FILMING in Liverpool generated an estimated £100m for the city’s economy during the first decade of the 21st century.
In 2009 alone almost 250 different productions, from promotional films and adverts to TV shows and big-budget movies, were shot in city locations. They included two major Boxing Day releases – John Lennon biopic Nowhere Boy and Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes starring Robert Downey Jr.
And Liverpool Film Office said despite the economic downturn the start of the next 10 years also looks rosy with a number of productions already confirmed or in talks for 2010.
A second series of the Moving On TV dramas, which won praise in 2009, and a range of other drama series are expected to hit city streets.
Lynn Saunders, who has headed Liverpool Film Office for the past 10 years, said: “They are from local sources which is fantastic.
They are our bread and butter and the films and commercials are the topping. The city has always been popular with film-makers.”
