Dubai set up a film and TV commission in mid-2012 and the city plans to establish itself as the Middle East's central production hub. The emirate lacks a formal filming incentive but has faith in an informal and fully customisable programme with rebates of up to 20%.
Television drama series Nashville will get filming incentive support to continue filming on location in its namesake city in Tennessee for its second season. The show follows a fading Nashville singer forced to team up with a young starlet to save her career.
Disney has won approval for a plan to expand its Los Angeles film studio facilities at the Golden Oak Ranch in Santa Clarita. The regional planning commission approved the plan that is set to involve the development of 12 sound stages.
Man of Steel tells Superman’s origin story as the baby Kal-El is sent from Krypton to Earth and then, as an adult, is pitted against the ruthless General Zod. Director Zack Snyder filmed on location across British Columbia in western Canada, and in Illinois.
Village Roadshow Entertainment Group CEO Greg Basser has urged Australia to boost its location filming incentives. He said it was the best way to enable the country’s production industry to compete internationally.
Brad Pitt’s zombie drama World War Z shot extensively across UK filming locations and turned Glasgow into Philadelphia for an urban shoot of unprecedented scale. The production also used Malta as a double for Israel and turned a helicopter ship into US aircraft carrier the Harry S Truman.
India and China are to explore ways to set up a co-production location filming agreement between the two countries. The deal would likely include exchanging trained crew, as well as films and television projects.
Colorado’s filming incentive has helped secure the mid-western state’s first dramatic TV series in more than 20 years. Hallmark Channel is to film period drama When Calls the Heart on location in Telluride in the next few weeks.