Fylde coast filmmaker Brad plans premiere for costume drama

By Richard Hunt
Published 1st Oct 2020, 12:51 BST
Updated 1st Oct 2020, 17:34 BST
Director Brad James (left), and one of the actors during filming of Redcoat. Photo: Nathan McMinn.Director Brad James (left), and one of the actors during filming of Redcoat. Photo: Nathan McMinn.
Director Brad James (left), and one of the actors during filming of Redcoat. Photo: Nathan McMinn.
A filmmaker whose latest screen effort has been hampered by the Covid pandemic has resumed filming and is hoping for a red carpet premiere in Blackpool this year

Brad James has been filming the elegant costume drama, Redcoat, since September last year.

The film is a dramatic love story, set against the upheaval of the Napoleonic wars, with the main character being a vulnerable British soldier, played by professional Blackpool actor Paul Eryk Atlas.

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Brad was hoping the 30 minute film would have been ready to be screened for the first time during the Winter Gardens Film Festival back in May, but the pandemic halted filming back in March.

A scene from the film RedcoatA scene from the film Redcoat
A scene from the film Redcoat

However Brad, 29, of Neville Avenue, Cleveleys, says he has been able to return to filming over the past few weeks, with social distancing, and he hopes the film can be released online in December and have a red carpet premier at a cinema yet to be confirmed.

He said: "Lockdown has been really difficult for a lot of creative artists but I have managed to get back to filming on Redcoat.

"The original date was set for May 22 at the Winter Gardens Film Festival, however, now I will be holding my own red carpet premiere for it at a cinema which I hope confirm soon.

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