The Canary Islands are a popular filming location for big-budget Hollywood productions. Location scout Yanira de Armas-Tosco explains how the islands off the Atlantic coast of Morocco double for global locations.
Disney’s big-budget feature production of The Lone Ranger built Western sets for extensive filming in New Mexico. Based on the classic 1950s TV series, the film features Johnny Depp as Tonto and Armie Hammer as Ranger John Reid.
Producer Gillian Berrie has advocated Glasgow as the best location for a permanent studio in Scotland. The concern is that plans to film new TV series Outlander in temporary, retrofitted warehouses outside the city are diverting attention from the need for permanent facilities.
Universal’s new horror movie Dracula Year Zero is filming on location in Roe Valley Country Park in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The two days of shooting in the park are scheduled as part of three months of filming throughout the region.
Production companies Screen Gems and Jerry Bruckheimer Films are shooting scenes on location in Abu Dhabi for new supernatural thriller Beware the Night. The production will film at Liwa Oasis near the emirate city and also at twofour54 intaj’s studio facilities.
A final decision is imminent on whether Manitoba or Alberta in Canada will become the filming location for a new TV miniseries based on the Oscar-winning crime film Fargo. The original 1996 feature took its name from a city in North Dakota but was shot mainly in Minnesota.
Landia followed Brazilian pro-skateboarder Karen Jones on location in Sao Paulo in a new spot for Xgames, an action sports competition run by broadcaster ESPN. Born Free follows Jones and a BMX-riding friend as they turn the city into a skating playground.
Hallmark has cancelled plans to film a period TV miniseries on location in Colorado. When Calls the Heart will instead shoot in Vancouver, where it will have access to British Columbia's filming incentives, as well as an existing period town suitable for the show’s setting.