Jim Broadbent films Harold Fry feature
Filming begins this week in Devon on a feature adaptation of Rachel Joyce’s best-selling novel The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, starring Jim Broadbent and Penelope Wilton.
Joyce’s book, first published in 2012, centres on Harold Fry, a 65-year-old man who walks from his home in Kingsbridge, Devon, to post an important letter to his dying friend, Queenie, then just keeps on walking.
He eventually covers more than 600 miles in his quest to hand-deliver his missive, spending the 87- day journey reflecting on his marriage, his career and his estranged son.
True to the story, the locations encompassed will be wide-ranging, taking in sites as far afield as Devon and Northumberland before finishing in London.
The film is directed by Hettie Macdonald and produced by Juliet Dowling, Kevin Loader and Marilyn Milgrom for Essential Cinema and Free Range Films.
Photo by Anthony Harvey, courtesy of Getty Images.
Also on The Knowledge
Shetland wins double recommission
The BBC has ordered two more series of detective drama Shetland with the first (Series 9) filming this month.
Bank of Dave the Sequel begins northern shoot
Filming gets underway today (26 February) on the Netflix sequel to 2023 feature Bank of Dave with shooting taking place largely in Burnley and Leeds.
Filming underway on new series of Strike
Strike, The Ink Black Heart – the sixth instalment of the detective drama - has begun filming.
Feature film Lola and Freddie to shoot in London this summer
A new feature film, Lola and Freddie, will shoot in London locations this summer with Naomie Harris, Joel Fry, Jameela Jamil and Olivia Lee leading the cast.
Construction commences on BBC's West Midlands production hub as new series is greenlit
Ground has been broken on The Tea Factory, a new BBC production hub in the West Midlands that promises to be the BBC’s greenest building, with a new series featuring Billy Billingham to be produced in the region.
Ralph Fiennes to direct and star in The Beacon
Ralph Fiennes is set to make his screenwriting feature debut with The Beacon; he will also direct.