The latest instalment in a series of Netflix-exclusive films produced by Adam Sandler is now filming on location in Griffith Park, Los Angeles. Sandy Wexler is the third entry in a four film contract that Sandler’s production company, Happy Madison signed with Netflix in October 2014.
Switzerland has launched a new film incentive programme for co-productions that shoot on location in the country. Entitled the Switzerland Film Investment Refund (PICS), the scheme allows co-productions to claim back between 20% and 40% on all eligible local expenditures, with a per-project cap of CHF600,000.
London based production service company Film Fixer will manage a new dedicated film office for Suffolk, to offer a streamlined service for productions hoping to film in the English county. Entitled Screen Suffolk, this new entity will be officially unveiled at the FOCUS international production event in December 2016.
Terry Gilliam’s long awaited film, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote has now entered into production with shoots taking place in Lisbon and Tomar. Scenes will also be filmed in Castilla-La Mancha and the Canary Islands.
In an effort to encourage the work of new Producers, Creative England has unveiled two new programmes targeted at those outside of London who are entering the profession. The two programmes entitled Producer Hothouse and Creative Producer Initiative are only available to Producers with no more than one production credit under their belts.
The BBC’s new period drama The Moonstone, starring John Thomson (Cold Feet) and Sarah Hadland (Miranda) has begun filming in North Yorkshire. The production will be conducting on location shoots at Thornton Watlass Hall, a Grade I listed Georgian country house that will serve the show’s 19th century period setting.
ABC’s family-comedy Fresh Off the Boat will film parts of its third season on location in Taiwan. Specific locations have yet to be chosen as Location Scouts are still conducting research but the shoot is expected to run for three days. The show stars Randall Park (Veep), Constance Wu (Parallels) and Hudson Yang (The Sisterhood of Night).
Loch Ness, a new drama commissioned by ITV will film at its namesake location and in the Scottish Highlands. Split into six episodes, the series will follow the lives of Detective Annie Redford and her family when a body is discovered by the Carn Mor mountain just as a human heart turns up on the shores of Loch Ness.