Political drama House of Cards has returned to Netflix and is likely to raise Maryland’s production profile as a double for Washington, DC. Baltimore doubles for the US capital in the popular drama and has now hosted the show for three seasons.
The Location Guide will be at the 40th AFCI Locations Show in Los Angeles next week, as a sponsor of the members’ meeting breakfast and as a media partner of the Location Managers Guild of America (LMGA) Awards.
A planned overhaul of Louisiana’s filming incentives could involve introducing an annual funding cap for the first time. The state’s incentives have turned it into one of the top production centres in the US, with Jurassic World and Terminator: Genisys among the major recent shoots.
A new campaign has been launched by the Mayor of Los Angeles to promote California’s boosted filming incentives. Dubbed 'Greenlight Hollywood', the campaign will involve Los Angeles’ ‘film czar’ and his deputy meeting with film industry executives through March and April.
Productions filming in British Columbia can now get a tax credit on their post-production spending as part of an expansion of the Digital Animation or Visual Effects programme. Vancouver got a boost last year doubling for Seattle in Fifty Shades of Grey, which is now an international hit.
The California Film Commission has approved an initial set of rules on how to issue the state’s new filming incentives that come into effect this summer. Specific details include penalties for productions that fail to create as many jobs as initially intended.
Biscuit Filmworks shot on location in Los Angeles and San Diego for a new Turbo Tax commercial set during the Boston Tea Party of 1773. It's an event that centred on a tax dispute and the spot shows British troops initially diffusing the situation by offering Turbo Tax’s free filing service.
Authorities in Buffalo in Western New York State have called for consultancy help to promote the city as a filming location. Empire Visual Effects was opened in Buffalo in mid-2013 and has worked on productions like TV drama The Leftovers and acclaimed movie A Most Violent Year.