Hit US comedy show Modern Family could help boost film tourism in Australia following its special two-week shoot in Queensland and New South Wales. The show’s Australia filming marks the first time the comedy has shot outside the US.
Sky Atlantic’s miniseries based on the life of James Bond author Ian Fleming filmed on location largely in Budapest, doubling the Hungarian capital for locations throughout Europe. The drama focuses on Fleming’s World War II experiences working in Naval Intelligence.
Wanda Productions played with San Francisco’s iconic hillside roads in a new spot promoting a Hill Assist feature in the Citroen C4. Catapult shows a collection of cars taking dramatic jumps over a hilltop road, before the C4 tracks the contours much more safely.
Marvel will film four new live-action superhero TV dramas and a miniseries on location in New York. The TV shows have been announced a year after The Amazing Spider-Man 2 became the biggest-ever feature to film entirely on location in New York.
A third series of period crime drama Ripper Street will return to film in Dublin, using the city as a double for Victorian London. Flagging ratings had prompted the BBC to cancel the drama, but the show has been resurrected for streaming service Amazon Prime Instant Video.
Exit Films shot on location in Sydney Harbour with a replica Viking ship for a new spot for drink brand V Energy. The spot shows a troupe of Vikings choosing a new leader who inspires them by demonstrating new vigour with a V Energy drink.
Production company Goodcop filmed on location on the plains of South Africa for a new spot for Toyota Land Cruiser. Border Post shows a traveller panicking his way through a Central African border post before being pursued at speed by the guards in his Toyota.
Iconic entertainment programme The Tonight Show has been given a 30% filming incentive relocating to New York, a report suggests. The show has switched filming locations from Los Angeles where it had been based since the early 70s.