The California Film Commission has recently distributed USD100 million in tax credits across 22 different projects, one of which received USD22.4 million, the largest payout to date. Paramount Pictures received the record-breaking sum for an untitled feature film.
The Moroccan Government has approved a 20% cash rebate for international productions, set to be implemented March 31st 2016 as part of a bill known as the 2016 Finance Law. The required minimum expenditure for the rebate will be MAD20 million (USD1 million) and will cover a production for at least 18 days.
Santa Clarita, north of Los Angeles, has continued to defy the overall California trend by again posting a year-on-year increase in location filming days. The city is popular for both film and TV, and has been boosted in the past year by the likes of American Sniper and crime drama NCIS.
Oscar-nominated star Jonah Hill is filming the true-life drama Arms and the Dudes on location in Romania and Morocco, in addition to various US locations. The film tells the story of two Miami slackers who ended up over their heads working as arms dealers during the Iraq War.
New Mexico is the most popular US filming location for desert landscapes, but an experienced Location Manager has reiterated the importance of its filming incentives. Rebecca ‘Puck’ Stair has worked on movies including Johnny Depp’s The Lone Ranger and action drama 2 Guns.
A summer shoot is being set up by The Weinstein Company for TV drama The Reaper based on the experiences of Nicholas Irving, a sniper with the US Army’s 3rd Ranger Battalion. The series will follow the stunning success of American Sniper, which tells the story of marksman Chris Kyle.
Jordan has had a renewed call for filming incentive support as Ridley Scott prepares to shoot locally for part of his new film The Martian. In recent years the country has hosted shoots such as Zero Dark Thirty but faces a major challenge in boosting its international appeal.
Clint Eastwood’s true-life drama American Sniper helped boost location filming days in Santa Clarita in Los Angeles County, California. In 2014 the city posted year-on-year increases in both the number of filming permits issued and the number of overall filming days.