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Acorn TV, the international streaming service from AMC Networks, has announced the new six-episode murder mystery Irish Blood starring Alicia Silverstone. Per the logline, Irish Blood follows “hot-shot Los Angeles divorce lawyer, Fiona Sharpe (Silverstone), who receives a letter from her estranged father and sets out to uncover the mystery of his disappearance.”
Alicia Silverstone (Clueless, Bugonia) is also executive producing the series.
The scoop: Irish Blood focuses on Fiona, whose path in life is earmarked by her father, Declan, who seemingly abandoned her and her mother on her tenth birthday. After years of channelling anger toward him, to the benefit of her litigious clients, a message from her father sends her to Ireland. There she learns key truths about her father as well as a family that doesn’t know she exists, and, moreover, that the story of abandonment that has shaped her entire life – was a lie. A lie intended to protect her and her mother from her father’s shady business dealings. Fiona resolves to uncover the full truth about her father and reconnect with the parent she only thought she knew.
The cast includes Wendy Crewson (We Were Liars, Tracker), Jason O’Mara (The Man In The High Castle, The Good Wife), Dearbhla Molloy (Wild Mountain Thyme, Rendezvous), Simone Kirby (His Dark Materials, Kneecap), Ruth Codd (The Fall of the House of Usher) and Leonardo Taiwo (Wheel of Time, Ant-Man & The Wasp).
“Irish Blood is the story of a woman discovering herself and confronting her past after traveling abroad unexpectedly. I love how unpredictable the storytelling feels and the combination of drama, humor and suspense my character experiences,” said Silverstone in a statement.
Silverstone currently stars opposite Benicio Del Toro and Justin Timberlake in the Netflix/Black Label thriller Reptile.
In addition to Silversone, Irish Blood is executive produced by Christina Jennings, Scott Garvie, Paul Donovan, Ailish McElmeel, Aaron Martin, Christina Ray, Alicia Silverstone and Molly McGlynn. Paige Haight and Catherine McGee produce. The series is directed by Molly McGlynn and series writers include Christina Ray, Aaron Martin, Mike O’Leary and John Krizanc.
Irish Blood is produced by Shaftesbury and Deadpan Pictures, in association with AMC Studios and with the support of incentives for the Irish Film Industry provided by the government of Ireland, the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit and Ontario Creates.
The expected airdate is sometime in 2025.
Acorn TV is known for its vast range of mystery dramas and audiences, which will now include “Irish … [+]
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