Hollywood has come to Tayside, Fife and Stirling over recent months to shoot a series of films.
Crews have descended on the region for a number of upcoming major productions.
Stars including James McAvoy, Christoph Waltz, Brian Cox and Alan Cumming are involved in the new releases.
Similar film and TV projects have brought millions of pounds to the area in the last year.
The Courier has taken a look at films recently shot in Tayside, Fife and Stirling that are set to be released in the near future.
California Schemin’
Hollywood star James McAvoy was in Dundee in November as the Hilltown offered a backdrop for his upcoming movie California Schemin’.
The film tells the true story of two Dundee students who pretended to be American rappers to get a record deal.
Gavin Bain and Billy Boyd, who called themselves Silibil N’ Brains, went on to support Eminem and his group D12 before their hoax was uncovered.
Filming took place on Dudhope Street and Hilltown before moving inside the Hilltown Court multi – with actors seen hanging out a window.
Scenes were also filmed in the streets outside Tannadice Park, home of Dundee United.
Although it is still to be confirmed how the movie will be released, Bankside Films says it will be introducing the title to buyers at the Cannes Film Festival in May.
Borges and Me
Film crews descended on St Andrews in October to shoot scenes for an upcoming adaptation of Jay Parini’s “novelised memoir” Borges and Me
Crews were spotted on the town’s Hope Street shooting scenes using classic cars and on West Sands Beach, where they filmed horses galloping along the sand.
The movie, starring Fionn Whitehead, Luis Gnecco and Alan Cumming, follows Parini’s journey chauffeuring blind Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges through Scotland in 1970.
Borges and Me also filmed on location in Gartmore in Stirlingshire.
A release date for the film has not been announced.
Frankenstein
Filming for the upcoming Netflix adaptation of Frankenstein was rumoured to have taken place in Arbroath in September.
Production vans and staff were spotted in the grounds of Hospitalfield House.
The film is set to star two-time Oscar winner Christoph Waltz, who was spotted walking around Dundee city centre the same week.
Guillermo del Toro is directing the production while Dune and Star Wars actor Oscar Issac is taking on the role of Victor Frankenstein.
Meanwhile, Saltburn star Jacob Elordi is playing his monster.
Frankenstein is set to be released on Netflix in November.
Glenrothan
Brian Cox and Alan Cumming were in Gartmore in Stirlingshire in September as filming began for the Dundee actor’s directoral debut.
Glenrothan, set in a fictional town of the same name, follows the story of two brothers – played by Cox and Cumming – who must reunite to save their family’s distillery.
The Dundonian and Perthshire actors also spent time in the nearby village of Kippen.
Cox, renowned for playing media mogul Logan Roy in Succession, has been developing the film with Scottish writer David Ashton.
A release date is yet to be announced.
A Scottish Christmas Secret
American model and actress Caprice Bourret filmed scenes for her new Christmas movie in Perthshire.
The former supermodel visited Aberfeldy and Pitlochry to shoot The Scottish Christmas Secret.
Film crews transformed The Watermill bookshop and cafe in Aberfeldy into a festive movie set, while an estate house in Pitlochry was also used.
The movie stars Caprice as book publisher Tiffany, who must travel to Scotland after the disappearance of reclusive author Nathan McAllister.
Perthshire jewellery designer Sophie McGown spoke to The Courier about her surprise role in the festive flick.
The film is expected to be released later this year.
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