{"id":64128,"date":"2015-11-13T12:33:13","date_gmt":"2015-11-13T12:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=1e08664fa78ed0751c0d0a8cfe19840d"},"modified":"2015-11-13T12:33:13","modified_gmt":"2015-11-13T12:33:13","slug":"press-release-minister-celebrates-movie-magic-of-the-northern-powerhouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=64128","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Minister celebrates movie magic of the Northern Powerhouse"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>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\u2019s record of hosting Hollywood blockbusters and cult film classics.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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. <\/p>\n<p>Celebrating the North\u2019s role in movie history, Northern Powerhouse Minister James Wharton said: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>When it comes to great places to shoot great movies you need look no further than the Northern Powerhouse.  For decades it has been providing spectacular backdrops to cinematic classics, while sprinkling a little bit of magic into the Harry Potter series.<\/p>\n<p>It was great to see Hugh Grant and Meryl Streep recently trade the Hollywood walk of fame for the streets of Liverpool to shoot their latest movie, bringing with them jobs and growth to the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">We already have the likes of Star Wars and James Bond being filmed in London but I would urge moviemakers from Hollywood to Bollywood, as well as tourists visiting film locations, to come and see for themselves what the North has to offer.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Northern Powerhouse\u2019s other magic movie locations include: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Redcar Beach in Tees Valley which played a leading role in the Oscar-winning drama Atonement where more than 1,000 local extras were recruited to play a part in the World War Two love story<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>North Yorkshire\u2019s Aysgarth Falls where Kevin Costner fought an epic river battle with Little John in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Penrith in the Lake District hosted Uncle Monty\u2019s countryside retreat in the cult classic Withnail &amp; I which starred Richard E Grant<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Newcastle set the scene for seventies British crime drama Get Carter which starred Michael Caine<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Both Alnwick Castle in Northumberland and Durham Cathedral which are better known to Harry Potter fans as Hogwarts school of wizardry<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Easington Colliery in County Durham where young a Billy Elliot dreamt of becoming a professional ballet dancer<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"further-information\">Further information<\/h2>\n<p>The government has invested \u00a310 million to boost tourism and attract international visitors to the North of England. The Northern Tourism Growth Fund is expected to boost the local economy by \u00a3177 million, creating more than 3,200 jobs and delivering two million more nights spent in local hotels and bed &amp; breakfasts in resorts across the country. <\/p>\n<div class=\"contact postal-address\" id=\"contact_40\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Office address and general enquiries<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<p class=\"adr\">\n<span class=\"street-address\">2 Marsham Street<br \/>\n<br \/>\nLondon<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"postal-code\">SW1P 4DF<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"contact_form_url\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Contact form<\/span><br \/>\n              <a href=\"http:\/\/forms.communities.gov.uk\/\">http:\/\/forms.communiti&#8230;<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">General enquiries:  please use this number if you are a member of the public<\/span><br \/>\n              030 3444 0000\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"contact \" id=\"contact_171\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Media enquiries<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"email\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Email<\/span><br \/>\n              <a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:press.office@communities.gsi.gov.uk\">press.office@communities.gsi.gov.uk<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Please use this number if you&#8217;re a journalist wishing to speak to Press Office<\/span><br \/>\n              030 3444 1201\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Wharton celebrates the region\u2019s record of hosting Hollywood blockbusters and cult film classics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64128"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64128\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}