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An original drama series from AMC Studios it follows the story of a secretive society that tracks supernatural beings across the globe and stars Elizabeth McGovern, Nicholas Denton, Jason Schwartzman and Celine Buckens.
Talamasca: The Secret Order sits in the same portfolio of TV Hits as Breaking Bad, Mad Men, Better Call Saul, The Waking Dead: The Ones Who Live and Hell On Wheels. Distinguished company indeed!
At Screen Manchester we were delighted to supply this High End TV production with a group of trainees who worked with the Props, Locations, Lighting, Costume and Art Departments. Supported by Screen Alliance North and BFI with funding from The National Lottery this cohort enjoyed paid placements on such a high-end production.
Talamasca is rich in a range of Manchester locations and our team worked closely for the duration of filming with the production’s locations department.
Gary Barnes, Supervising Location Manager – Talamasca: The Secret Order says, “Bringing a production as big as Talamasca to Manchester presented a range of unique challenges and demands. The City delivered a range of brilliant and immediately workable solutions and central to these was the invaluable facilitation provided by Screen Manchester. Without this support and dedication we wouldn’t have been able achieve what we needed to. I’d have no hesitation in recommending Manchester and Screen Manchester to any international producers looking to film in the UK’
Viewers will catch sight of a spectrum of striking city locations including boutique hotel The Abel Heywood, Philip’s Park Cemetery, The Langley Building on Hilton Street, various other parts of the iconic Northern Quarter, the popular Peter Street Kitchen and other corners of Peter Street, the John Rylands Library on Deansgate, the House of Books & Friends, Victoria Baths, Castlefield, Spinningfields, Harter Street and Bloom Street, Chetham’s Library, the Flight Club on King Street, Piccadilly Train Station, Spectator Mill in Ancoats, Temperance Street and Mayfield Park across the course of the drama.
The series filmed onsite at Space Studios Manchester from mid 2023 until early 2025 on stages 3, 4 and 5 and also used the backlot for a custom set build as well as multiple support spaces across the site.