The upcoming Hobbit films may still be shot outside New Zealand, with the UK being viewed as a serious contender. The actors’ unions’ boycotts that originally prompted the location uncertainty have now been lifted, but Warner Brothers has apparently not yet made a final decision.
Michael Caine begins work on his new film in North Carolina in the next few days. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island is the sequel to Journey to the Centre of the Earth and will be filming in Wilmington for around five months.
[slideshow id=4]Finland may not yet be on every Location Manager’s list of ideal filming locations, but that could all change in the coming years. While the lack of filming incentives has played a part
International clothing brand Timberland has filmed a new action-packed commercial in Colombia, doubling the country for New Hampshire. Nature Needs Heroes: Lost Bottle
Angelina Jolie has had her Bosnian location permit reinstated for the shooting of her directorial debut. Permission to film in the country was originally granted apparently without a full screenplay being submitted.
The filming of Men in Black 3, scheduled to take place partly in New York, has been delayed for a week or so. In the film the Men in Black headquarters is in New York and both previous films have involved location shoots there.
The Bosnian Government has revoked a filming permit for Angelina Jolie’s untitled directorial debut, set during the Bosnian war of the mid-1990s. The decision comes after the Women Victims of War association in the country responded angrily to reports that the film features a love story between a Serbian rapist and his Muslim victim.
Los Angeles saw a 6.6% drop in feature film location work during the third quarter of 2010 compared to the same period last year, according to new figures from FilmLA.