'Film talents are getting bored of going to Eastern Europe and one of the alternatives is to be in the middle of a field. The fact that we are not knocking this building down and building flats is so, so important. 'I used to see these places with my dad and I get a great sense of nostalgia coming here.

We want to plant an industry here and it's an organic process. 'At the same time, and probably more importantly, we don't want to land here like a spaceship and put up barbed wire to say nobody is allowed in. Read more: New Digbeth film and TV centre launches at The Bond We want to be selective and to get the best productions and to invite real quality and real talent. 'Let me tell you that the stuff that is coming is pretty mind-blowing,' he said during a site visit. Young people living in inner city areas like Aston, Bordesley and Small Heath will be given opportunities to make it big in the film world and members of the public will be invited to tour the site, too.īirminghamLive confirmed in February last year that one of the first productions to shoot at the studios would be a new Peaky Blinders movie, but today Steven Knight confirmed there would be much more besides. Peaky Blinders' creator Steven Knight has unveiled the long-awaited Digbeth Loc film studio and promised that it will be a 'game changer' for the city with 'mind-blowing productions'.

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