The state Senate in New Mexico has voted to keep the existing 25% filming incentive, but to reduce the annual cap to USD50 million. Just over USD65 million was paid out to productions in 2010.
Cable channel HBO will film scenes for new political drama Game Change on location in Maryland. The TV movie will focus on the 2008 US general election from the Republicans’ point of view from the moment when Sarah Palin was announced as John McCain’s running mate.
[slideshow id=79]Ken Loach has filmed his new feature Route Irish in Liverpool, Manchester and Jordan, doubling the latter for Iraq. Jordan offers similar terrain and weather without the obvious security risks. The film tells the story of a private contractor investigating a colleague’s Iraq death.
[slideshow id=78]Camera operators working on new feature Chalet Girl swapped dolly tracks for skis while filming on location in St Anton in Tirol, Austria. The film follows a teenager falling in love when she heads off to work as a chalet girl in the Alps.
Yukon has launched a new promotional web series for regional location filming, with a trailer screening in Times Square until the end of March 2011. In a fictional dramatic story available on the Yukonic website, two filmmakers travel across Yukon searching for gold to fund a film project.
[slideshow id=76]When you visit Sri Lanka, it is plain to see why both David Lean and Steven Spielberg chose it as a location. Lean’s 1957 film The Bridge on the River Kwai and Spielberg’s 1984 classic Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom made full use of this exotic island at the southern tip of India.
[slideshow id=75]Puma has travelled to Jamaica to film a series of new ad spots for its Faas running shoes. Two spots - Blam! Blam! and Recording - show local group World’s Fastest Band sprinting across Jamaica to cheering crowds, with cameos from sprinter Usain Bolt.
Fury Road, the latest sequel in the Mad Max franchise, has booked studio space in New South Wales, giving a local studio facility its first long-term production. The film plans to shoot in the mining town of Broken Hill but has been delayed due to rain and flooding.