New Doctor Who spinoff series Class will film Wales as London for a Young Adult (YA) audience. The drama will be set in the Doctor Who universe and will be set in a London school with a tone that’s being compared to Buffy the Vampire Slayer and The Hunger Games.
A business park in East London wants to establish itself as a major studio facility in the capital. Londoneast-uk Business and Technical Park in Dagenham has already hosted high-profile shoots like Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron and British drama Humans in its industrial buildings.
The BBC filmed part of its new crime drama From Darkness in Argyll, western Scotland, using the mainland as a stand-in for the Western Isles. Anne-Marie Duff stars in the production as a former police officer who moves to the Isles with her family as she flees her past.
Australian production company Animal Logic, responsible for global hit The Lego Movie, has officially opened a new office in Vancouver. The move was made to bring the company closer to Los Angeles as it works on three films for Warner Bros including The Lego Movie Sequel.
The cast and producers of Star Trek Beyond, the third in the rebooted sci-fi franchise, have gathered in Dubai ahead of two weeks of location filming in the city. Shooting will take place on location and at Dubai Studio City.
Ben Affleck is building the Florida city of Tampa in Brunswick, Georgia, for new crime drama Live by Night. The movie is based on a Dennis Lehane novel set in Prohibition-era Ybor City, a district of Tampa, and is Affleck’s second Lehane adaptation after Gone Baby Gone.
Film location agency All Pictures Media, based in California, plans to open new branches in Istanbul and Dubai to cater for the growing demand for international locations. The agency specialises in providing specific filming locations for the production industry.
New TV drama Gran Hotel will recreate 1950s Cuba at Pinewood Dominican Republic Studios. The facility currently offers three stages – with a third in development – and a 60,500 sq ft Horizon Water tank. Producers can get a 25% tax credit as a filming incentive.