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Paul making a surprise visit to the Beatles statue at Liverpool’s Pier Head this morning (Saturday 9th June 2018). He was accompanied by James Corden (Maybe making an appearance on Carpool Karaoke?)

Pic: Jackie Spencer via Facebook / The Magnificent Beatles Videos and Photos Room

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Another movie project

Why Dame Judi Dench and Eddie Izzard are heading to Llandudno

The town is just one of a number of locations across North Wales that directors are choosing to film in

A movie starring Dame Judi Dench and comedian Eddie Izzard is set to start filming in Llandudno this month.

Andy Goddard, a director who worked on Downtown Abbey, will direct from a screenplay written by himself, Welsh actor Celyn Jones and Izzard.

It tells the story of a teacher at an elite finishing school on the English coast who gets caught up in a Nazi conspiracy.

Izzard, who appeared alongside Dench in the 2017 film Victoria & Abdul, plays Thomas Miller, a literature and language teacher born to English and German parents who teaches members of the German League for Girls.

As the Second World War looms, Miller is framed for murder and accused of being a German spy after he confronts the League’s charismatic leader, a staunch supporter of Adolf Hitler.

Dench portrays Miss Rocholl, the stern school headmistress who comes to Miller’s aid after he goes on the run and attempts to exonerate himself.

According to the movie news website Screen Daily, principal photography is scheduled to begin in June in Llandudno.

Celyn Jones’ partners at Llandudno-based Mad As Birds Films, Sean Marley, Andy Evans and Ade Shannon, are producing the film alongside Sarah Townsend of Izzard’s Ella Communications.

However, Llandudno is no stranger to film crews.

In 2002 the town provided the backdrop for the Forsyte Saga starring Damien Lewis and Ioan Gruffudd.

The town’s Grand Hotel and Happy Valley Road featured in the movie Yanks in 1979, directed by John Schlesinger and starring Richard Gere and Vanessa Redgrave.

Another production shot Llandudno was The Card - a black and white film version of the novel by Arnold Bennett.

Released in 1952 it starred Alec Guinness as Denry Machin, Petula Clark as Nellie Cotterill, Valerie Hobson as the Countess, and Glynis Johns as Ruth Earp.

Many local people in the town became extras in the film, including Daily Post columnist, Judith Phillips.

North Wales is attracting more and more film-makers. Last weekend Anglesey was used to shoot a new blockbuster starring Robert Downey Jr.

Crews closed off Menai Bridge as they filmed scenes for The Voyage of Dr Dolittle.

The Universal Pictures production is due for release in April 2019 and sees the Iron Man and Tropic Thunder actor taking the title role, with Antonio Banderas, Michael Sheen and Jim Broadbent also starring.

Cameras have also been spotted this week at Bodnant Garden, in the Conwy Valley, although it is not yet known what the film is called or what it’s about.

Mad As Birds Films was approached for a comment regarding the Dench and Izzard movie.

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Paul visits his childhood home, 20 Forthlin Road on 9th June 2018. Paul was accompanied by James Corden. 

Pics: Beth Hatton / Facebook

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Paul playing a seemingly impromptu gig at The Phil (Philharmonic Dining Rooms) in Liverpool on 9th June 2018. He’s said to have played Love Me Do, I Wanna Be Your Man, Back in the USSR, Birthday, I’ve Got A Feeling and Hey Jude and more.

Pics: John Fernandini / Facebook