Colin Farrell attends the Headline Gala screening of Netflix’s ‘Ballad of a Small Player’ during the 69th BFI London Film Festival at The Royal Festival Hall on October 9th, 2025 in London, England. Photo by StillMoving.Net for Netflix.
Preview:
- Colin Farrell is playing a vengeful priest in ‘Ordained.’
- ‘John Wick’s Derek Kolstad adapted the script from a forthcoming comic title.
- Joe and Anthony Russo will produce.
Can a movie where a priest delivers a touch of the ol’ ultraviolence be considered “faith based”? We’re not sure the target audience for movies with that descriptor would agree, but it makes us chuckle, nonetheless.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Colin Farrell (‘The Banshees of Inisherin’) will be putting that notion to the test as he plays a priest up against criminals in a new movie called ‘Ordained.’
Joe and Anthony Russo (‘Avengers: Endgame’) are attached to produce via their AGBO company and ‘John Wick’ veteran Derek Kolstad is aboard to write the script.
This one doesn’t have a studio (or streaming) home yet, but it has already generated plenty of interest.
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What’s the story of ‘Ordained’?
Colin Farrell in ‘Ballad of a Small Player’. Photo: Netflix. Netflix. © 2024.
‘Ordained’ is based on an upcoming comic book by publisher Bad Idea, created by writer Robert Venditti, illustrator Trevor Hairsine and colorist Dave Stewart.
Farrell will star as Father Roy Craig, a priest who performs last rites on a mob boss who miraculously survives — but not before confessing his crimes to the father.
Soon after, Father Roy finds himself targeted by hitmen, corrupt cops and gangsters — all sent by the mob boss who wants to silence him. But Father Roy secretly has a violent past that makes him a more dangerous target than anyone imagines. (He does, however follow the commandment Thou Shall Not Kill, but we’re fairly sure he’s not above brutal maimings!)
Where else can we see Colin Farrell?
Colin Farrell attends the Headline Gala screening of Netflix’s ‘Ballad of a Small Player’ during the 69th BFI London Film Festival at The Royal Festival Hall on October 9th, 2025 in London, England. Photo by StillMoving.Net for Netflix.
Farrell has had something of a mixed year so far –– he scored plenty of acclaim for 2024’s ‘The Batman’ TV spin-off ‘The Penguin,’ but his 2025 movie work hasn’t fared so well –– ‘A Big Bold Beautiful Journey’ got bad reviews and did little business at the box office.
And even his collaboration with ‘Conclave’s Edward Berger, ‘Ballad of a Small Player’ hasn’t found a lot of love with critics and seems unlikely to be winning many awards.
Still, Farrell will likely have more luck (even if he has to get back into the prosthetics) when he reprises the role of Oz Cobb for ‘The Batman II’, which should finally begin shooting next year.
He’ll also be back for a new series of Apple TV series ‘Sugar,’ and is attached to ‘All of Us Strangers’ director Andrew Haigh’s drama ‘Belly of the Beast.’
When will ‘Ordained’ be on screens?
This one is a case of waiting to see which company picks it up. The movie is also without a director at the moment (Kolstad may do it, but that isn’t confirmed yet).
(L to R) Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell star in ‘A Big Bold Beautiful Journey’. Photo: Matt Kennedy. © 2025 CTMG, Inc. All Rights Reserved. ALL IMAGES ARE PROPERTY OF SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT INC. FOR PROMOTIONAL USE ONLY. SALE, DUPLICATION OR TRANSFER OF THIS MATERIAL IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.
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