Filming incentives and flexibility with shoot locations were the main reasons why Marvel’s Avengers Assemble doubled Cleveland, Ohio, for New York City in the summer of 2011. The film - which now boasts the biggest cinema opening in history - is a huge boost for Ohio.
Ohio’s filming industries are pushing for the state filming incentive to be renewed and improved as its expiry approaches as The Avengers rolls out to cinemas around the world. The hotly-anticipated comic book film shot partly in Cleveland, doubling the mid-western metropolis for New York City.
[slideshow id=213]Don grew up in New England, went to art school in New York and ended up in New Mexico the way a lot of people do. He has lived in Santa Fe, New Mexico, since 1986.
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows is out now in cinemas and filmed mostly in the UK, despite a plot that jumps over much of mainland Europe. Over in North America the US state of Ohio is campaigning for stronger filming incentives, while the Canadian province of Alberta has streamlined what it already offers.
Filming professionals in Ohio are calling for stronger state filming tax credits. The Avengers is one of the state’s highest-profile recent visitors, but Ohio's annual film fund is capped at just USD10 million and this figure has already been reached through to June 2012.
In the week marking the first anniversary of our new website being launched, the focus is once again on filming incentives in the US, while specific geographic needs have resulted in the new Mad Max sequel relocating from Australia. In the UK new plans are underway to continue boosting location filming in London around the Olympics.
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.
A new studio facility in New Mexico is just a few weeks from opening, according to the Associated Press. Santa Fe Studios will offer two 60-foot sound stages, as well as terraced dressing rooms and production offices. There’s capacity for at least nine more sound stages, should there be enough demand.