
Lawrence Osborne's novel The Ballad of a Small Player adapted into film starring Colin Farrell
Lawrence Osborne's 2014 novel, The Ballad of a Small Player has been adapted into a film, Ballad of a Small Player, directed by Edward Berger, starring Colin Farrell. The film premiered at the 52nd Telluride Film Festival in August 2025, and will be released in cinemas in mid-October before streaming on Netflix at the end of October.
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