A Northumberland literary festival set to launch for the first time next month has received backing from Hollywood directors.
It is hoped that the Alnwick Story Fest will make the market town the "story town of the north" when it takes over for three days in February. And John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, directors of Hollywood blockbuster Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves which was partly filmed at Alnwick Castle in June 2021, have given the festival their seal of approval in a video filmed from the States.
Assistant director Thomas Bentley is also jetting over to the North East to lead two events at the festival, where he'll give inside secrets to breaking into the movie industry. As well as Dungeons and Dragons, his credits include Solo: A Star Wars Story, Wonder Woman, Mission Impossible 6: Fallout and the most recent James Bond instalment No Time to Die.
