Since 2015, Metropolitan Pictures International has operated as a qualifying Irish Production Company under the aegis of the Section 481 corporation film tax incentive.
Delivering first rate international television co-productions
Metropolitan Pictures has also co-produced a wide variety of critically acclaimed television series, including both seasons to date of the award-winning Irish crime drama KIN for BRON Studios, AMC, Screen Ireland and RTÉ, acquired by BBC and Netflix, Season 2 of The Tourist, starring Jamie Dornan, for Two Brothers Pictures, BBC & All3Media, Moonhaven for AMC, Redemption for Tall Story Pictures, ITV Studios, VMTV & the Coimisiún na Meán S&V Fund, Vikings Seasons 5 & 6 for MGM & The History Channel, Seasons 1 to 3 of Valhalla for MGM and Netflix, Penny Dreadful for Showtime, and Into The Badlands Seasons 2 & 3 , created by Al Gough & Miles Millar for AMC
Original Content
Metropolitan’s original productions include all seasons of Love: Hate, the hugely successful and highly acclaimed crime drama, Neil Jordan’s Greta starring Isabelle Hupper for Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and distributed by Universal, Tomato Red for Indican and Take 5, the critically acclaimed John Michael McDonagh directed Calvary with an ensemble cast of leading Irish talent headed by Brendan Gleeson, Ondine, directed by Neil Jordan and starring Colin Farrell, the Academy Award® nominated The Door, written and directed by Juanita Wilson, seasons 1 to 4 of The Tudors, the gripping drama feature H3. the moving multi-award-winning drama As If I Am Not There set in Bosnia, Nora, the biopic on the life of Nora Barnacle starring Susan Lynch in the title role and Ewan McGregor as James Joyce, and the feature film Dorothy Mills and Shine of Rainbows.
Latest Productions
Current projects include Wednesday Season 2 for MGM/Netflix; Harry Wild Season 4, for Acorn, Dynamic Television, ZDF & RTE, Sanctuary Season 2 for AMC and Monumental, How to Get to Heaven from Belfast, Lisa McGee’s follow up to ‘Derry Girls’ for Netflix, Marian Keyes’ The Walsh Sisters for RTÉ, BBC, Screen Ireland & Cineflix, and The 12 Dates of Christmas for Hallmark & Dynamic.
Excellence in Film Production
Metropolitan Pictures’ numerous award-winning feature film co-productions have included Martin McDonagh’s Oscar-nominated The Banshees of Inisherin, with Blueprint Pictures for Twentieth Century, reuniting Colin Farrell and Brendan Glesson, Disney’s Disenchanted, starring Amy Adams the sequel to 2007’s Enchanted, Ridley Scott’s The Last Duel, starring Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Jodie Comer, Silver for Constantin Film & Amazon Studios and most recently the gripping political thriller Anniversary, for Fifth Season and Lionsgate, with Diane Lane andKyle Chandler.
