Michael Flatley

2022 - 7 - 15

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Michael Flatley 'thrilled' as directorial debut gets cinema release ... (Yahoo News UK)

“I'm thrilled to be releasing Blackbird in cinemas across Ireland," he said. "The pandemic has brought about many unprecedented production delays, but we're ...

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Michael Flatley's Trailer for New Action Movie 'Blackbird' Divides ... (Newsweek)

"Well, that looks s***," one person tweeted of the 'Riverdance' star's debut film 'Blackbird.'

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Flatley hit back at speculation the production was a vanity project. "Been waiting to see this for years," a user wrote. There's nothing more breathtaking than the Irish landscape."

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The explosive saga of Michael Flatley's 'missing' action film, Blackbird (Telegraph.co.uk)

It's won awards and praise from 'all kinds of audiences'. So why is the Lord of the Dance star's budget Bond-alike only now taking flight?

But it’s unlikely that No Time To Die – or perhaps any of the 007 series – will have shaken and stirred audiences quite as much as Blackbird is likely to when, finally, it spreads its wings and soars into cinemas in September. We are in for a treat; the only question at hand is what kind of one it will be. He said of the film’s apparent cheapness that "the reason I did it this way was because, in my shows over all these years, I'm used to directing it, producing it, starring in it and sweeping up the place… Should Blackbird be an unlikely hit, we can expect a sequel, too, which Flatley has already suggested will "surprise people". But before then, he’s expressed his delight that the film is finally being released. Controversy aside, Flatley professed himself deeply proud of the finished product at the time of its completion: "I prefer to think of it being timeless, rather than old fashioned, but it's romantic, with no bad language, sex or explicit violence - people like those sort of films, and feel they've missed out on seeing them, so there's a big audience for it. He did not want his debut film to be anything to do with Lord of the Dance, and so decided that he would instead tailor his picture to a rather different viewer: his mother. that's kind of what I did on this film…I was my own cheapest labour to do as much of it as I could". As for the poster: "I had nothing to do with that….as soon as we realised the mistake for the young lady Nicole Evans we immediately put her name on the poster. The original marketing attracted criticism for juxtaposing middle-aged male actors with younger women in bikinis on the poster, in what seemed like a tone-deaf throwback to the casual misogyny that this genre of film demonstrated in the Eighties. So it won't be on my dime at the end of the day." It is entirely possible that the distributors may have a smash hit on their hands, although they may be better off selling it as an inadvertent Producers-esque comedy than the gritty thriller Flatley apparently believes he has created. Flatley appears to have summoned up every conceivable cliché for his directorial debut, in which he has cast himself as Victor Blackley, a once-deadly contract killer known as, surprisingly enough, Blackbird who has – as is always the way of these things – turned his back on violence. But not a frame has been seen of the secretive-looking project, which was completed in 2018 but has been kept away from the increasingly desperate public. The trailer concludes with a tuxedoed Blackley covered in blood and announcing "Bless me father, for I have sinned, and am about to sin again". The Blackbird has clearly sung again.

'Almost mythical' Michael Flatley thriller Blackbird gets September ... (The Guardian)

Lord of the Dance star 'thrilled' self-financed film finally being released four years after premiere.

“‘Shit, this is good,’ we’ll say, as Trump becomes the new prime minister and all the ducks go on fire or something.” I was my own cheapest labour to do as much of it as I could.” “And that’s kind of what I did on this film. “This was a new endeavour for me professionally and something I’ve always wanted to do. As well as filming on location in Barbados and the UK, we filmed many scenes in Ireland, so premiering here was always the first choice. My mother, when she was alive, always encouraged me to pursue this dream.

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Michael Flatley's spy film set for Irish release in September - four ... (Irish Post)

THE DIRECTORIAL and acting debut of Michael Flatley is finally getting a release date - four year...

Adding to the curiosity, Blackbird was made the opening night film of the inaugural Monaco Streaming Film Festival in July 2021, where Flatley won the best actor award and seemed to claim that some “extra filming” had taken place since its 2018 premiere. In an interview withThe Hollywood Reporter ahead of its first screening, Flatley said he’d had nothing to do with the poster, and also hit back at any question that the film was a vanity project, claiming that he’d had “several offers” from international distributors. At the time of the premiere of the film in 2018, it had picked up some comments relating to a poster that depicted three younger tiki-clad and uncredited women alongside three older male and credited cast members.

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Trailer for Michael Flatley's self-made action movie gets horrible ... (The indy100)

Michael Flatley's directorial debut film Blackbird is set to hit Irish cinemas in September but before people go see it, viewers of the trailer want you to ...

"Jumping between iconic scenery in Ireland and Barbados this thriller is up there with Sean Connery's best. John wrote on Twitter. Famously in The Office, Michael Scott creates a fictional vanity project spy film. I am truly shocked.

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Internet Opinion Is Divided by Michael Flatley's New Action Film ... (Ceng News)

The recently released trailer for Michael Flatley's film Blackbird has led to online mockery of the former Riverdance dancer.

A user commented, “Been waiting to see this for years.” Another said, “This looks amazing,” and another added, “Thought it might never see the light of day. “I’m оverjоyed tо be debuting Blackbird in Irish theaters. For his part in Blackbird, Flatley, 63, won a Best Actor prize at the Monaco Film Festival, where the movie had its world premiere.

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What is Michael Flatley's Blackbird and why was it delayed? (Radio Times)

You may know Michael Flatley primarily for his role in Lord of the Dance, but prepare to see him in a new light as his film Blackbird is hitting cinemas.

A poster for the film, which featured the older male cast wearing suits surrounded by younger, female cast members wearing bikinis drew criticism. No updates were given about its release and everyone involved appeared to go quiet about it. Flatley now has a film coming out, on which he was a writer, director, producer and lead actor. Flatley said in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter that he had "nothing to do with making the posters" and that the film is a "very respectful movie" when it comes to female representation. At the start of the film he retires from service and opens a nightclub in the Caribbean, in order to escape his dark past. Blackbird is a self-financed film produced and directed by Lord of the Dance frontman Michael Flatley. The film is a spy-thriller, shot mostly in Barbados, which sees Flatley star as a troubled secret agent.

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WATCH: The official trailer for Michael Flatley's spy-thriller Blackbird (Goss.ie)

The film, which will be released in Irish cinemas on September 2, was directed by the Lord of the Dance legend, who also stars in the movie. Michael plays ...

My mother, when she was alive, always encouraged me to pursue this dream. “We’ve all put a lot into this project, and for me it’s very personal. “Sinéad O’Connor who recorded the most beautiful track for the outro, is truly one of Ireland’s treasures.

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