Cillian Murphy is starring in and producing a big-screen adaptation of Wexford author Claire Keegan's Booker Prize-nominated bestseller Small Things Like These.
US entertainment trade publication Deadline reports that the Cork actor is currently filming the adaptation in Ireland alongside Emily Watson.
The film reunites Murphy with Peaky Blinders director Tim Mielants, and the script has been written by Murphy's longtime collaborator, the playwright Enda Walsh.
Set in an Irish town at Christmas 1985, Small Things Like These follows fuel merchant Bill Furlong (Murphy) as he discovers secrets about his homeplace and his own life.
Small Things Like These has received the green light from Ben Affleck and Matt Damon's company Artists Equity (AE).
The film has received backing from Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland and is the first feature from Murphy and production partner Alan Moloney's Big Things Films.
"I'm honoured and thrilled to have the opportunity to bring Claire Keegan's magnificent novel to the screen," said Murphy in a statement.
"We have gathered together a phenomenal team of creatives to make this film, and found exceptional partners in AE, a studio led by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck - actors and filmmakers I have admired for many years."
Keegan's book Foster was the basis for the Oscar-nominated Irish-language film An Cailín Ciúin (The Quiet Girl).
Small Things Like These is longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award, with the shortlist set to be announced on Tuesday 28 March.
Murphy will next be seen on the big screen in the historical drama Oppenheimer. It is due in cinemas on Friday 21 July.
Listen to Small Things Like These on RTÉ Radio 1's Book on One.
