Films So Good

Northen Irish actor, Conleth Hill has been attached in the lead role for the ITV’s Graham Norton’s darkly comic debut novel “Holding”. Maybe we all know Conleth Hill from his role as Varys in the Game of Thrones series, but he has also played in series such as Dublin Murders (2019) and he was on the original cast of the play “Stones in his Pockets”. On the other side Graham Norton, except his well-known chat show, he has written three novels, including “A Keeper” and “Home Stretch”.

The project will be produced from Happy Prince, a company established by “A Very English Scandal” (2018) producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins, and will be directed by British comedy star Kathy Burke. The screenplay adaption is by Treadwell-Collins and Karen Cogan,

“Holding” tells the story of Irish police officer, Sergeant PJ Collins, a gentle mountain of a man, who hides from people and fills his days with comfort food and half-hearted police work. When the body of long-lost local legend Tommy Burke is discovered in the fictional village of Duneen, West Cork, PJ is called to solve a serious crime for the first time in his career. PJ finally has to connect with the village he has tried hard to avoid.

ITV drama head Polly Hill said: “Graham’s wonderful book has been brilliantly brought to life by Dom and Karen. Conleth Hill is the perfect PJ, in what is a funny and well observed look at life in a small rural Irish community. It’s testament to the strength of those scripts that Kathy Burke is directing and it will be exciting to see her bring this adaptation to screen.”

Filming commences over the summer in Ireland.