Feature films The Choral, The Nest, Good Boy, and a four-part TV drama Reunion, film across Yorkshire, thanks to investment from the Yorkshire Content Fund.
Locations in West and North Yorkshire provide the backdrop to the film The Choral, written by Alan Bennett, whose original screenplay is directed by Nicholas Hytner and stars an acclaimed cast including Ralph Fiennes and Simon Russell Beale.
The Choral takes place in Yorkshire in 1916 where the chorus master and most of the men of the ambitious local Choral society have volunteered for the front. Under the direction of Dr Guthrie (Fiennes), the Choral recruits a number of teenage boys and girls and together they discover the joys of singing and the urgency of desire as the new boys come to terms with their imminent conscription into the army.
Revenge thriller Reunion, written by Sheffield-born deaf writer William Mager, is filming in and around Sheffield. Matthew Gurney, Lara Peake, Anne-Marie Duff, Eddie Marsan, and Rose Ayling-Ellis star in the upcoming thriller, made by Warp Films for BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
Reunion is an emotional thriller of revenge and redemption following the journey of Daniel Brennan, a deaf man determined to right his wrongs, while unravelling the truth behind the events that led him to prison.
Later in the summer shooting will commence on feature film The Nest, which tells the story of two women that are neighbours who strike up an unusual and questionable reliance between one another. Academy Award Nominee Andrea Riseborough will star in this tense and atmospheric feature from BAFTA winner writer/director Paul Andrew Williams.
Completing this quartet of recent investments is Good Boy produced by UK producer and Academy Award winner Jeremy Thomas and Academy Award nominees Ewa Piaskowska and Jerzy Skolimowski from Poland. The feature film from acclaimed director Jan Komasa follows a football hooligan as he is kidnapped by a middle-class family seemingly intent on turning him into a ‘Good Boy.’
Caroline Cooper Charles, Chief Executive of Screen Yorkshire commented: “Yorkshire is enjoying an incredible summer of filming activity, and we are delighted that the Yorkshire Content Fund has been instrumental in attracting four such high profile projects to the region. It really is an astonishing range of productions featuring an abundance of award-winning talent and we are thrilled to have the opportunity to give them all our warmest Yorkshire welcome.
"Screen Yorkshire is incredibly proud of the strong legacy it has built supporting world class film and television. With a recent industry survey pointing to high levels of unemployment we need to do everything we can to support our local workforce by attracting production to the region. These latest titles, along with the BBC series Virdee, which is also supported by the Content Fund and recently concluded production in Bradford, emphasise the important positive economic impact we can bring to the Yorkshire economy.”
