Gleeson: Film plans will collapse if Bord Snip implemented

AWARD-WINNING actor Brendan Gleeson has warned a multi-million euro film he plans to shoot here next year will collapse if An Bord Snip Nua recommendations about the Irish Film Board are implemented.

Gleeson: Film plans will collapse if Bord Snip implemented

And he said the country had already missed out on the new $200 million Robin Hood blockbuster because the production team did not have certainty on costs.

Mr Gleeson plans to begin shooting his directorial pet project – a long-awaited adaptation of Flann O’Brien’s At Swim Two Birds – next spring.

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