George Miller’s dystopian sequel Mad Max: Fury Road is now filming on location in Namibia. The feature project has been off and on for several years and was originally scheduled to film on location in Australia, but freak weather conditions forced a change of plan.
A group of filmmaking professionals in New Hampshire on the east coast of the US is calling for a location filming incentive programme. The New Hampshire Production Coalition (NHPC) wants to be more competitive with states that are already nationally known as film-friendly.
[slideshow id=305]A fleet of Fiats takes an underwater trip from Italy to the US in a new spot by Supply&Demand. A drive through the picturesque towns of Italy’s west coast ends with carefree drives into the ocean, before the Fiats emerge from the waves and a stylish arrival in New York City.
[slideshow id=304]Stillking has a global presence, with the Prague office servicing projects in Czech Republic. Producer Andrea Chadimova talks to TLG about filming in the central European country.
The Bourne Legacy is the latest in the action spy franchise that already has a history of putting eye-catching locales front and centre. This time Manila is a centrepiece location and TLG spoke to Location Manager Dow Griffith about the challenges of filming the Philippine capital.
Film London has revealed details of some of the high-profile feature projects coming to the English capital in the coming months. The London region made nearly GBP1 billion in direct production spending through 2011 and this year’s high-profile shoots have already included Bond film Skyfall.
Ausfilm has called for a boost to Australia’s location filming incentives with the arrival in Sydney of X-Men spin-off The Wolverine. Australia has been short on big-budget international filming productions in the last few years and the country is keen to take advantage of renewed Hollywood focus.
The deadline for this year’s NXT STAGE Hollywood International Awards has been extended to Tuesday August 14th. Held in Los Angeles on September 11th 2012, the competition honours creative excellence and innovation in advertising.