Principal photography is underway on Overlord with the three-month shoot based entirely in the UK.

JJ Abrams (pictured) is one of the producers on the Second World War feature which is set during the run-up to D-Day in 1944 and centres on a group of US paratroopers on a key mission behind enemy lines.

On their approach to an occupied Normandy village, the soldiers some up against a different enemy, as supernatural forces created by a Nazi experiment are released.

Julius Avery directs from a screenplay by Billy Ray and Mark L Smith; the production comes from Abrams” Bad Robot and Paramount.

PI has listings for key UK hires including the production designer, UPM and production co-ordinator.

Overlord is one of several inward investment projects currently filming in the UK – or with a production base here – including Mary Poppins Returns, Tomb Raider, the untitled Jurassic World sequel, Mission: Impossible 6 and the Han Solo feature.

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JJ Abrams photo via Getty Images/FilmMagic/Bruce Glikas.