Filmmaker Ridley Scott is an executive producer on a new Civil War miniseries that will film in Virginia. The state has hosted numerous Civil War productions in recent years, including Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-winning Lincoln and the TV drama Turn: Washington’s Spies.
The pilot for new US drama The Bastard Executioner will film in Wales. Written and executive produced by Kurt Sutter, creator of US biker drama Sons of Anarchy, the show will be the latest period project to film in Wales, after Da Vinci’s Demons and the pilot of Disney’s Galavant.
American sports channel ESPN will use miniature drones this weekend to film the Winter X Games in Aspen, Colorado. The broadcaster has been given permission by agencies including the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which relaxed drone filming rules last year.
Former Game of Thrones star Sean Bean will start filming new ITV drama series The Frankenstein Chronicles next week. Northern Ireland will stand in for Regency London of the 1820s.
The Mayor of New York has warned against a plan to compile detailed monthly reports on location filming activity in the city. New York is one of the top production hubs in the US, but there have been calls from neighbourhood groups to regulate filming activity more closely.
Bollywood star Ajay Devgn is set to direct himself in new movie Shivaay that will film partly on location near Calgary in Canada. The Alberta city got a profile boost last year hosting the highly-acclaimed TV drama Fargo with Martin Freeman, which starts filming a new series shortly.
The Scottish government is facing renewed pressure to develop a film studio and to streamline production support. Holyrood has heard that a lack of both filming infrastructure and unified Scottish support resulted in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones filming in Belfast.
Location One has become the latest company to open an office at The Bottle Yard Studios in Bristol, in the west of England. The firm supplies equipment and services for location filming and has worked on major productions like Downton Abbey, Skyfall and Thor: The Dark World.