Game of Thrones star arrives in Sheffield as landmark city location used in major film project
Stars in Sheffield as famous locations used for Faraday feature film
Big name film producers have arrived to shoot a high profile film involving a Game of Thrones star, at some of Sheffield and South Yorkshire’s most loved landmarks.
Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet and Wentworth Woodhouse have both been taken over by camera crews, who are creating a feature film about the Victorian inventor Michael Faraday.
Called Power and Glory, it stars James Cosmo out of Game of Thrones, and Connor Sanchez, who was recently in the drama Mix Tape, which was set in Sheffield but not filmed here. James played played Jeor Mormont in Game of Thrones.
Scottish actor James, said he had been pleasantly surprised by filming in South Yorkshire.
He told the BBC recently: "When Norman Stone said we're going to be filming up near Sheffield, I thought 'oh, golly, you know, the dark north’.
"And I couldn't have been more wrong. It's the most stunning countryside, beautiful locations and the local people have been absolutely fantastic."
The film is directed by BAFTA winner Norman Stone, who previously directed Shadowlands, and co-written by Murray Watts.
The producers told the Star: “The project was inspired by Norman and Murray’s visit in 2017 to Wentworth Woodhouse, one of the most dramatic historic houses in Europe.
“Formed from two vast mansions of the Georgian and Palladian periods, the estate offered an extraordinary range of interiors and exterior locations, perfectly suited to bringing Faraday’s world to life.
“With period dressing, horses and carriages, these spaces allow audiences to be transported seamlessly into the early nineteenth century.
“We even get to nip off to Europe in a period horse drawn carriage and travel to the lip of a bubbling Vesuvius, but you’ll have to see the film to learn how Wentworth Woodhouse lends itself to such wonders.”
They added production was rooted in Yorkshire, using a locations which have also included Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet, as well as the Peak District countryside, , and Georgian houses in Hull.
The film looks at the early life of Faraday, whose discoveries helped shape the modern world, and looks at how religious beliefs and scientific curiosity combined to produce some of the most important breakthroughs in history, including electromagnetic induction — discoveries that led directly to the discovery of alternating current and the invention of the electric motor.
Producers say Yorkshire’s scientific heritage also features prominently, with references to the industrial and safety legacy of Sir Humphry Davy, whose invention of the Davy Lamp saved countless lives in Yorkshire’s coalfields during the 17th century.
Facilities such as the University of Sheffield’s Humphrey Davy House in Rotherham, stand as lasting tributes to this legacy.
A significant proportion of the cast and crew were drawn from across Yorkshire.
It is due to be released in early 2027.