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Ehrenreich and Reynor were hot favourites for the role

Jack Reynor loses out to Ehrenreich in Han Solo role

Wicklow star Jack Reynor has lost out on the chance to play a young Han Solo to American actor Alden Ehrenreich.

Alden Ehrenreich is the new favourite to play Han Solo

US star overtakes Reynor as Han Solo favourite

Hail, Caesar! star Alden Ehrenreich has emerged as the frontrunner to play Han Solo in a standalone movie set in the Star Wars universe, overtaking Irish favourite Jack Reynor.

Entertainment • 15 Apr 16

Jack Reynor moves closer to going Solo

It is reported that Wicklow actor Jack Reynor has moved a step closer to playing the young Han Solo in the upcoming Star Wars spinoff movie.

Entertainment • 15 Mar 16

Jack Reynor would love to pull a few pints in Carrigstown

Fanboy Jack Reynor fancies a role on Fair City

Jack Reynor has revealed that he would love a "small little role" on Carrigstown drama Fair City.

Entertainment • 14 Mar 16

Reynor - Plays inspirational older brother Brendan in Sing Street

Jack Reynor says Sing Street role was so close to home

Actor Jack Reynor has told TEN that his character in the acclaimed new Irish movie Sing Street is very special to him because it's a tribute to someone in his own family.

Entertainment • 10 Mar 16

Jack Reynor would love 'incredible' Han Solo role

Irish actor Jack Reynor has spoken about his excitement at being shortlisted to take on the role of Han Solo in an upcoming Star Wars spin-off movie, saying it would be "an incredible gig to get."

Entertainment • 30 Jan 16

Jack Reynor on Han Solo spin-off shortlist

The shortlist for the upcoming Star Wars spin-off movie that will focus on the early life of Han Solo has been revealed, and our very own Jack Reynor is in the running.

Entertainment • 12 Jan 16

Jack Reynor linked to young Han Solo role

Transformers star Jack Reynor is among the actors who have been linked to the role of the young Han Solo in an upcoming Star Wars spin-off movie.

Entertainment • 03 Dec 15

Reynor and Murphy - Crime thriller will be released next year

Bidding war for Irish stars' new thriller

After a scramble among distributors, a deal has been done for the US rights to Free Fire, the new thriller which stars Cillian Murphy and Jack Reynor.

Entertainment • 13 Nov 15

Jack Reynor and his fiance, model and blogger Madeleine Mulqueen

Reynor felt honoured to land role in Macbeth

Jack Reynor has said he felt very honoured to land a role alongside Michael Fassbender in Macbeth adding that the experience was "amazing, but also terrifying."

Entertainment • 23 Sep 15

Glassland tells the story of John (Jack Reynor), a struggling Dublin taxi driver who reaches a crossroads in his life as he tries to save his mother Jean (Toni Collette) from addiction

Irish film Glassland secures US release

The award-winning Dublin drama Glassland, which stars Jack Reynor and Toni Collette, is to be released in North America next year.

Entertainment • 15 Sep 15

Reynor - New film is executive produced by Martin Scorsese

Jack Reynor joins Cillian Murphy in crime thriller

Jack Reynor has joined Cillian Murphy in Free Fire, the Boston-set thriller from Kill List director Ben Wheatley.

Entertainment • 11 Jun 15

Watch! First clips of Macbeth starring Fassbender

Check out the first clips from Macbeth, which had it's world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. Michael Fassbender stars as Macbeth, alongside Marian Cotillard and Jack Reynor

Entertainment • 25 May 15

A Royal Night Out

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Movie Reviews • 14 May 15

Watch! TEN talks to Glassland star Jack Reynor

With his new film Glassland in cinemas from Friday April 17, actor Jack Reynor has told TEN that festival audiences' "massive positive response" to the Gerard Barrett-directed drama has taken him by surprise.

Entertainment • 20 Apr 15

Toni Collette was "blown away" by Glassland script

Toni Collette has revealed she was "blown away" when she first read the script by Irish writer/director Gerard Barrett for his new movie Glassland.

Entertainment • 18 Apr 15

Watch! TEN talks to Glassland star Jack Reynor

With his new film Glassland in cinemas from Friday April 17, actor Jack Reynor has told TEN that festival audiences' "massive positive response" to the Gerard Barrett-directed drama has taken him by surprise.

Entertainment • 16 Apr 15

Reynor facing lawsuit over alleged LA collision

Jack Reynor is facing a $2 million (€1.8m) lawsuit over an alleged collision which took place in 2012.

Entertainment • 14 Apr 15

Reynor as John in Glassland: "I think that I, as a person, relate an awful lot more to John than I do to Richard"

Reynor says Glassland not about shattering Richard

With Glassland opening on April 17, star Jack Reynor has told RTÉ TEN that he did not choose his down-at-heel role as a way to put distance in the public's mind from the privileged character he played in another acclaimed Irish drama, What Richard Did.

Entertainment • 13 Apr 15

Jack Reynor among Late Late Show guests

Transformers' star Jack Reynor is among Ryan Tubridy's guests on The Late Late Show on RTÉ One tomorrow, April 10.

Entertainment • 10 Apr 15

Director says media's take on Jack Reynor way off

With Glassland opening on Friday April 17, director Gerard Barrett has criticised some of the media coverage of star Jack Reynor, and says anything Reynor has achieved has been due to the hard work and sacrifices of the actor and his mother, Tara O'Grady.

Entertainment • 31 Mar 15

Reynor - Will play Mowgli's wolf brother

Production begins for Reynor on The Jungle Book

Principal photography has begun in the US on the new 3D adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's classic adventure The Jungle Book, which includes Jack Reynor among its cast and marks the feature directorial debut of The Hobbit star Andy Serkis.

Entertainment • 11 Mar 15

Watch! Reynor in A Royal Night Out trailer

The first trailer for A Royal Night Out has been released, check it out here.

Entertainment • 25 Feb 15

Jack Reynor, with Toni Collette, who plays his mother in Glassland

Jack Reynor wins Sundance Award

Irish actor Jack Reynor has won the World Cinema Special Jury Prize for Acting at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.

Entertainment • 02 Feb 15

Glassland stars Jack Reynor and Toni Collette

Watch! Clip from new Irish film Glassland

Glassland, the new Irish urban drama from Pilgrim Hill writer-director Gerard Barrett, is released in cinemas on Friday April 17 and screens at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah next week. Here's your chance to watch a new clip.

Entertainment • 16 Jan 15