A studio dedicated to East-West co-productions is being planned for development 30 minutes outside Beijing in China. Beijing-based Seven Stars Entertainment is working with the Government of the Binhai New Area, Tianjin, to plan the expansive facility.
Director Sean Stiegemeier of Pictures in a Row has marked a collaboration between music producers Kaskade and Skrillex. Lick It is filmed in reverse and shows a young woman struggling in a snowy landscape as she tries to track down a source of music to calm her bleeding ears.
X-Men follow-up The Wolverine will film on location in Japan, Fox head Tom Rothman has confirmed. The story for the stand-alone feature is based on one of Wolverine’s classic Japan-set plotlines from the character’s comic book series, so a location shoot may make it feel more authentic.
Publicity for Sam Mendes’ new James Bond feature Skyfall has stepped up a notch, with the team sharing details of the Turkish leg of its shoot. Although the production is spending time in Istanbul, a full month of filming has already taken place in the city of Adana in the south of the country.
HBO’s hit fantasy TV show Game of Thrones is returning to Linen Mill Studios in Northern Ireland for its third series. Although based at Paint Hall Studios in Belfast, the show also uses 75,000 square feet of studio space near Banbridge, south of the capital.
[slideshow id=273]Born in Uruguay, Julian grew up in Argentina and New York. He is now based in Buenos Aires and first began offering personalised production services in Argentina 15 years ago with clients initially coming from Australia, the US and Germany.
Authorities in Washington, DC, want to attract more filming productions to the US capital, but are keen to crunch the numbers before committing to any kind of incentive. The first step in the process will be to authorise a feasibility study looking at the benefits of an incentive programme.
Hit zombie TV drama The Walking Dead will film at Raleigh Studios in Atlanta, Georgia. Location filming will focus on nearby Senoia, which will feature as a town walled off from the zombie outbreak.