BROSNAN MAY TAKE SUPPORTING PART.Byline: Hollywood Reporter From James Bond to volcanologist to ... bit-part player? After Pierce Brosnan wraps Universal's big-budget volcano flick ``Dante's Peak,'' and before he segues to the next 007 adventure, the actor may take a small part in ``The Nephew,'' a low-budget Irish movie that looks likely to be the first film produced through Irish Dreamtime dream·time also Dream·time n. The time of the creation of the world in Australian Aboriginal mythology: "Aboriginal myths tell of the legendary totemic beings who wandered across the country in the Dreamtime . . . Inc., the company Brosnan heads with partner Beau St. Clair. That could have Brosnan playing a supporting role supporting role n → second rôle m supporting role n → ruolo non protagonista to fellow Irishman Gabriel Byrne For the Irish radio and television presenter, see . Gabriel Byrne (born 12 May, 1950) is an Irish actor. Born in Dublin Ireland, the first of six children born to devoutly Roman Catholic parents, Byrne was educated by the Irish Christian Brothers. (``Usual Suspects''), who has been talking about playing the lead in the film - if the late summer start of Mirage's ``Polish Wedding'' doesn't create a scheduling conflict. `Hunch' backed: In anticipation of Disney's next big animated release, ``The Hunchback hunchback, abnormal outward curvature of the spine in the thoracic region. It is also known as kyphosis and humpback, and in its severe form a noticeable hump is evident on the back. of Notre Dame,'' TNT TNT: see trinitrotoluene. TNT in full trinitrotoluene Pale yellow, solid organic compound made by adding nitrate (−NO2) groups to toluene. is joining the Quasimodo bandwagon. Sources said the company is going ahead with a live-action version of the Victor Hugo tale, with Peter Medak (``The Ruling Class'') attached to direct. That means TNT also will find itself in competition with another ``Hunchback,'' the Gerard Depardieu starrer for Touchstone Pictures, directed by Alfonso Arau, due to start shooting in September. Insiders say the TNT version will get under way in Eastern Europe shortly after the release of the Disney film. So far, no news on who'll play TNT's Quasimodo. |
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