Fact: Movie legend Richard Harris is to be honoured in his native Ireland in December (13) with a namesake film festival. The inaugural Richard Harris International Film Festival is scheduled to take place in Limerick, where the late Harry Potter star was born in 1930. He passed away in 2002.
Fact: Former James Bond star Pierce Brosnan is set to play the British Prime Minister in a film adaptation of Richard Harris' novel THE GHOST - rumoured to be based on Tony Blair's time in office. The former U.K. leader stepped down last year (07).