Acorn TV announced today that it has greenlit Irish Blood, a new murder mystery drama series starring Alicia Silverstone.
Multi-award winner Alicia Silverstone (Clueless, Bugonia, Reptile) leads the cast and executive produces Irish Blood, playing hotshot Los Angeles divorce lawyer Fiona Sharpe, who receives a letter from her estranged father and sets out to uncover the mystery of his disappearance.
Fiona’s path in life was forged by her father, Declan, who seemingly abandoned her and her mother on her tenth birthday. After years of channeling anger toward him, to the benefit of her litigious clients, a message from her father sends Fiona to Ireland. There she learns key truths about her father as well as a family that doesn’t know she exists… and 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 to reconnect with the parent she only thought she knew.
Said Silverstone about the series:
“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.”
Joining Silverstone as series regulars in the six-part murder mystery series are 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, The Dry), and Leonardo Taiwo (Wheel of Time, Ant-Man & The Wasp).
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 (Bad Blood), and series writers include Christina Ray (Murdoch Mysteries), Aaron Martin (Being Erica), Mike O’Leary (Striking Out), and John Krizanc (Saving Hope).
The series 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. AMC Studios holds worldwide distribution rights.
Production has officially begun on Irish Blood in Dublin and surrounding areas of Ireland.
Stay tuned for updates.
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