An environmentally-friendly chauffeur service has opened at The Bottle Yard Studios in Bristol. Studio Cars offers a fleet of low-emission and electric vehicles to transport production crew, cast and VIPs to and from the studio.
Former Game of Thrones star Sean Bean will start filming new ITV drama series The Frankenstein Chronicles next week. Northern Ireland will stand in for Regency London of the 1820s.
Hampshire in the south of England had a strong 2014, hosting nearly a dozen feature films and five high-profile TV shoots. Superhero sequel The Avengers: Age of Ultron and Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible 5 were among the biggest feature productions.
A period set will be specially built in a former quarry in the Durham Dales of northern England for ITV’s new historical drama series Beowulf. The series will adapt the Dark Ages poem that was made into a high-profile 2007 feature with Ray Winstone and Angelina Jolie.
Period drama Foyle's War has filmed Liverpool as London, Southampton, Poland and France for its new series. The long-running show follows the exploits of an MI5 officer in post-war Britain.
Historic National Trust properties in the UK are hoping for a film tourism boost when they appear in the BBC’s period drama Wolf Hall in 2015. Television drama Downton Abbey and movies like Tim Burton’s recent Alice in Wonderland have all boosted visits to UK stately homes.
A new TV miniseries version of the classic Old English poem Beowulf will be filmed on location in north-east England for broadcaster ITV. A high-profile movie version starring Ray Winstone and Angelina Jolie was shot by filmmaker Robert Zemeckis in 2007 using motion-capture technology.
A new TV drama version of the classic Jekyll and Hyde story is set to film in India and London from early next year. The series is from UK network ITV, which recently commissioned The Chronicles of Frankenstein, featuring former Game of Thrones star Sean Bean.