Post-production company The Farm Group has become the latest firm to open an office at The Bottle Yard Studios in Bristol in western England. The Farm Group already has branches in London, Manchester and Los Angeles, and offers more than 100 post-production suites.
Buffalo in western New York State is assessing the economic benefits of hosting action sequel Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 for the past two weeks. The film is estimated to have spent USD 7 million in the city and will also film elsewhere in New York.
Australian production company Animal Logic, responsible for international animated hit The Lego Movie, is set to open a new office in Vancouver this September. The Canadian branch is opening specifically to produce The Lego Movie Sequel, plus two additional movies.
Rebolucion filmed on location at a 14th century castle near Prague in Czech Republic for a new campaign promoting Visa Platinum’s purchase insurance. The spot follows a soldier anxiously backing away from a medieval war for fear of damaging his prized uninsured shield.
Washington, DC, has launched a small film fund for the first time in half a decade. The success of TV shows like Veep and House of Cards have sustained Washington as a hugely popular setting, but the city is not regarded as film-friendly and supports very few production days.
Mark Wahlberg is filming in New Orleans for a movie recounting the Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster in 2010. The script is taken from a New York Times article detailing the day that tragically resulted in the deaths of 11 rig workers and caused a huge oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
A new TV drama focussing on the life of 18-year-old Queen Victoria will be filmed for ITV on location in the UK. The life of Queen Victoria and her relationship with Prince Albert was previously made into feature The Young Victoria in 2009.
Period romance Carol, starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara, filmed Cincinnati as 1950s New York. The Ohio city has spent years actively courting productions looking for period architecture and the state offers a base filming tax credit of 25%.