The BBC is set to film TV drama The Dresser on location in London with Anthony Hopkins and Ian McKellen. Starz, the American network which recently screened the historical, Scottish-filmed drama Outlander, will co-produce the TV movie with the BBC.
South Africa is enjoying surging popularity as an international filming hotspot. Location Manager Robert Bentley talks about the Cape Town shoot for US spy drama Homeland and how the series has doubled the South African city for locations around the world.
Wes Anderson’s quirky comedy The Grand Budapest Hotel has landed 11 nominations for the 2015 BAFTAs. Stephen Hawking romance The Theory of Everything and Alejandro G Iñárritu’s Birdman are among the other leading contenders, with ten nominations each.
Hampshire in the south of England had a strong 2014, hosting nearly a dozen feature films and five high-profile TV shoots. Superhero sequel The Avengers: Age of Ultron and Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible 5 were among the biggest feature productions.
A regional authority in Florida has created a film incentive fund in a bid to secure location filming for Tim Burton’s new movie. Hillsborough County encompasses the city of Tampa on Florida’s Gulf Coast and has approved filming incentives worth USD 100,000.
A veteran producer has described a need for more experienced crew and improved infrastructure in the Georgia city. Ralph Singleton has more than 30 years of production experience and was hired last year by Savannah authorities to help promote the Georgia city as a filming location.
A TV adaptation of part of Terry Brooks’ distant-future fantasy series Shannara will be shot at Auckland Film Studios in New Zealand by MTV Networks and Sonar Entertainment. Tommy Lee Jones’ historical feature Emperor is among the recent movies to have shot in the city.
A period set will be specially built in a former quarry in the Durham Dales of northern England for ITV’s new historical drama series Beowulf. The series will adapt the Dark Ages poem that was made into a high-profile 2007 feature with Ray Winstone and Angelina Jolie.