It started to Cagliariin the Castello district, the preparation of the set of an international production by Sky Studios and Fremantle, and supported starting from March in all organizational aspects by Sardinia Film Commission of the Autonomous Region of Sardinia with the collaboration of the municipalities of Cagliari And Alghero.
Niamh Algar And Tom Hollander they will be the protagonists of the new Sky Original thriller Iriswritten and created by Neil Crossthe mind behind the acclaimed Golden Globe-winning series Luther. The main director is Terry McDonough. Filming began on May 20th in Cagliari and then continued in Alghero.
They join the cast along with Niamh Algar And Tom Hollanderthe rookie Meréana TomlinsonSacha Dhawan, Maya Sansa, Peter Sullivan And Debi Mazar.
«Cinema is bringing Sardinia onto the world stage – he claims Ilaria PortasCouncilor for Public Education, Cultural Heritage, Information, Entertainment and Sport of the Sardinia Region, who adds – what makes us protagonists is not only the beauty of our land, but the reception system of our regional film commission capable of attracting new productions, investments and talents, creating new opportunities for the island’s audiovisual supply chain aimed at professional and training growth for local workers . For this set, 100 local workers per week were involved, including professionals and extras. I firmly believe in the role of cinema and it will be my task in the coming years to work to ensure that opportunities like this reside less in the sphere of the extraordinary, to increasingly become virtuous and proven mechanisms.”
«These productions represent an enormous growth opportunity for the Region, developing the supply chain and generating a notable impact on the territory – declares Franco CuccuredduCouncilor for Tourism, Crafts and Commerce of the RAS – The overall production has a budget of 40 million euros, but we are talking about around 500 thousand euros per week spent in the area between travel allowances, workers’ daily expenses, purchase of raw materials, hotels, space rental, security, fuel and transport . Not to mention the numerous development possibilities for local entrepreneurship, through new business segments linked to cinema and visibility of the locations for our splendid island.”
The writer, creator and showrunner, Neil Crosshe has declared; «All I wanted to do was make a show that I wanted to watch as a spectator. “Iris” is an exciting, tongue-in-cheek adventure featuring heart-pounding chases and features a main character I don’t think we’ve ever met on TV before. With Niamh Algar and Tom Hollander bringing these complex characters to life, along with direction from Terry McDonough, I couldn’t be more excited to share this story and these characters.”.
HISTORY. Iris Nixon is a rootless genius and a puzzle enthusiast. By day she works at a mundane job reporting harmful content for a social media platform; at night she explores Internet forums solving complex puzzles. When a mysterious thread seeking highly intelligent individuals to crack a secret code is posted online, Iris’ curiosity leads her to outwit every code breaker in the world, but she realizes she has unintentionally unlocked a piece of dangerously powerful and world-changing technology. Her intelligence and chameleon-like personality may for once not be enough to keep her from being drawn into an increasingly deadly game. “Iris” will be available in Italy on Sky.
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