Titanic: Blood and Steel Brings 200 Jobs and €12m to Ireland as Production Docks in Dublin
A major 12 part mini-series TITANIC: Blood and Steel is currently filming in Dublin and Wicklow for 12 weeks with a budget of €12 million. The Irish/Italian television series which is planned to broadcast at the time of the 100th anniversary of the infamous vessel's launch and subsequent loss early next year has Irish director Ciaran Donnelly (The Tudors) at the helm with support from Robert Quinn (Primeval). Produced by Paul Myler for EPOS Films with the Italian DeAngelis Group, the project will provide approx 200 jobs for Irish cast and crew.
Based on an idea by Fabrizio del Noce, and written by Matthe Faulk, Mark Skeet and Stefano Voltaggio, the series will focus on the designing and building of the Titanic before it's fateful first voyage.
The 100-strong cast includes international names such as Neve Campbell (Scream, Wild Things), Chris Noth (Sex and the City, The Good Wife), Kevin Zegers (Dawn of the Dead) and Derek Jacobi (Gladiator) along with a strong Irish cast including Liam Cunningham (The Guard, The Wind That Shakes The Barley), Ian McElhinney (Game of Thrones), Michael McElhatton (Perrier's Bounty, Spin the Bottle) and Martin McCann (Killing Bono) to name but a few.
Having filmed in Serbia in August and September, the cameras are currently rolling in locations in Dublin such as the Guinness Storehouse, Dublin Castle, Henrietta Street and Earlsfort Terrace and will continue to shoot until it wraps on December 17th.
Picture and CGI post production will take place at Windmill Lane, and sound will be completed at Ardmore Studios.