Matt Damon and Andy Lau will lead the cast of new historical epic The Great Wall, which is being billed as the largest-ever movie to film in China for international distribution. Set in the 15th century, the feature will follow soldiers defending humanity from the secrets of the wall.
Visual effects work for Harrison Ford’s upcoming romantic drama The Age of Adaline will be completed partly in Brisbane, Australia, using Queensland’s new visual effects incentive. The film follows Blake Lively as a 29-year-old woman who stops ageing after surviving an accident.
Romania has launched a new website to promote its filming locations and production infrastructure. The country has hosted a variety of big shoots over the past decade and a half, including American Civil War dramas Cold Mountain and Hatfields & McCoys.
Harry Potter and period drama Downton Abbey helped drive film tourism in England in 2014. Alnwick Castle in Northumberland, and the Dorset filming locations used for child murder drama Broadchurch, contributed to an overall spend of up to GBP 140 million.
Belfast is set to host a third season of the BBC's hit serial killer drama The Fall. Gillian Anderson will return to star as Detective Inspector Stella Gibson on the trail of Jamie Dornan’s disturbed murderer Paul Spector.
Filmmaking collective Crowns & Owls sought the Mediterranean feel of Portmeirion in north Wales for a new campaign for Ted Baker’s SS15 fashion collection. Short film Pinch Me follows a well-dressed gentleman exploring an exotic but secluded coastal village.
Oscar-winner Matthew McConaughey has started filming new Civil War drama The Free State of Jones on location in New Orleans, doubling the state for Mississippi. Louisiana is no stranger to historical features, having recently hosted Django Unchained and 12 Years A Slave.
A new series of TV drama Under the Dome starts filming in North Carolina this week, and it's set to claim up to half of the state’s film fund for the year. Based on a story by Stephen King, the show is set in a small town that becomes cut off from the world within a mysterious giant dome.