Transformers 4 will film partly on location in China following a co-operation agreement signed between Paramount Pictures, China Movie Channel and Jiaflix Enterprises. Paramount will get help with filming locations in China, as well as regional casting for the movie and potential post-production work.
Disney has chosen to film on location in Australia for its epic remake of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. The Australian government committed a one-off filming incentive payment of nearly AUD22 million to secure the shoot.
RoadTown Enterprises was set up in the late 1980s in Los Angeles by Gail Smerigan and Nick Smerigan, and Jeremy Hariton joined in 2010. TLG talks to Nick and Jeremy about the company's specialism in studio management and RoadTown's facilities in Georgia and Mississippi.
The UK’s TV filming tax credit will be launched on 1 April 2013 and is designed to bring more high-end TV productions to Britain, while also keeping shows like Game of Thrones. Productions spending at least GBP1 million for each hour of television will be eligible for a 25% credit.
Big-budget feature Pompeii, set days before the eruption of Vesuvius in Roman Italy in 79 AD, is filming on location in Cinespace Film Studios in Toronto, Ontario. The Canadian province's other recent high-profile shoots include remakes of Total Recall and Robocop.
Surprise hit The Call, a small-scale thriller starring Halle Berry, made the unusual move of switching filming locations at the last minute from Ontario to California. An earlier rejection for filming incentive support in Los Angeles was overturned and prompted the change.
Ministers from Northern Ireland joined cable channel HBO in the US to celebrate the new series of Game of Thrones, which is based in Belfast’s Titanic Studios facility. First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness also pitched for more productions.
Action sequel Transformers 4 has secured a filming incentive payment to shoot on location in Detroit, Michigan. Filmmaker Michael Bay is returning to direct the movie, which will spend around USD80 million locally and get an incentive payment of USD20 million.