Hollywood Comes To St Neots
Pland have been unveiled to build a large independent movie studio on land to the south of the A428, just outside St Neots.
Bob Gaily from production company Going to the Flicks plc said today, “St Neots is a prime location for a new studio with centres of excellence for the performing arts being located in the town, and nearby Huntingdon and Cambridge.” Why St Neots though? “We wanted to be located in Cambridge,” Gaily said, “but they wouldn’t let us build on the green belt.”
Top Hollywood studios are already queueing up to film in the studios and surrounding area. The Citizen has learnt that planning is already underway for the sequel to James Bond movie Quantum of Solace. The new film, which currently has the working title of The Golden Gravel, will be filmed around Little Paxton Nature Reserve, with a scene involving Daniel Craig being strapped to a gravel conveyor which is heading for a crushing machine.
Insiders also told the Citizen about other rumoured projects including 9 Months Later, a film about pregnant female zombies stalking an abandoned town centre, featuring real-life schoolgirl extras from St Neots; Titanic 2: The Sinking of the Narrowboat; and Old School 2 – a factual documentary about the state of Longsands College.
Auditions have been taking place in St Neots this week for the dequel to The Full Monty, which excited local residents who were queueing round the block to get a glimpse of the male wannabes in action. However, it proved to be a bit of a damp squib with many spectators leaving disappointed. Casting director Jacky Lamb admitted that it had been “a chilly day.”
Story by Bebamag Reporter
