Posted February 2, 201015 yr From http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_irelan...est/8477918.stm Belfast goes back in time for new U2 movie http://i45.tinypic.com/2h4ky75.jpg Lower Donegal Street, Belfast Film-makers have turned back the clock in Belfast's Lower Donegal Street The filming of a new movie linked to the Irish supergroup U2 has taken part of Belfast city centre back by three decades. The feature film, entitled "Killing Bono", is being made in and around the city over the next six weeks. Waring Street and Lower Donegall Street have been dressed to portray a vision of London in the late 1970s. The film, which has been described as a "music-based comedy", is set during U2's formative years in north Dublin and London. It is based on the memoirs of Bono's schoolfriend, Neil McCormick, who is now a music critic for the Daily Telegraph newspaper. "Killing Bono" tells the story from the point of view of the rather less successful rival band which he set up with his brother in the late 1970s. The film is directed by the Belfast-born director Nick Hamm and has received funding from Northern Ireland Screen, with help from Invest NI It is hoped the film will be released in the summer of 2010.
February 2, 201015 yr Author I did wonder why Neil McCormick always gives U2 albums such glowing reviews..... :D
February 19, 201015 yr Author From http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertai...r-14686758.html Bono and the U2 boys seen hanging around Belfast bar Thursday, 18 February 2010 David Fitzgerald http://i47.tinypic.com/mh82g8.jpg Caitlin McCormack, who works in Frames Bar, looks at the poster for Killing Bono If you dander past Little Donegall Street in Belfast over the next few days and wonder if you have stepped back in time, don’t fret, it’s not the 1980s — despite the obvious reference. Yesterday passers-by were intrigued by the appearance of a massive poster advertising the release of arguably U2’s greatest album, The Joshua Tree. The iconic image of a very young, sombre-looking group of lads from Dublin has been mounted across the front of the Frames complex, with two side banners heralding the release of the band’s fifth studio album. Of course, The Joshua Tree was released in 1987. So why the advertisement? Well, the poster (and Little Donegall Street) is part of a scene from music comedy Killing Bono, being filmed in Belfast. The movie, which stars Ben Barnes from Chronicles Of Narnia fame and Channel 4 ‘Misfit’ Robert Sheehan, is based on a book written by Neil McCormick, who went to school with U2 frontman Bono. I Was Bono's Doppelganger tells the story of McCormick and his brother Ivan’s attempt to forge a career in the music industry during the 1970s. But the pair fail to find success, while Bono and Co went on to achieve superstar status.
February 19, 201015 yr Author From http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertai...e-14689754.html Dramatic finish to Belfast's Killing Bono movie Friday, 19 February 2010 http://i45.tinypic.com/2zye905.jpg Killing time: Ben Barnes, star of Killing Bono, on set last night in Belfast's Library Street as shooting of the rock comedy draws to an end around the city centre The sounds of car crashing and classic U2 tunes reverberated around Belfast city centre last night — as the final scenes of the movie Killing Bono were shot in Belfast. With Joshua Tree LP adverts, retro wear and vintage cars, Royal Avenue, Library Street and Little Donegall Street were made over to look like 1980s Dublin. During almost six hours of filming, the Belfast crew captured what one insider described as “the biggest scene in the film”. Filming of the story, set around the formative school years of the Dublin supergroup, whose hits include I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, has been taking place across Belfast for weeks. It tells the story from the point of view of the less successful rival band which a classmate of Bono’s, Neil McCormick and his brother, set up in the late 1970s. At around 11pm last night the film's main character McCormick, played by Ben Barnes, was filmed racing to the Frames Complex in search of Bono. Unfortunately he doesn't make it, instead smashing into a parked car outside the venue. Location manager Andrew Wilson described last night's filming as “action-packed”. He said: “These scenes make up the penultimate scenes of the film. “They are crucial to the overall theme and are very exciting. We are, as you can see, taking over much of Royal Avenue.” The Bono character was sadly nowhere to be seen, but that didn't discourage onlookers who lined the streets to catch a glimpse of the actors. Described as a low budget film, Killing Bono is the latest in an increasingly long line of film productions to hit the streets of the Belfast. Mr Wilson described the film industry here as “booming”. He said: “Northern Ireland is popular because crews can be within pretty much anywhere within an hour. That means they can move from a city to the country in that short space of time. “When time is money — as it is within the film industry — that becomes hugely important. Film crews can fly into Belfast and be on the Antrim Coast in under an hour. There is a huge amount of money to be made in the industry here — thankfully the Northern Ireland film industry has never been stronger.” Killing Bono wraps on Saturday morning and its expected release date is later in the summer.
April 30, 201015 yr Author From http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertai...e-14784825.html U2 song recorded 30 years ago set for release Thursday, 29 April 2010 An unreleased song composed by U2 around 30 years ago is to be revealed in the new film Killing Bono. The song, Secret Mission, was recorded by the band shortly after they formed but it has never been heard by the public before. Despite being three decades old, the song is only coming to light now because of the film's music producer, Ciaran Gribbin, who was given the thumbs- up by the band to rework some of their earliest material for the actors to perform. The Derry singer said he was brought in as a music supervisor and producer for the highly anticipated film and found it a "dream come true" to work with the raw song. "Hopefully everyone will be really happy with it," he said. "It's an absolute dream come true. I've been writing music for a long, long time - I did eight songs for the movie - but it remains to be seen how it came out in the end. I hope the public will get it. I'm confident with what I've got though. "It was written before U2 ever existed. They never officially released it, they recorded it when they were teenagers and called themselves The Hype. "They were probably 16 or 17, it's one of their first ever songs. You can hear where they were going with it though. It has that early punk angst that you would find in a teen band - but there are hints of where they were going with October in there also. Gribbin said the majority of people involved in the film have close ties to the legendary band. "There's a strong U2 connection with the team actually making the film. One of the producers was U2's agent when they first got signed, so they obviously know and trust him," he added. He approached them saying they needed an early song for that first school gig scene, and they were happy to oblige. The singer, who performs under the stage name Joe Echo, said that he hopes his version does U2 justice. Killing Bono just been picked up by Paramount Pictures and is set for release in the UK by the end of the year.
January 8, 201114 yr Author Here's the trailer to Killing Bono, out in April 2011. It actually looks really good. And with the late, great Pete Postlewaite too. TGCOryLwgiY :cheer: Edited January 8, 201114 yr by Jupiter9
January 8, 201114 yr Author Here's the blurb about Killing Bono from U2.COM http://www.u2.com/news/title/killing-bono-opening-2011
February 24, 201114 yr Author A song from U2's earliest days will appear on the soundtrack to "Killing Bono," the Paramount Pictures film being released April 1 in the U.K. "Street Mission, " a song from 1977 when Bono, the Edge, Larry Mullen, Adam Clayton and the Edge's brother Dik Evans were calling themselves the Hype (video below), is performed in the film by the musician-actors portraying the band in its earliest incarnation. Full story (and video) here http://www.billboard.com/news/killing-bono...005047052.story
February 24, 201114 yr Author OMG that video is sooooooooooo tragic :lol: :lol: :lol: And what terrible miming by Bono :lol: :lol: :lol: How young does he look? :lol: :lol: :lol:
March 10, 201114 yr Author You can win tickets to the London preview Gala screening thingy here http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/fi...preview-tickets Oh and the answer is Prince Caspian for anyone who's interested :P
February 7, 201213 yr It's on the Sky Movie channels, not box office, I recorded it but have to watch it before the 13th as I've cancelled my subscription from then on.
February 7, 201213 yr Author I'll need to have a wee look. I'm not going out the door this weekend so I'll try to catch it. ^_^
December 28, 201212 yr Author I watched Killing Bono on dvd the other night. I really enjoyed it :lol:
December 28, 201212 yr I watched Killing Bono on dvd the other night. I really enjoyed it :lol: Was that a comedy ,I heard about it , is it of Irish origin :huh:
December 29, 201212 yr I've had the film saved on my dvd player ................ for the past year :lol: not got around to watching it yet.
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