A regional authority in Florida has created a film incentive fund in a bid to secure location filming for Tim Burton’s new movie. Hillsborough County encompasses the city of Tampa on Florida’s Gulf Coast and has approved filming incentives worth USD 100,000.
The BBC will film a new miniseries of War and Peace on location in Russia, Lithuania and Latvia. Tom Harper will direct the six-part drama telling Leo Tolstoy’s story of Russian aristocrats against the backdrop of the French invasion of Russia in the early 19th century.
A new film studio is being planned for development in Miami as Florida’s production industry prepares for its latest push to have its film fund increased. Miami hosted the long-running TV spy drama Burn Notice but has since found challenges in attracting new productions.
Ardmore Studios near Dublin is set to help establish a new film facility in the city of Limerick in western Ireland. The plan is to adapt existing industrial spaces in the city to emulate the success of Northern Ireland’s production industry, which has grown around Game of Thrones.
Location filming in Virginia got a boost in 2013 with TV dramas like TURN: Washington’s Spies, according to the Governor’s Office. In contrast, a report published in neighbouring Maryland has urged the cancellation of the state’s filming incentive.
[slideshow id=399]Deborah has lived most of her life in Peru and has spent 15 years working as a Location Manager, Line Producer and Field Associate Producer for productions coming into the country from the UK and the US. She is based in Lima but her work covers the whole country, plus Chile and Brazil.
Sean Bean is set to star in ITV drama The Frankenstein Chronicles. The miniseries will film in Northern Ireland, where it will recreate Regency London of the early 19th century. Bean previously starred in the opening season of Game of Thrones, which is still based in Belfast.
Biblical screen stories are enjoying a surge in popularity, with Ridley Scott’s Exodus: Gods and Kings planning to emulate the global success of Darren Arronofsky’s Noah. However, a summer of violence in the Middle East means Israel is now losing out to Malta, Croatia and Morocco.