Minister celebrates movie magic of the Northern Powerhouse and urges more Hollywood & Bollywood to join the Success
James Wharton celebrates the region’s record of hosting Hollywood blockbusters and cult film classics. The spectacular scenery and historic settings of the North have all the makings of a movie powerhouse, according to James Wharton, who today (13 November 2015) celebrates the region’s record of hosting Hollywood blockbusters and cult film classics. The Northern Powerhouse Minister highlighted a range of film locations right across the North of England and is calling on film producers from across the pond, as well as those closer to home, to consider these great settings for their next movie in order to boost jobs and tourism. He was speaking as filming got underway in Liverpool where Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant are shooting the hotly-tipped Hollywood biopic about the heiress Florence Foster Jenkins. Celebrating the North’s role in movie history, Northern Powerhouse Minister James Wharton said: When it comes to great places to shoot great movies you...