New Netflix drama The Crown plans to film scenes at Ely Cathedral in Cambridgeshire. The series spans decades of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II from 1952 and is inspired by Peter Morgan’s play The Audience which featured Helen Mirren as the monarch.
Gangster series Mafiya will be set in Russian capital Moscow and will start filming in early 2016. In recent years Hollywood productions like Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit have doubled cities as diverse as Liverpool for the Russian capital.
New sci-fi film SFv1 is set to shoot on location in Sydney and in Outback regions of South Australia. The movie will tell a rescue story in a future where humanity has colonised other planets.
New technology company Media Toaster has launched in Burbank, California, offering content delivery and post-production services, including audio. Chief Technical Officer Michael Meis has worked on projects including The Walking Dead and Killing Me Softly.
The Association of Film Commissioners International (AFCI) Cineposium is set to focus singularly on film tourism when it takes place in Barcelona on 24-26 September. Up to 20% of tourists travel to visit the filming locations for their favourite movies and TV shows.
Actor Jamie Bell has praised New Zealand’s production industry after new movie 6 Days, based on the true story of the Iranian Embassy siege in London in 1980. Funded partly by the New Zealand Film Commission, the movie shot scenes in Auckland before relocating to the UK.
The Great Getaway will be based on the 18th century life of Prince Charles Edward Stuart – commonly known as Bonnie Prince Charlie – and will film in Scotland. The historical drama Outlander is one of the largest productions to have shot in the country in the last few years.
London Wimbledon Studios has reopened as a filming facility in the south-west of the city. Although closed for a short time last year, resident broadcaster Marjan Television Network Ltd has now made a sales and marketing deal with film location agency The Collective.