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Stephen Poliakoff’s Close to the Enemy favoured filming on location in Liverpool over London
The latest series from the critically acclaimed writer, Stephen Poliakoff was filmed largely in Liverpool after the production deemed the Northern city's locations to be far superior to that of the UK capital. According to Poliakoff himself, Liverpool offers far…
Spielberg’s Ready Player One now filming in Birmingham
Steven Spielberg’s film adaptation of Ernest Cline’s novel, Ready Player One is now filming on location in Digbeth, doubling the location for a dystopian Ohio. Footage of the shoot emerged online, showing a van speeding around the corner of Floodgate…
Liverpool scoops GBP11.5 million from record year of filming
A new report to be submitted to Liverpool’s Culture and Tourism select committee in August will show an incredible 50% increase in the number of films shooting on location in the Northern City throughout 2015. The statistics show a presence…
Entries are now open for the Young Director Award 2016
Submissions are now being taken for the annual Young Director Award ceremony. The YDA seeks to honour young professionals within the industry and celebrate contributions from a variety of projects including animation, music videos and short films. The ceremony also…
Young Director Ben Hanratty films on location in Liverpool for iPhone 6s commercial
Ben Hanratty, an 18 year old film student has become the director of Apple’s latest commercial for the iPhone 6s after the company agreed to use footage of Liverpool that he submitted for their consideration. Hanratty explains: “I sent my…
Harry Potter spinoff filming doubles Liverpool as New York City
The upcoming film adaptation of J.K. Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, which operates as both a prequel and a spinoff to the Harry Potter series, has begun filming in Liverpool, a city in the northwest of England,…
BBC gangster drama Peaky Blinders to film Liverpool again for third season
The BBC’s hit period gangster drama Peaky Blinders will once again double parts of Liverpool for 1920s Birmingham. Cillian Murphy stars as the head of a criminal gang in the Midlands city trying to expand his business empire in the…
Liverpool approves plan for new film studio
Authorities in Liverpool have approved plans to spend GBP 25 million converting the city’s former Littlewoods Building into new TV and film studios. The aim is to attract more movies to the city, as well as high-end television dramas like…
Liverpool plans new film studio
Authorities in Liverpool in north-west England are to consider a plan to create an adapted studio facility. The city is a popular filming location particularly for British TV productions but has also hosted big-budget Hollywood shoots like Captain America: The…
Moscow-set gangster drama Mafiya to go into production for early 2016
Gangster series Mafiya will be set in Russian capital Moscow and will start filming in early 2016. In recent years Hollywood productions like Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit have doubled cities as diverse as Liverpool for the Russian capital. Bruce Willis'…