New feature Camera Trap is doubling the Isle of Man for Nepal for a production that involves Pinewood Studios. Pinewood recently agreed a deal to manage Isle of Man Media Development Fund and the company is providing resources for Camera Trap.
Australia is courting Disney’s big-budget remake 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea: Captain Nemo by doubling its location filming offset for a one-off payment. Disney has scouted filming locations in Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales for the shoot that David Fincher will direct.
South Africa National Parks (SANParks) has increased its location filming fees by an average of 10% for 2013. The price hikes are the result of the organisation’s first location filming review in several years and apply with immediate effect across all 19 of the parks that it manages.
Maryland may triple the value of its location filming incentive, but only on a short-term basis. The state is in the spotlight having played host to high-profile political drama House of Cards, which is the first series to be distributed exclusively online via Netflix.
Pinewood Studios Group may run a major new studio being developed in Georgia in the US. The complex in Fayette County just outside Atlanta is scheduled to open in 2014 and will initially offer five sound stages covering 305,000 square feet.
Colombia has launched its new 40% location filming incentive, intended to attract international producers. The programme is available for features and TV movies that spend USD600,000 locally.
Limited funding for Pennsylvania’s filming incentive programme means the pilot episode for a Pittsburgh-set Hatfields & McCoys TV series is scouting alternate East Coast locations. Pennsylvania’s programme is capped at USD60 million a year and cannot accept new applications until April 2013.
Major expansion of the filming facilities at Universal Studios in Los Angeles could start soon as final approval has been granted by the city council. The NBCUniversal Evolution Plan is a USD1.6 billion proposal that includes building new sound stages and sets.