Iranian-financed feature film The Maritime Silk Road has recently wrapped its Thailand shoot. The production is a period piece and tells the thousand-year-old story of the first Persian traders travelling to China.
Homebase advertising campaign Transform the Nation has filmed its latest spot at Carlisle train station in the UK.
The unoccupied town of Pripyat in Ukraine has been used for the filming of Irish-funded short The Door, a 17-minute portrayal of one family’s experience of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986, which received an Oscar nomination this year.
Fire services were on standby throughout the recent filming for a Toyota Corolla advert in Goulburn, Australia, owing to the dry environment and the summer shoot.
Belfast and various locations throughout Northern Ireland are to be used for the production of dark fantasy adventure Game of Thrones, which could be the biggest TV production ever to film in Europe.
Following Universal’s confirmation that a new addition to the Fast and Furious franchise is to be made, star Vin Diesel has given word via his Facebook page that the production is scouting locations in Brazil.
The UK production industry could find it has the benefit of “more options” as a result of the recently-announced Joint Venture between Pinewood Studios and Studio Hamburg. Through the venture, UK crews will be more involved with European productions.
Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman is a producer on the Fox 2000 feature Monte Carlo, which is scheduled to start filming in May in European locations including Budapest, Monaco and Paris, according to Variety.