Lights, camera, action as films bring in €200m

THE film and television industry is set to bring €200 million into the nation’s coffers this year Minister Mary Hanafin said yesterday.

Speaking after a visit to the set of the feature film Neverland, which is being filmed in the Dublin suburb of Killiney, the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport said production had increased during the year.

The latest venture, Neverland, is a two-part prequel to the Peter Pan story and is being produced by the people behind the recent Irish film, Perrier’s Bounty.