FILM PROJECT: Director Norman Gregory and producer Carolyn Weldon at Sandbanks, Poole where parts of their film A Reason to Leave was shot A BIG-BUDGET film featuring a twist on Jane Austen’s novels will be shot in parts of Dorset including Weymouth and Lyme Regis. Encounter is director Norman Gregory’s second film and is set to go into pre-production in the next couple of months.