Hit Sky 1 comedy Trollied is returning to shoot a fourth season on location in Bristol. Set in a supermarket in Warrington in north-west England, the series films on a purpose-built supermarket set at The Bottle Yard Studios.
World War I television miniseries Deadline Gallipoli has started filming on location in South Australia using Adelaide Studios as a base. Australia previously hosted American World War II drama miniseries The Pacific, which filmed largely in Queensland.
Filmmaking siblings Andy and Lana Wachowski will film part of their debut TV series in Chicago. Still best known for their iconic Matrix movies, the siblings are working on the sci-fi TV drama Sense8, which will spend six weeks filming at Cinespace Chicago Film Studios this summer.
Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios (PIMS) has officially opened for filming in Johor, Malaysia. The new GBP100 million facility spans 50 acres near Singapore and offers world-class film and TV stages, as well as office space, post-production resources and a 30-acre forest back lot.
Actor Don Cheadle is doubling Cincinnati, Ohio, for a period New York in his upcoming film Miles Ahead, based on the life of jazz innovator Miles Davis. The actor, best known recently for his work in Marvel’s Iron Man franchise, will direct the film as well as star.
Three of New Zealand’s film bodies have created a ‘virtual agency’ to bring them all closer together and boost the country’s production industry. The new agency, Screen NZ, could help New Zealand attract more big-budget productions like James Cameron’s Avatar sequels.
Elstree Studios in north London is consulting with the production industry over use of its new back lot space. The studio, which has hosted recent productions like dance comedy Cuban Fury, has cleared some of its disused land and is now talking to the industry about the new space.
Filmmaker Michael Bay chose to shoot action movie follow-up Transformers: Age of Extinction partly on location in China to chase a “new experience” as a director. The new movie shot partly in Hong Kong, but also built a Hong Kong set in Detroit for the more complex action scenes.