Walden Media shoot new film in Belfast

March 17, 2007

belfast The Northern Ireland Film and Television Commission (NIFTC) has announced that a major multi-million dollar feature film is to shoot here this summer. Negotiations over the past 6 months with Playtone Productions and Walden Media (already known here for the CS Lewis The Chronicles of Narnia), have resulted in the US$50 million Hollywood film coming to Northern Ireland in the face of stiff competition from other regions and film commissions.

CITY OF EMBER, a children’s fantasy sci-fi adventure from the book by American writer Jeanne DuPrau, is set in a future when the earth’s citizens have moved underground to escape the planet’s toxic atmosphere. Ember is “the only light in the dark world” that is slowly dying as supplies begin to run low and the electricity generator starts to fail. The story centres around two teenagers Lina and Doon who are destined to be the unforeseen heroes of Ember as they dare to venture into the forbidden “Unknown Regions” to try and save their city.

The movie, which will be filmed entirely in Northern Ireland, is due to start shooting in early summer for a 16-week shoot until October. Pre-production has already begun on the massive set build, which will see the former Paint Hall in the Titanic Quarter transformed into the underground city of Ember. Click here to read the full press release.

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