Liam Neeson film Blacklight to feature car chase scene shot in Canberra

A little slice of Hollywood is making its way to Canberra — and it is all thanks to the ACT’s wide, open roads.

A “thrilling car chase” scene for new action movie Blacklight, starring Liam Neeson and written and directed by Ozark’s Mark Williams, will be filmed in Canberra next week.

“It’s going to be shot in the middle of the city, which is going to be interesting!,” Screen Canberra chief executive Monica Penders said.

“The stunt director [Guy Norris] is Australian, he’s done all the Mad Max movies … he said to me that Canberra is one of the best places in the world to do these scenes because of the limited amount of roads that you have to affect to get the figure of eight they need to get the long runs for the film.