Film Office supports Liverpool homecoming for stars Jodie Comer and Stephen Graham in Channel 4 Drama ‘Help’ (w/t)

Help (w/t), reunites two of Liverpool’s famed screen talents; Jodie Comer (Killing Eve, Free Guy) and Stephen Graham (Line Of Duty, The Virtues) in their professional homecoming for a one-off, state-of-the-nation drama, to begin filming in Liverpool City Region in early 2021.

Planning Approved for Liverpool’s Pop-Up Film Studios

Liverpool City Council has received planning approval to create the city’s first purpose built film and high-end TV stages.

Sean Bean and Stephen Graham to star in new Jimmy McGovern drama Time

Sean Bean (Broken, Game Of Thrones) and Stephen Graham (Line Of Duty, The Virtues) will reunite (since BBC One’s Accused) to lead a gripping new prison drama from Jimmy McGovern for BBC One. Time is a three-part series and will be produced by BBC Studios Production. It begins filming in Liverpool this autumn.

LJMU enrols as Education Partner at Littlewoods Studios

Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) has been confirmed as the education partner at the much-anticipated Littlewoods Film and TV Studios being developed in the city by CAPITAL&CENTRIC with Liverpool City Council.

Pop-Up Studios Planning Application Submitted

Liverpool City Council has submitted a planning application to create the city’s first purpose built film and high-end TV stages.

Pop Up Film Studios to open in 2020 & £17 MILLION FUNDING BOOST FOR LITTLEWOODS STUDIOS

Littlewoods Studios has taken a major step forward with a £17 million funding commitment from the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority’s Strategic Investment Fund today (Friday 31 July).

LIVERPOOL FILM OFFICE UNVEILS FIRST TRANCHE OF DEVELOPMENT FUND AWARDS

Liverpool-based company Heroic is to adapt Nizrana Farook’s acclaimed debut novel The Girl Who Stole an Elephant into an animated TV series with backing from Liverpool Film Office.

LCR Film & TV Development Fund – Awards

Awards have equipped local creatives with the capital to research and develop a feature film treatment, create TV series outlines and draft pilot episodes, work with established script writers and more.

Full list of awardees from the Liverpool City Region Film & TV Development Fund and their projects can be seen below.

Updated Development Fund Guidelines – 22.04.2020

Version 2 of the Fund Guidelines is now live. These incorporate further clarification as to what activity we can and can’t support through the Development Fund.

Anthony – LA Productions/BBC One

15 years on from his death, Anthony Walker’s story is being told in a one-off film on BBC One, produced by Liverpool-based LA Productions.

LIVERPOOL FILM OFFICE LAUNCHES FILM & TV DEVELOPMENT FUND IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19

INTERVIEW: Sparkle VFX on their story so far, the future & Virtual Production

LIVERPOOL FILM OFFICE UPDATE DURING COVID-19 OUTBREAK

As we all enter a period of uncertainty, the team at Liverpool Film Office want to assure you that we are still open and working hard to support productions in Liverpool City Region, where possible.

The making of The Snow Spider

Interview with Executive Producer, Kristian Smith

The Snow Spider, is a new 5 x 30’ magical family adventure series on CBBC, produced by Liverpool and London-based Leopard Pictures and the first project to be part-funded by the Liverpool City Region Production Fund.