Chris O’Donnell Launches Lone Cypress Entertainment With First Project ‘Kilkenny’ Set
Chris O’Donnell has launched Lone Cypress Entertainment, a production company with funding for development and production. Its first project, Kilkenny, will be set in Ireland and brings together actor P.J. Byrne and director Jay Duplass, with O’Donnell saying the company aims to help talent develop projects from an early stage.
O’Donnell’s experience after NCIS: Los Angeles ended its 14-season run helped shape the venture, which will span digital series, television and films. Byrne and Duplass are writing Kilkenny from a story by Byrne and Andrew Muscato; plot details have not been disclosed. O’Donnell will produce with Jay Lavender, Muscato, Byrne and Duplass.
- Chris O’Donnell has founded Lone Cypress Entertainment.
- Its first film, Kilkenny, will be set in Ireland.
- P.J. Byrne and Jay Duplass are writing the project.
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Chris O’Donnell is an actor known for television and film roles, including a long-running part in NCIS: Los Angeles. He has started Lone Cypress Entertainment as a production company with money to develop and make projects across online series, television and film.
Kilkenny is the company’s first project and is planned as a story set in Ireland. Actor P.J. Byrne and director Jay Duplass are writing it from a story by Byrne and Andrew Muscato; details of the plot have not been announced. O’Donnell and the other named collaborators are producing it.
The company’s stated aim is to help creative talent develop projects from an early stage. That approach can give writers and performers a role in shaping a project before it is made, while a new production company’s first project can help establish the kind of work it hopes to make.