‘Almost mythical’ Michael Flatley thriller Blackbird gets September release

Lord of the Dance star thrilled' self-financed film finally being released four years after premiere

Almost four years after it premiered and promptly disappeared, a spy thriller written, directed, produced, financed by and starring the Irish-American dancer Michael Flatley will be released in Irish cinemas in September.

According to its blurb on IMDb, Blackbird is about a troubled secret agent" who retires and opens a luxurious nightclub in the Caribbean to escape the dark shadows of his past". Then, in a bittersweet development for the eponymous former spy, an old flame arrives and reignites love in his life, but she brings danger with her".