This year the government introduced tax credits for high-end TV dramas – those which cost at least £1m an hour to produce. But the real driver is now expected to be television. Several recent Bollywood movies have been filmed in the UK. While many of the films were shot by the big US studios, interest has started to come from further afield. In addition to The Force Awakens, which was also filmed around Thirlmere Aqueduct, Derwentwater and Ullswater in Cumbria, this year the nation has provided some spectacular backdrops for the forthcoming Assassin’s Creed and The Huntsman: Winter’s War, as well as the latest James Bond film, Spectre. It is not just Disney that cannot get enough of British locations. It just lends itself to that so beautifully.” It has castles, which part of our fairytale world. It has magnificent forests and woods with ancient trees with scale and size, and that was thrilling to find. “It’s so rich … in terms of so many things we needed for fairytales,” Rob Marshall, the director of Disney’s Into the Woods, filmed on location in Buckinghamshire, Surrey, Kent and Hertfordshire, said recently. Indeed, it seems that when it comes to film locations, few countries can beat Britain in the history or geography stakes. “Our main issue has been trying to absorb it all.” “The number of inquiries this year is up by 40%,” said Caroline Norbury, chief executive of Creative England, which calculates that this year production companies spent almost £100m in local economies outside London. Nor is Puzzlewood alone in attracting their interest.įigures just released by Creative England, the body funded by the British Film Institute to help companies find locations, show that in 2015 it supported more than 1,100 film and television projects, a record for the third successive year. Now hardly a week passes without it receiving an inquiry from production scouts eager to capture its mysterious beauty on film. Photograph: Joe Daniel Price/Getty Images/Flickr RF Puzzlewood in Gloucestershire, another location for Star Wars and numerous other films. A location for Doctor Who, Merlin and Atlantis on the small screen, it made its film debut in 2013 in Jack the Giant Slayer, starring Nicholas Hoult. It may seem perverse that a remote spot of the West Country, more Laurie Lee than JJ Abrams, has become such an attraction for sci-fi fans, but Puzzlewood will be familiar to viewers. “The mining industry has been decimated in terms of jobs and prospects, tourism is something that the area needs to look into and really try to grasp.” “The region suffered during the foot-and-mouth crisis of 11 years ago,” said its director, Mark Terry-Lush. Wye Valley and Forest of Dean Tourism, which last week launched a guide to the area for film fans, believes that screen tourism will bring in £50m to the local economy over the next five years. Spoiler alert: See which scene it was at the bottom of this article.Īccording to IMDb, other filming locations included Iceland, Abu Dhabi, and various parts of England and Scotland.For a region that has historically found it hard to create jobs, the Forest of Dean’s links to the franchise and a host of others films, notably Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, could prove to be a major asset.įilm consultancy Olsberg estimates that “screen tourism” was worth as much as £140m to the UK last year and is likely to increase. The island ended up being the backdrop for a key meeting between two characters. immediately wrote back and said, ‘I love you. Tommy Harper, an executive producer for the blockbuster, recalled Abrams' reaction when production designer Rick Carter emailed photos of Skellig Michael island covered in lush greens, jagged rocks, and ancient-looking stairs. Abrams and crew on the island of Skellig Michael off the southwest coast of the mainland. "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" may be an intergalactic adventure, but many of its filming locations are very real and hoping to attract fans as visitors – In particular, one Irish island where the movie’s final scene was shot.ĭiscover Ireland, a tourism site for the country, released a “Behind the Scenes” promotional video on Monday showing the film's director J.J.
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