Hot young stars team up for Irish film

Colin Farrell and Cillian Murphy, two of Ireland's hottest young stars, are to team up for Intermission, described as a black comedy set in contemporary suburban Dublin.

The movie, planned for a May start, is being made by Neil Jordan's Company of Wolves outfit and Alan Maloney of Parallel Films and will be directed by debutant theatre director John Crowley to a screenplay by Mark O'Rowe.