London-based Adrian Harrison Film Company has captured the modernity of Madrid in a sleek new spot for Lexus featuring the vehicle gliding through the city streets. The shoot was serviced locally by Seaquist A Company of Malaga.
OOOPS Films is partnering with The Location Guide for our Location Beach Lounge at Cannes Lions. The Lounge will be on Plage Goeland from 16-20 June. OOOPS Films is a production service company based in Israel.
A new direct flight route launched by Etihad between Los Angeles and Abu Dhabi could help boost filming in the United Arab Emirates. The UAE hopes the ease of travel will encourage more US producers to make the journey from LA and film on location in Abu Dhabi.
Filmmaker Gareth Edwards will shoot a spinoff Star Wars movie in the UK. Director JJ Abrams is already at work in London on Star Wars: Episode VII as the first in a new trilogy, but Disney/Lucasfilm is also planning a series of non-trilogy spinoff movies.
The Location Guide is preparing for its annual Soiree, a fringe event at the Cannes Lions advertising festival. This year’s event is on Wednesday 18 June on the Majestic Beach Pier in Cannes and is a great opportunity for friends and colleagues to unwind and make new contacts.
[slideshow id=397]If you’ve seen enough of the Cote d'Azur and need some inspiring locations and a production team ready for the unexpected, meet Propeller Film’s team from Warsaw, Poland.
Michigan has been called on to fund its filming incentive on a long-term basis to build confidence in the programme and attract more shoots like Batman v Superman. A USD50 million film fund has been extended but only for 12 months and after uncertainty as authorities threatened a large cut.
Authorities in Calgary, Alberta, have confirmed the site for the province’s first purpose-built film studio. The Calgary Film Centre will be built in the east of the city and could help Alberta attract more high-profile productions like crime series Fargo and recent period drama Klondike.