Ausfilm has called for a boost to Australia’s location filming incentives with the arrival in Sydney of X-Men spin-off The Wolverine. Australia has been short on big-budget international filming productions in the last few years and the country is keen to take advantage of renewed Hollywood focus.
[slideshow id=303]Tim is a native of Tucson, Arizona. He spent a few years in Los Angeles in the early 80s learning the production ropes before returning to his home state.
Fernando Uriegas Vázquez is Director General of the Mexico City Film Commission. He’s an expert on location filming in Mexico and Central America, and he’s run the commission since 2009. His more recent feature work includes Apocalypto, Che and Man on Fire.
Dublin is set to star in the big-budget Bollywood film Ek Tha Tiger (Once There Was A Tiger) when the movie opens in mid-August 2012. Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif star and it becomes the latest in a series of high-profile features to come to the city.
Glasgow will host second-unit filming on the next in the Fast & Furious franchise in late August and early September 2012. The City Council confirmed the unit will be filming nights for the project - tentatively titled Fast 6 – and shooting will take place on Cadogan Street and Broomielaw.
A combination of star power and a world-class crew base are responsible for bringing new 60s-set TV show Vegas to Los Angeles. Crews have built a 200-foot set at Santa Clarita Studios in LA County, recreating period Las Vegas.
Extra funding for the British Film Commission (BFC) will help promote the UK’s TV tax credit if it’s launched in 2013. The BFC has partnered with UK Trade & Investment, giving it an extra GBP400,000 over two years to help attract more investment for the UK’s filming industries.
The North Carolina Film Office reveals that state location filming in the first half of 2012 has already surpassed the figure for the whole of 2011. Nearly 40 different projects have set out plans to shoot, perhaps taking inspiration from major state showcase The Hunger Games.