Ardal O'Hanlon leads the star studded cast of football mockumentary series

Father Ted star Ardal O’Hanlon is set to star alongside a host of famous faces in the feature adaption of football mockumentary series, Fran.Fran The Man sees Darragh Humphreys reprise his role as Fran Costello, assistant manager of Irish football minnows St Peter’s Celtic, who are drawn to play titans Shamrock Rovers in the first round of the Football Association of Ireland Cup. Costello must work undercover to save the beautiful game from match-fixing.

The logline reads: “When non-league St Peter's Celtic are drawn to play titans Shamrock Rovers in the first round of the FAI Cup, assistant manager Fran Costello hopes his team will pull off one of the greatest shocks in football history.The film is directed by Stephen Bradley and written by Richie Conroy. It is produced by 2023 Screen Rising Star Ireland Collie McCarthy for his Forty Foot Pictures, with support from Screen Ireland and RTE.

Stephen – who is married to Deirdre O’Kane – said: “I’m very happy to be shooting Fran The Man with Richie Conroy’s very funny and clever script, under the banner of Collie McCarthy’s Forty Foot Pictures.

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