Richard Linklater’s Blue Moon and Edward Burns’ Finnegan’s Foursome are among the films lined up to shoot this summer in Ireland, ahead of what’s gearing up to be a busy summer for inward investment in the country.

US filmmaker Linklater’s latest project stars Irish native Andrew Scott, Margaret Qualley and Bobby Cannavale and will shoot in Dublin this summer. The feature is a biopic about the dying days of Lorenz Hart, one half of legendary mid-century American songwriting duo Rodgers & Hart.

Linklater is also a producer on the project, alongside Mike Blizzard and John Sloss. The film...