{"id":138133,"date":"2025-05-28T08:10:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T08:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/138133\/"},"modified":"2025-05-28T08:10:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T08:10:10","slug":"york-back-on-screen-as-comedy-movie-to-film-in-the-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/138133\/","title":{"rendered":"York back on screen as comedy movie to film in the city"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"entry-meta\">Wed 28 May<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/blueberry-inn-movie-2.webp.webp\" class=\"entry-image entry-image-featured wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\"  \/>Blueberry Inn. Photograph: Dancing Fox Entertainment<\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-meta\">\n<p>Wed 28 May 2025<br \/>\n\u00a0@ 7:44am<br \/><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/yorkmix.com\/author\/yorkmix\/\" class=\"entry-author-link\" rel=\"author noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YorkMix<\/a><\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/yorkmix.com\/archive\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"lead\">There\u2019ll be more lights, camera, action in York \u2013 as another film crew hits the city.<\/p>\n<p>Comedy movie Blueberry Inn is set to shoot scenes in the city centre this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>According to a City of York Council traffic notice, the filming will take place near the junction of Walmgate, Fossgate and Merchantgate on Saturday (31 May).<\/p>\n<p>Between 5am and 6pm, parking, waiting and loading will be suspended at the junction  due to the filming.<\/p>\n<p>Blueberry Inn has already been shooting scenes at Castle Howard.<\/p>\n<p>It stars some famous faces. Jack Davenport, known for his roles in This Life and Pirates Of The Caribbean, plays an emotionally stunted butler who is given broken-down pub by the lord he worked for.<\/p>\n<p>Blueberry Inn also stars Sophia Di Martino, known for her roles in TV comedies Flowers, Friday Night Dinner and Lena Dunham\u2019s forthcoming series Too Much.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Maloney, of The Crown, plays Lord Arlington. Others in the cast include Chloe Lea (Dune: Prophecy), Alexander Arnold (Skins), Florence Hall (The Princess Switch), Jonathan Oldfield (Andor) and Ace Bhatti (EastEnders).<\/p>\n<p>The comedy, written and directed by Sonia Guggenheim (The Mad Whale), is described as \u201ca social satire that pokes fun at class, capitalism, and our tragic misunderstanding of pigs\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the filming at Castle Howard, producers have made a commitment of support to the estate\u2019s Bog Hall habitat restoration project.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/blueberry-inn-movie-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-447752\"  \/>Another scene from Blueberry Inn. Photograph: Dancing Fox Entertainment<\/p>\n<p>It is a Dancing Fox Entertainment and Fever Dream Studios production.<\/p>\n<p>York is becoming increasingly popular as a screen location. Earlier this month <a href=\"https:\/\/yorkmix.com\/top-tv-drama-returning-to-film-in-york-with-a-big-new-star\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">we reported<\/a> that Channel 4 crime drama Patience was returning to film in the city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wed 28 May Blueberry Inn. 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