Ballers season two begins filming in Miami
The second season of HBO’s comedy series Ballers starring Dwayne Johnson, has begun filming in the city of Miami.
The second season of HBO’s comedy series Ballers starring Dwayne Johnson, has begun filming in the city of Miami.
[slideshow id=409]The filming incentive landscape continues to shift in the US. While the majority of states still have filming incentive programmes in place, only a few offer support generous enough to attract high-profile TV series or big-budget feature films.
Ben Affleck is building the Florida city of Tampa in Brunswick, Georgia, for new crime drama Live by Night. The movie is based on a Dennis Lehane novel set in Prohibition-era Ybor City, a district of Tampa, and is Affleck’s second Lehane adaptation after Gone Baby Gone.
Prohibition drama Boardwalk Empire has ended after its fifth season, and has been rewarded with ten Emmy nominations. Set in Atlantic City in the 1920s and 30s, the series tells a story of gangsters and political corruption. New York doubled for Cuba in its final season.
Netflix drama Bloodline has secured two Emmy nominations ahead of scheduled second season filming in the Florida Keys. The series tells a dark story of family secrets and has qualified for state support through Florida’s now defunct filming incentive.
The company behind Moon River Studios near Savannah in eastern Georgia claims the new development is the largest studio project in the US. Atlanta remains Georgia’s production centre, but Savannah has had a profile boost in recent weeks with the release of Magic Mike XXL.
Florida’s production industry is concerned about the state’s lack of big-budget Hollywood appeal since the latest efforts to boost the filming incentive failed last week. Movies like Dolphin Tale and its sequel have been successes but Florida’s filmmaking future is uncertain.
Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston's new movie is using a local filming incentive to shoot scenes in Tampa Bay, Florida. True-life crime feature The Infiltrator is filming mostly in the UK, but will get a small local filming incentive for a short Florida shoot, where the story takes place.