Ridley Scott filmed on location in the UK and Spain for his biblical epic Exodus: Gods and Kings. The movie tells the story of Moses and his conflict with his brother, the future pharaoh Ramses, and doubled the deserts of Spain for ancient Egypt.
A new TV miniseries version of the classic Old English poem Beowulf will be filmed on location in north-east England for broadcaster ITV. A high-profile movie version starring Ray Winstone and Angelina Jolie was shot by filmmaker Robert Zemeckis in 2007 using motion-capture technology.
The BBC has returned to Morocco to film scenes for the second series of its historical family adventure series Atlantis. As with the first series, production was based in a retrofitted studio in Chepstow in Wales, but the team also filmed in and around Morocco’s Atlas Mountains.
The UK is set to launch a filming incentive to bring more live-action children’s TV programmes to Britain. A 25% tax credit will be launched in April 2015 to tackle a decline in children’s television programming in the UK over the past ten years.
Carnival Films has started filming new historical drama The Last Kingdom for BBC America, with production scheduled for Hungary and the UK. Based on novels by Bernard Cornwell, the drama series will be looking to emulate the success of Game of Thrones and Vikings.
A host of new drama commissions has been announced by the BBC, many of which will be planning to film on location in the UK. The commissions include a new miniseries of the hit crime drama Luther, which will shoot in London.
BBC motoring series Top Gear is set to film highway scenes on location in the Okanagan region of central British Columbia. The province is a production hub in Canada and offers a 25% production services tax credit on qualified labour costs.
[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.