Jordan begins shooting Pluto production

Filmmaker Neil Jordan will today begin shooting scenes from his latest production in Northern Ireland.

Breakfast on Pluto, directed by Jordan, will shoot in Glenavy and Belfast over the next three weeks.

Pluto Film Productions appealed for male dancers and men between 16 and 60 years old to appear as extras in the film. The producers said they were looking for men with long hair to portray the look of the 1970s.

The film began production last month after Jordan was granted permission by diocesan authorities to begin shooting in the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Co Kilkenny.

Some of the locals in Callan town were concerned about the storyline, which is based on Patrick McCabe’s controversial novel of the same name.

Breakfast on Pluto, the book, follows Patrick Braden, who is the product of an affair between the village priest and his teenage housekeeper.

Braden, played by Cillian Murphy, leaves the fictional town of Tyreelin in Ireland to become a transvestite cabaret singer in 1970s London.

It also stars Liam Neeson, Brendan Gleeson, Stephen Rea and Gavin Friday.

Breakfast on Pluto is a collaboration between Bord Scannán na hÉireann, Pathé Pictures Limited, Parallel Films and Number 9 Films and is due to be released next year.