The second series of the BBC’s police corruption drama Line of Duty is coming to the end of location filming in Northern Ireland. Shooting has been based in Belfast for the past 16 weeks with the support of the Northern Ireland Screen Fund.
The makers of the Fast & Furious action franchise have asked fans to suggest filming locations for the next movie. Fast & Furious 7 is scheduled for release in July 2014 and the filmmakers have used Facebook to ask for location filming ideas.
New Zealand filmmaker Jane Campion filmed new crime drama Top of the Lake on location in the Otago region of New Zealand’s South Island. The seven-part BBC miniseries follows a detective investigating the disappearance of the pregnant daughter of a local drug lord.
Gareth Edwards’ new big-budget Godzilla feature has wrapped location filming in Hawaii. The production spent several weeks shooting in the US state in the Pacific Ocean and finished after a night filming in state capital Honolulu on the island of Oahu.
American crime drama Elementary has become the latest production to film on location in Trafalgar Square in central London. The modern-day Sherlock Holmes series is usually filmed in New York but has shot in the UK for the opening of its second season.
Top Gear USA has filmed on the Buffalo Skyway road in western New York State. Made by BBC Worldwide Productions, scenes for the American version of the popular UK motoring show involved time trials for three amphibious vehicles.
Hallmark Channel and production company Frontier Productions have faced some challenges finding suitable filming locations in Colorado for a new period miniseries. The team behind When Calls the Heart announced a location shoot in Telluride, south-west Colorado, a few weeks ago.
The North Carolina Film Office has reported local filming production spending of USD250 million for the first half of 2013. Around 35 separate projects - including Stephen King miniseries Under the Dome - have already filmed locally or have indicated they intend to do so.