Cramped and expensive, real aircraft don’t lend themselves as convenient filming locations. Richard Chan runs Aero Mock-Ups, a bi-coastal US company that provides realistic and fully-functional aircraft interiors for use in features, TV shows and commercials.
The Dark Knight Rises won’t be getting any cash back for its upcoming Pittsburgh shoot through the state incentive scheme. Pittsburgh will be doubling for Gotham City but productions must spend at least 60% of their total budget in the city to qualify for the incentive.
It’s frequently said that not much doubles for South East Asia, apart from the Asian South East. One very cheap and cheerful emerging option for all your Vietnamese, Philippine, Thai, Lao, Indonesian and Malaysian needs is Cambodia, as Transformers and Two Brothers have established.
[slideshow id=117]Rave reviews abound for the newest Arab country to make a dent in global high-end feature film production. But how has Jordan been so successful so quickly? Simple: develop an infrastructure and then give international producers access to an array of fantastic military hardware and manpower.
Sharon Pinkenson has been Executive Director of the Greater Philadelphia Film Office (GPFO) for 19 years and has transformed Philly into a regular movie maker’s destination. Sharon markets her city and its surrounding area, while co-ordinating all things production-related.
Steven Spielberg’s long-gestating feature Lincoln will film scenes in Petersburg and Richmond, Virginia, later in 2011. Originally slated to star Liam Neeson, the lead role has instead gone to Daniel Day-Lewis.
[slideshow id=50]The Golden Age of Ukraine was over a thousand years ago, but the largest country in Europe’s topography and rich history have made it a playground for the world’s film crews in the last five years.
Lorenzo Di Bonaventura, Producer of Transformers 3, has praised Chicago as the production comes to the end of an extended shoot in the city.