Fast & Furious 7 brings the motoring action franchise to Abu Dhabi for the first time, filming in multiple iconic locations and making use of the city’s 30% filming incentive. The production team spent two weeks filming in and around the city.
Louisiana’s filming incentive supported economic output worth nearly USD 1.6 billion in 2013, according to new figures. The state offers a 30% uncapped filming incentive which in the past year alone has attracted major features like Terminator Genisys and Jurassic World.
New Bond movie Spectre has filmed its opening sequence on location in Mexico City, recreating the country’s Day of the Dead celebrations, which in reality fall at the end of October. The production team has already filmed on location in Austria and Rome.
Adam Sandler’s big-budget comedy Pixels and Guillermo del Toro’s gothic horror Crimson Peak helped boost international production spending in Ontario in 2014. Del Toro returns to Canada having also shot his 2013 monster movie Pacific Rim at Pinewood Studios Toronto.
Abu Dhabi is promoting the new Fast & Furious movie and the city’s direct Etihad Airways flight route to Los Angeles with a plane carrying the action franchise’s branding. Furious 7 spent two weeks in Abu Dhabi last year shooting key sequences.
The Mayor of Los Angeles has appointed a film liaison officer to help make the city more film-friendly. California’s filming incentive programme gets a major boost this summer and city departments in Los Angeles will also get more funding to help them increase filming services.
Authorities in Michigan have begun the process of cancelling the state’s filming incentive programme. The state recently hosted Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice but a vote has now gone in favour of ending filming incentive support later this year.
Radical Media filmed in and around Los Angeles for a new Audi spot built around swarming mechanics in scenes that recall the zombies of World War Z. The ad shows an Audi being chased by rogue mechanics as the motorist seeks maintenance from an official Audi service centre.