We're nearly into 2022 and there's still plenty of fantastic film and TV productions being made right here in Northern Ireland.
From the return of an old favourite, to the TV show which everyone will be talking about next year, to some incredible-looking blockbusters, here are all the TV shows and films to look out for in the New Year.
Bloodlands Season 2
Northern Irish crime drama Bloodlands broke records for gaining the most amount of NI viewers for its first episode. Over the course of four weeks, we followed the twists and turns of this taut, Strangford-based drama, as DCI Tom Brannick worked to uncover the mystery of the Goliath serial killer.
After its finale aired in March 2021, the BBC confirmed that a second season had gotten the green light. There have been no further details about when filming will actually take place, but all being well, we could see Bloodlands return in 2022.
The Northman
Directed by Robert Eggers, The Northman is a Viking revenge saga set in Iceland at the turn of the 10th century.
Filming for The Northman took place throughout Northern Ireland, with a carefully guarded Viking village being constructed in Torr Head.
The film brought some massive Hollywood names to our shores, including Anya Taylor Joy, Nicole Kidman, Alexander Skarsgård, Ethan Hawke and Willem Dafoe. It's set to be released in early 2022.
Conversations With Friends
With the successful adaption of Sally Rooney's Normal People in 2020, many were excited to learn that her first novel, Conversations With Friends, would also be getting its own TV show.
Starring Alison Oliver, Sasha Lane, Joe Alwyn and Jemime Kirke, filming took place in Belfast from April up until October.
The show is set to be released in early 2022.
Hope Street
Much hyped and much talked about, the BBC's new early evening TV show Hope Street aired on Wednesday, November 24. The show is set in a small, seaside town in Northern Ireland (a fictionalised Donaghadee) and follows the first Muslim officer to arrive in the town, Leila Hussain, played by Amara Karan.
With ten episodes scheduled for the first series of the show, Hope Street will run into early 2022.
The School For Good and Evil
Based on the best-selling series of young adult fantasy novels by Soman Chainani, The School For Good and Evil follows a group of girls and boys who are taken to an institution and trained to become fairy tale-like heroes and villains.
Filming took place in 2021 in places such as St Anne's Cathedral, Mount Stewart, the Ulster Folk Museum, and Clandeboye Estate. Actors such as Charlize Theron, Laurence Fishburne and Sofia Wylie are set to star.
The film will be released in 2022.
Mandrake
A thriller involving probation officer, Cathy Madden, who is tasked with rehabilitating a notorious killer 'Bloody' Mary Laidlaw back into society following a two-decade sentence. Mandrake stars Deirdre Mullins, Ian Beattie and Jude Hill - star of the Oscar-tipped Belfast .
