Shubhabrata Dutta
Liam Neeson will head to the Irish capital as part of a talented ensemble! The filming of Frankie Shaw’s heist comedy film ‘4 Kids Walk Into a Bank’ will start in Dublin, Ireland, in December. Neeson will star alongside Talia Ryder, Jack Dylan Grazer, Whitney Peak, Noah Jupe, and Deacon Phillippe. The film is based on the graphic novel series by Matthew Rosenberg and Tyler Boss. Matt Robinson wrote the screenplay with revisions by Shaw.
The plot follows teenager Paige (Ryder), who overhears her ex-robber grandfather, Danny (Neeson), speaking to his former gang about an upcoming bank robbery. She then reaches out to her ride-or-die best friends. To do what? To rob the bank a day before so that Danny doesn’t have to.
Liam Neeson is no stranger to the heist genre, having already played the role of bank robbers in Mark Williams’ action thriller ‘Honest Thief’ and Steve McQueen’s neo-noir thriller ‘Widows.’ We also saw him put his life on the line for his daughter as CIA officer Bryan Mills in the ‘Taken’ movies. His latest credits are Ethan Hawke‘s biographical drama ‘Wildcat,’ featuring Maya Hawke as novelist Flannery O’Connor, and Robert Lorenz’s action thriller ‘In the Land of Saints and Sinners,’ in which he plays a former assassin battling a group of terrorists.
Ryder’s breakout role was Skylar in Eliza Hittman’s ‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always.’ It won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival. She also starred in Netflix’s teen black comedy ‘Do Revenge,’ the biographical comedy ‘Dumb Money,’ and Sean Price Williams’ surrealist road film ‘The Sweet East,’ starring Simon Rex and Jacob Elordi.
Grazer is known for portraying Freddy Freeman in DC Studios’ ‘Shazam‘ movies and Eddie Kaspbrak in Andy Muschietti’s ‘It’ films. He also played a significant role in Bill Pohlad’s biographical drama ‘Dreamin’ Wild,’ which is based on the lives of the singers Donnie and Joe Emerson. He also lent his voice to Alberto Scorfano and Barney in the animated films ‘Luca’ and ‘Ron’s Gone Wrong,’ respectively.
Jupe appeared in the first two ‘A Quiet Place‘ movies. He played Marcus, the eldest son of Lee (John Krasinski) and Evelyn Abbott (Emily Blunt). The actor also played a significant role in Alma Har’el’s critically acclaimed drama ‘Honey Boy,’ starring Shia LaBeouf. Jupe lent his voice to Peter in Netflix’s animated fantasy adventure movie ‘The Magician’s Elephant’ as well.
Peak played Becca, an aspiring witch, in ‘Hocus Pocus 2‘ and Zoya Lott in the HBO teen drama series ‘Gossip Girl.’ She is also known for playing Judith Blackwood in Netflix’s supernatural horror series ‘Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.’
Phillippe is an emerging actor whose sole acting credit is Parker in the third season of ‘Never Have I Ever.’ For those unaware, he is the son of Hollywood stars Ryan Phillippe and Reese Witherspoon.
Shaw is known for creating the sitcom ‘SMILF,’ in which she also starred as the lead. The series is based on her short film of the same title and centers on a single mother trying to balance her personal and professional lives. As an actress, she appeared in David Gordon Green’s biographical drama ‘Stronger,’ starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Kevin Smith’s stoner comedy ‘Jay and Silent Bob Reboot,’ and Steven Soderbergh’s crime thriller ‘No Sudden Move,’ starring Don Cheadle and Benicio del Toro. Her television credits include the thriller series ‘Mr. Robot’ and the sitcom ‘Blue Mountain State.’
Matthew Robinson wrote or co-wrote the monster adventure movie ‘Love and Monsters,’ the adventure comedy ‘Dora and the Lost City of Gold,’ the live-action/animated comedy movie ‘Monster Trucks,’ and the adventure fantasy miniseries ‘The Power Inside.’
Recent films shot in Dublin include ‘In the Land of Saints and Sinners,’ ‘Marlowe,’ and ‘The Pope’s Exorcist.’
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