A cloak of secrecy has been thrown around the filming of a new Netflix series being filmed in the Lake District.
Film crews have been spotted in Keswick in Manesty Park, on the shores of Derwentwater and along the A66.
Independent Manchester-based production company Quay St Productions is behind the filming, which also saw a number of production vehicles and a catering van at the Rawnsley Centre car park next to the Derwent Pencil Museum.
The production company’s location manager Joel Sheldrake said that he was not allowed to say what the name of the production was although he said that Keswick was one of many locations in the North West where filming has been taking place.
Keswick Ministries and Keswick Town Council were also unable to throw any light on what was being filmed.
A spokesman from the town council said the production company had been in touch seeking permission to park their lorries on the Crosthwaite Road car park but consent had not been granted.
Signposts with the initials MY printed on were attached to lamp-posts leading up to the area where the production vehicles were set up.
It is believed that they could be filming a new mystery thriller called Missing You from the book by best-selling author Harlan Coben, through his ongoing creative partnership with Netflix.
According to the Quay St Productions website filming for the series began in the spring.
Publicity for the Netflix adaptation of Missing You says that it is an edge-of-your-seat mystery thriller that’s full of twists and turns.
It follows Kat Donovan, a police detective whose fiancé Josh suddenly vanishes without a trace.
However, when he randomly pops up a decade later, unpicking the mystery of his disappearance and sudden re-appearance drags Donovan into a case with unlikely links to her own history. Missing You has an all-star cast including Jessica Plummer, Sir Lenny Henry, Ashley Walters, James Nesbitt and Richard Armitage.
A spokesman for the production company said: “It’s just too early to confirm anything. It’s in production but it’s something that is going out way down the line.”
