EXCLUSIVE: How about this for a sunshine marriage ceremony gone flawed?
Tom Vaughan-Lawlor (Love/Hate, Avengers: Infinity Warfare, Endgame), Justine Mitchell (Derry Ladies, Smother), Jason O’Mara (Brokers of SHIELD, The Man In The Excessive Fort) and India Mullen (Regular Folks, Say Nothing) are among the many forged of The Sacred Vows, a darkish and quirky drama sequence for Eire’s RTÉ.
It comes from screenwriter John Butler, who just lately wrote and directed on Season 3 of Stephen Service provider’s BBC and Prime Video comedy-drama The Outlaws.
Made in affiliation with Banijay Rights, which has worldwide gross sales rights, and Fís Éireann/Display Eire, the present comes from Rob Walpole and Rebecca O’Flanagan from Irish impartial manufacturing firm Treasure Leisure, whose credit embody Butler’s characteristic movies Papi Chulo, Good-looking Satan and The Stag IFTA-winning TV sketch present Your Unhealthy Self, Paddy Breathnach’s Oscar-shortlisted Viva and most just lately John Carney’s Flora and Son and his upcoming Energy Ballad movie.
The six-part sequence facilities round an Irish marriage ceremony in Spain, the place per week of day-drinking and chaotic nights launch secret fears and jealousy and want bubbles to the floor.
Per the logline, These Sacred Vows “opens the morning after the marriage, when the physique of a priest is discovered floating face-down within the swimming pool of the younger company’ villa.” Over the course of the sequence, the motion jumps again in time to revisit key occasions of a wild earlier week, every from the attitude of a unique character.
Vaughan-Lawlor performs Fr. Vincent, Mitchell performs mother-of-the-bride Sandra and O’Mara father-of-the-bride Jerry. The forged additionally contains Adam John Richardson (Vikings: Valhalla, The Dry), Tom Hanson (Brassic, The Outlaws), Jade Auguste (His Darkish Supplies, Trauma), Aaron Heffernan (Brassic, Femme) and Aoife Hinds (Regular Folks, Dune Prophecy). Additionally within the case are Irish comedians Shane Daniel Byrne and Catherine Bohart.
Manufacturing on location in Tenerife at this time forward of a 2026 launch date in Eire. Banijay will probably be procuring rights forward of launch.
Government producers for RTÉ Performing Head of Drama David Crean and Director of Acquisitions and Co-Productions Dermot Horan; Walpole and O’Flanagan for Treasure; Banijay Rights CEO Cathy Payne and EVP Content material & Acquisitions Simon Cox for Banijay Rights; and Kate McColgan for Fís Éireann/Display Eire.
Crean stated: “John Butler’s wonderful drama leaps off the web page with life and enjoyable and naughtiness. These Sacred Vows showcases the easiest of Irish expertise to Irish and worldwide audiences.”
“I like the concept of six movies of the identical type, all set in the identical place on successive days, with every of these characters experiencing the insanity of an Irish marriage ceremony very otherwise,” stated Butler. “Irish weddings are distinctive – and uniquely mad – and will be associated to by everybody as a result of, as with vermin, you’re by no means too distant from the looming spectre of ‘Somebody’s Huge Day.’”
O’Flanagan and Walpole referred to as Butler’s sequence “bitingly humorous but transferring,” including, “John is a grasp at combining the chic with the ridiculous and by no means extra so than in these superbly crafted scripts.
“RTE have been enthusiastic supporters of this mission from the very first verbal pitch; Display Eire have been very long time supporters of our work with John; and to have Banijay on board throughout international distribution rounds out the finance superbly. In entrance of the digital camera we have now assembled our dream workforce of established expertise and thrilling recent faces. We’re so excited for this one.”
Banijay’s Cox stated the sequence has a “stand-out script, performing line-up and inventive workforce” and “to be the newest in an extended line of hit TV dramas to hail from Eire.” He added that it has the potential to be a “returnable drama,” and that Banijay Rights will probably be taking it to market “later this 12 months.”
Kate McColgan, Head of Tv for Fís Éireann/ Display Eire, added the mission was a “very intelligent, humorous and compelling tv sequence that will probably be vacation spot viewing, not only for Irish audiences, however for individuals who love nice TV world wide.
