‘Liverpool Story’: New documentary film captures city’s soul on screen Countless big-budget film and TV productions have utilised Liverpool's striking architecture and landscapes, but ‘Liverpool Story’ wants to portray the city as much more than just a cinematic backdrop Words | Izzy In 'Liverpool Story', audiences are given an intimate glimpse into the ... Read More...
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Capital&Centric is part-way through initial work on the Littlewoods Project to secure the historic buildings and prep the site for a re-birth as a film and TV-led destination. As part of the current planned works at the site, investigations have been ongoing into what will be required to make the building ... Read More...
Jodie Comer on The Bikeriders Liverpool’s Jodie Comer stars in a new crime drama which follows the rise of an outlaw biker gang in 1960s America. Here, she discusses the process of transforming herself into Kathy, an ordinary girl who falls for an enigmatic young motorcyclist played by Austin Butler. AN INTIMATE ... Read More...
The BBC has announced casting for This City Is Ours, the new crime drama set and filmed in Liverpool. The eight-part series is created and written by Stephen Butchard (The Good Mothers, The Last Kingdom, Five Daughters), directed by Saul Dibb (The Salisbury Poisonings, The Sixth Commandment), and produced by Left ... Read More...
Plans for the Littlewoods Project – a TV and film campus incorporating Liverpool’s former Littlewoods building – have been submitted by social impact developer Capital&Centric. The team is working with Liverpool City Council as freeholder of the site and Liverpool City Region Combined Authority as funder. A detailed planning application has ... Read More...
More than 500 film fans, young and old, flocked to the Littlewoods Film & Food Festival in Liverpool this weekend (15-16 July). The charity event raised £2,000 for a local cause and celebrated how far the city has come in attracting blockbuster productions. Social impact developers Capital&Centric teamed up with the Liverpool ... Read More...
The team behind plans to turn the former Littlewoods building on Edge Lane into a Hollywood-ready destination for TV and film are calling on locals to have their say on the restoration. Social impact developer Capital&Centric has revealed more details about its plans for the iconic 1930s building which will include ... Read More...
A local video transfer company which has helped more than 200,000 people retain and relive cherished family memories is to close. Before the shutters come down at AVS Liverpool for the final time at the end of March, the store is hoping to reunite former customers with their uncollected tapes. Countless attempts ... Read More...
The Littlewoods Project has reached a major milestone with a deal signed that kick-starts work on the high-profile scheme. Developers behind the project CAPITAL&CENTRIC have entered into a partnership with the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority and Liverpool City Council to deliver the first phase of the ambitious £70m regeneration project. This ... Read More...
Liverpool’s status as the “Hollywood of the North” has taken a step closer as its new film and high-end TV drama studios open for business on Monday (4 October). The Depot are two purpose-built, 20,000 sq ft sound-proofed film & TV production units, giving Liverpool the complete package for film producers ... Read More...