Lassie film to start shooting today

The new Lassie film starring legendary actor Peter O’Toole and Samantha Morton is to begin shooting in Ireland today.

The cast, including O’Toole, who is renowned for his part in Lawrence of Arabia, Morton and Peter Dinklage, has been preparing for the six-week shoot in locations across Wicklow, Dublin and the Isle of Man.

The film’s director Charles Sturridge also wrote the script which was based on Eric Knight’s classic 1938 novel ‘Lassie Come Home’.