A HISTORIC castle is already being besieged by fans of a new US TV fantasy series set in Scotland - before a single episode has even aired. Doune Castle in Perthshire has been welcoming droves of American devotees of Outlander, the show dubbed Scotland’s answer to “Game of Thrones,” after it was chosen as the main outdoor location for the show, standing in for fictional Castle Leoch at the time of the Jacobite Rebellion. And they have even been found wandering around the set as the producers are unable to close it off completely due to Scotland’s “right to roam” legislation. Less than a minute of footage of Outlander has so far been released by cable channel Starz, which is making Outlander with entertainment giants Sony. Outlander, which will run for 16 episodes over two seasons, is thought to be the biggest ever film or TV production entirely based in Scotland, with a 250-strong cast and crew and a budget believed to be upwards of £50 million for the initial series, although Gabaldon is due to release the eighth book in the series later this year. The production, offered more than £600,000 worth of financial backing from the Scottish Government and Creative Scotland, is expected to deliver a boost of around £20 million to the economy by the time filming wraps in early summer, shortly before Outlander goes on air. A huge indoor studio complex has been built in an old warehouse just off the M80 motorway in Cumbernauld.
Posted on: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 09:09:01 +0000
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