Kentucky in the eastern US has increased its filming incentive from 20% to 30% and has made the programme more accessible by lowering spending thresholds. Over the past decade productions filmed in Kentucky have included George Clooney’s The Ides of March.
Producers of the long-running US TV series Haven have appealed to Nova Scotia to keep the Canadian province’s filming tax credit. They add Haven will have to relocate from Nova Scotia if authorities decide to downgrade the film tax credit to a funding programme.
The BBC’s epic spring drama Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell spent four months filming on location in Yorkshire in northern England. Set in an alternative early-19th century England, the series tells a story of practical magic being brought back into the world.
Marvel Studios has started shooting its latest superhero movie Captain America: Civil War on location at Pinewood Atlanta Studios. The film will follow on from the recently-released Avengers: Age of Ultron and will be the third movie to focus on Captain America.
The BBC filmed on location in Birmingham and other parts of the Midlands for its six-part Cold War drama The Game. Set in London in 1972, the miniseries tells the story of a Soviet plot uncovered when a KGB agent defects to the West.
America’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has formed new partnerships with three major companies to look into ways to safely increase the use of unmanned drones in US airspace. The use of drones is tightly regulated by US authorities.
A development company has submitted plans for a privately-funded Scottish film studio in Straiton south of Edinburgh. The capital hosted over 350 productions in 2014, including romantic period drama Outlander, which spent a little over two weeks filming in the city.
Filmmaker Martin Scorsese and star Andrew Garfield are approaching the end of their Taiwan shoot for period drama Silence. The long-gestating movie tells the story of two 17th century priests on the search for their mentor in a Japan plagued by religious persecution.