Authorities in North Carolina plan to triple the state’s film fund to USD 30 million half a year after the formal filming incentive was controversially downgraded to a grant system. Drama Under the Dome claimed half of this year’s incentive fund, but will end after its third season.
North Carolina paid out USD 60 million in filming tax credits in 2014 and made over USD 240 million in direct production spending, according to official figures. At the height of its filming incentive popularity, North Carolina hosted the first Hunger Games movie and Iron Man 3.
A new TV series of the popular Young Adult (YA) fantasy novel franchise The Mortal Instruments will film in Toronto from this May as Shadowhunters. The Ontario capital got a production spending boost last year hosting Guillermo del Toro’s Crimson Peak.
New filming facility Eagle Rock Studios Atlanta has officially opened in the US state of Georgia. The studio offers multiple sound stages across two separate sites and could help Atlanta appeal to more productions like The Walking Dead and the Divergent and Hunger Games franchises.
A new series of TV drama Under the Dome starts filming in North Carolina this week, and it's set to claim up to half of the state’s film fund for the year. Based on a story by Stephen King, the show is set in a small town that becomes cut off from the world within a mysterious giant dome.
Studio Babelsberg near Berlin has celebrated the success of Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel, which has added four Oscars to its awards tally. The movie filmed on the border between Germany and Poland, with Studio Babelsberg as a production partner.
Hawaii’s Big Island got a production boost in 2014 hosting the TV game show Wheel of Fortune, but the county still failed to attract any large-scale features. Recent movie productions like Battleship, Jurassic World and Godzilla have shot in other parts of the state, particularly Oahu.
A VIP travel company is eyeing Hollywood stars by opening a new office in Atlanta. Georgia’s status has grown as a filming hub for big-budget productions partly through a generous filming incentive that’s secured the Hunger Games franchise and the Divergent movies.