Star J Entertainment in South Korea will film an adaptation of Israeli TV drama series Prisoners of War, which was remade in the US as Homeland. The new show will mark the original programme’s fourth adaptation and will focus on political tensions between North and South Korea.
Marvel has announced South Korea’s capital city Seoul as an additional filming location for its big-budget superhero sequel The Avengers: Age of Ultron. The movie brings together Marvel’s most popular comic book heroes for a second adventure.
A film version of video game franchise Angry Birds will follow British Columbia’s digital animation incentive to film in Vancouver with Sony Pictures Imageworks. The game was first launched as a smart-phone app in 2009 and has since been downloaded more than two billion times.
Marvel will shoot second-unit footage on location in Johannesburg in South Africa for its upcoming superhero sequel The Avengers: Age of Ultron. Filming will last two weeks for the movie that will bring together Marvel’s biggest superhero stars for a second adventure.
Shoots for international shows like Elementary accounted for most of the TV spending in the UK in 2013 as a result of the new TV tax credit, according to the British Film Institute. Just over GBP230 million was spent by TV productions and nearly 65% of this came from international shoots.
Mark Wahlberg’s true-life Special Forces drama Lone Survivor chased a competitive filming incentive programme to double the mountains of New Mexico for Afghanistan. The film tells the story of a failed 2005 mission where Navy SEALs set out to capture a Taliban commander.
Cate Blanchett’s new relationship drama Carol will film on location in Ohio, recreating 1950s New York in Cincinnati. The production team has previous experience of filming in the city and the film will get local incentive support.
The UK government has opened up its filming incentive programme and has introduced support for visual effects. Chancellor George Osborne’s enhancements to the filming incentive included reducing the minimum production spend needed to access the tax credits.