SHOOTING for a big budget film portraying the extraordinary lives of the Brontës will be taking place later this year.

The team behind the biopic 'The Brontës' have also revealed important new backing being offered to the film.

The £10 million movie is being made by Yorkshire-based Clothworkers films.

Director, David Anthony Thomas, said: "I met with David Wilson at Bradford UNESCO City of Film, who expressed strong interest in supporting the film.

"The nature of the deal is open, but for now they are keen to link us with the 116 other UNESCO Creative Cities, which will prove incredibly useful when we come to release the film, as a strong international release has always been expected for our project.

"They are also assisting us regionally, as the majority of the team are based in London."

He added: "We're starting the next round of casting and hope to be able to reveal more big names soon as they are cast.

"We are looking to shoot between November this year and January 2017 in almost entirely original locations, having met with the Brontë Society last week."