It will utilise the new virtual production facility Studio Ulster in Belfast
A new film production is getting underway across Northern Ireland.
After another bumper year for the Northern Irish film and TV industry in 2025, things are showing no signs of slowing down as a number of big movies and shows are already filming across the country.
The latest production underway is No Way Off, a new survival thriller starring Hamnet and House Of Guiness star David Wilmot, and Outlander’s Andrew Gower and Academy Award-nominee Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm).
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Sharing a first look image, Northern Ireland Screen said: “Set over the course of one Christmas Eve night, the film follows exhausted single mother Nadya and her young child who fall asleep on the bus home.
“They wake hours later to find themselves abducted by the driver; and as the bus heads into the wilderness, the ride becomes a fight for survival testing everything Nadya has.”
The film is being shot on location in Northern Ireland and at the new virtual production facility Studio Ulster in Belfast.
Filming marks a return to Northern Ireland for actress Maria Bakalova who recently shot American science fiction survival thriller Override alongside Frank Grillo in Belfast.
No Way Off is written by Gaby Hull, and produced by Matthew James Wilkinson of the UK’s Stigma Films, and Jamie Harvey.
Laura Rister is executive producer through her company Esme Grace, which is financing the film alongside Head Gear Films, Northern Ireland Screen, OnSight and Altitude. Head Gear Films packaged the project, with Phil Hunt, Compton Ross and Charlie Kemball as executive producers.
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