Major TV Series Camelot Begins Shooting in Ardmore Studios
The cameras have started rolling on CAMELOT, a major 10-part US drama series which will be shot in Ireland over the next 22 weeks and is worth an estimated $32 million to the Irish industry.
Written by Michael Hirst (The Tudors) and Chris Chibnall (Life on Mars, Torchwood) the series will be a retelling of the Arthurian legend based on Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur (Arthur's Death). Filming of the historical drama will take place in Ardmore Studios and in various locations throughout County Wicklow, with a cast line-up boasting Joseph Fiennes, Eva Green, Jamie Campbell Bower, Tamsin Egerton, Claire Forlani and Peter Mooney.
CAMELOT is an international co-production between Octagon Films in Ireland together with Ecosse Films in the U.K and Take Five Productions in Canada. The producers involved are Morgan O'Sullivan from World 2000 (producer behind the award-winning TV series The Tudors), Douglas Rae (Becoming Jane) and Michael Park from Ecosse Films along with Executive Producers, Oscar winning producer Graham King (The Departed), Tim Headington and Craig Cegielski, President of GK-TV.
The first two episodes will be directed by IFTA winning Irish director Ciarán Donnelly (The Tudors, George Gently).
CAMELOT is scheduled to be broadcast next year on the U.S premium channel Starz Entertainment, who also owns all the distribution rights to the series in the U.S with GK-TV handling the distribution for the rest of the world.