If you want to hear about why Ridley Scott is the most talented director ever, where to find ‘royal palace’-calibre stately homes, the new Millennium Film Finance Corporation and Egyptian camel-wrangling, then you’d enjoy a chat with feature film Executive Producer Nigel Wooll.
It seems sometimes there can be too much of a good thing. Business is booming in Malta but the Producer’s Creative Partnership (PCP) has warned that the country’s popularity is stretching local resources dangerously thin. The organisation wants to make sure Malta’s reputation stays intact.
[slideshow id=86]Callum McDougall, veteran of many James Bond movies and Executive Producer on both Quantum of Solace and Casino Royale, flatly refused to give me any heads up about locations for the new Bond 23.
[slideshow id=61]Back in 1999 a CNN journalist coined the phrase “A Hollywood in the Mediterranean” in describing Malta as it simultaneously hosted two big budget films - Gladiator and U-571.
Malta’s renowned for the quality of its local production services, but the availability of crews has sometimes alienated productions. This could change with the help of upcoming projects including feature Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia and TV series Sinbad.
[slideshow id=46]World War II TV drama The Sinking of the Laconia was filmed entirely in Cape Town. The programme tells the true story of a German U-boat that sank the eponymous vessel off the West African coast in 1942.
Since new EC Treaty state aid rules kicked in fully in the summer of 2009, Italy has been in the middle of a production frenzy, as producers get wise to both national and regional incentives available for their pictures.
The Malta Film Commission on Saturday announced its revised financial incentives for film and TV productions shooting on the island.