http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "£40m national film studio plan for Edinburgh" en Fri, 22 May 2026 10:18:14 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13296#post-162395 Sat, 16 Aug 2014 14:05:39 +0000 chdot 162395@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/what-s-on/film/producer-warns-lothians-not-to-waste-studio-opportunity-1-3511632" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/what-s-on/film/producer-warns-lothians-not-to-waste-studio-opportunity-1-3511632</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13296#post-162363 Fri, 15 Aug 2014 23:34:44 +0000 chdot 162363@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>Outlander has been in production in Scotland since September, filming in a vast temporary studio created in a warehouse in Cumbernauld, as well as at a range of outdoor locations, including Doune Castle in Perthshire, the villages of Falkland and Culross in Fife, and Loch Rannoch, in the Highlands. </p> <p>Creative Scotland and the Scottish Government said the show, which has a budget of more than £50 million for the initial series, represents the biggest single inward investment in a film or TV production in Scotland, with around 200 crew based here working on the show.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/arts/news/new-outlander-series-could-bring-20m-to-scotland-1-3511287" rel="nofollow">http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/arts/news/new-outlander-series-could-bring-20m-to-scotland-1-3511287</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13296#post-162359 Fri, 15 Aug 2014 20:21:01 +0000 kaputnik 162359@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes - they clearly don't want you entering by bike. Or leaving? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13296#post-162358 Fri, 15 Aug 2014 20:12:18 +0000 chdot 162358@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>So that's Midlothian(?) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13296#post-162357 Fri, 15 Aug 2014 20:05:11 +0000 kaputnik 162357@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Anyway, more traffic for Straiton. Any bicycle lanes being provided as part of this development with, apparently hotels and "leisure facilities" included? Public transport? </em></p> <p>Here's what happens if you try and avoid the dual carriageway by taking the quiet, off-road route along the railway from Lasswade Road and then the Straiton Pond path...</p> <p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/osGY6n"><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5592/14742070967_e7801dc04a.jpg"></a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/osGY6n">Chicanery</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/52706710@N03/">the Magnificent Octopus</a>, on Flickr </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13296#post-162338 Fri, 15 Aug 2014 15:16:28 +0000 crowriver 162338@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>We have been here before.</p> <p><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/206282.stm">Edinburgh studio 'could be open by 2001'</a></p> <p>Alas:</p> <p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/may/25/news1">Connery's dreams of a Scottish film studio dashed</a></p> <p>And (2013):</p> <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/arts/news/brian-ferguson-failed-film-plans-are-horror-show-1-2819277">Failed film plans are horror show</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13296#post-162331 Fri, 15 Aug 2014 14:23:17 +0000 cc 162331@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A tr*m would be nice </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13296#post-162326 Fri, 15 Aug 2014 14:04:34 +0000 jdanielp 162326@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Intriguing. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13296#post-162303 Fri, 15 Aug 2014 12:38:36 +0000 crowriver 162303@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I was about to comment that the Glasgow media mafia will not be best pleased, and are likely to lobby against this development in their own selfish interests. However Jim Hickey already beat me to it in the Hootsmon: “It’s great news, but Straiton will face great competition because most of the existing film industry is located in Glasgow.” I would add, IF it ever gets built: I expect Creative Scotland and the Scottish government will be fielding furious phone calls from Glasgow film producers as I type.</p> <p>Anyway, more traffic for Straiton. Any bicycle lanes being provided as part of this development with, apparently hotels and "leisure facilities" included? Public transport? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13296#post-162294 Fri, 15 Aug 2014 12:09:13 +0000 chdot 162294@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Depends how you define Edinburgh. </p> <p>"</p> <p>Developed by a key figure from Ealing Studios – the home of a host of well-known films and television programmes – a blueprint has already been submitted to planning chiefs at Midlothian Council ahead of a scheduled opening date of 2017.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/what-s-on/film/40m-national-film-studio-plan-for-edinburgh-1-3510557" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/what-s-on/film/40m-national-film-studio-plan-for-edinburgh-1-3510557</a> </p>