Carrick to ‘lord it as movie setting

‘Our Robot Overlords’, featuring Gandhi star Sir Ben Kingsley and Gillian Anderson of X-Files and The Fall fame, will be filmed in the medieval stronghold.

Details emerged in the Assembly earlier this week during marketing discussions about the castle.

Responding to a question from East Antrim MLA David Hilditch, Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment Arlene Foster said: “The new creative industries in Northern Ireland are going from strength to strength. I understand that a new science fiction-based movie produced by Mark Huffam, called ‘Our Robot Overlords’... will be filmed at Carrickfergus Castle.”

Mr Hilditch said the development would add impetus to a council plan to make greater use of the location.

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