Liverpool, which is currently hosting productions including Sky’s “Funny Girl” and Channel 4’s “The Curse,” will open a new film and TV production studio in the city on Monday.Called The Depot, it’s located close to both the city centre and major roads and is comprised of two 20,000 sq ft units with soundproofing.
It is also close to the site of the future Littlewoods Studios.The opening is partly a response to the U.K.’s production boom, which has seen Liverpool – the birthplace of “Free Guy” star Jodie Comer and “Cracker” scribe Jimmy McGovern – become the second most filmed city in the country, often doubling as New York or London, earning it the nickname “Hollywood of the North.”Among the titles that have recently filmed in the city are “Peaky Blinders,” “Doctor Who” and upcoming Robert Pattinson movie “The Batman.”The studio received a £17 million funding
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