Aaron Paul, Ben Kingsley, and Sigourney Weaver. It is an interpretation of the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt as led by Moses and related in the Bible book of Exodus. Stunt Guild …

The Sea

Guilds stunt coordinator Brendan Condren coordinated upcoming feature film The Sea. The Sea is adapted from John Banville’s Man Booker prize-winning novel of the same name, The Sea follows Max (Hinds) who, after the death of his wife, returns to the sea where he spent his childhood summers, provoking a cathartic reflection as the present draws out powerful memories from …

Ripper Street

Ripper Street Season 2 is well into shooting and again is Stunt Coordinated by Stunt Guild Irelands Stunt Coordinator Gee Nagys. So far Gee has been joined by performers Aoife Byrne, Brendan Condren, Conor Hegarty, Darron Costello, Eimear O’Grady, Gerry Behan, Keith Ward, Marc Redmond, Norman Kelly, Paul Thompson, Phil Lonergan, Phillip Zone and Stav Dvorkin. Peter Dillon, with some …

The Widower

Philippe Zone recently Stunt Coordinated ITV drama The Widower. Reece Shearsmith stars in the new ITV drama series. Reece plays the part of real life convicted wife killer Malcolm Webster, who is serving a minimum 30 year prison sentence for killing his first wife Claire Morris in Scotland and attempting to murder his second wife Felicity Drumm in New Zealand. …