Andy Serkis takes on the lead role in Ian Fitzgibbon’s (Perriers Bounty) Superhero, which see’s principal photography kicking off today, in Dublin, on a German-Irish coproduction.
The movie is based on the novel “Death of a Superhero” by Anthony McCarten and tells the story of a terminally ill teenager, Donald Clarke who craves sex and adventure. As his time is limited, and with no girlfriend he withdraws from the harsh realities of life and his illustrated comic book adventures where he battles his arch nemesis, The Glove.
The movie will shoot for six weeks here and then production will move to Germany for final filming and post production. The movie should hit the big screen sometime at the end of 2011 or early 2012
