Hanks eyes new Belfast studio

The Northern Ireland Film and Television Commission has announced ambitious plans to turn a Belfast leisure centre into a £10m (E14.9m) film studio … and already such major Hollywood stars as Tom Hanks have expressed interest.

Maysfield Centre beside Central Station, has been closed for around a year but the plans for its conversion are in line with the NIFTC's success in attracting more and more major films to the area.