An executive at Twentieth Century Fox has warned that Louisiana’s filming incentive changes could alienate big-budget features. Fred Baron is Fox’s executive vice-president of feature production and has filmed the new Fantastic Four and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes in Louisiana.
Los Angeles has claimed the top spot as the most popular North American filming location for TV pilots by a huge margin, according to new figures from FilmLA. Ninety-one pilots were shot in the city in the 2014-15 production cycle, while New York came a distant second with 25.
Silvercup Studios in New York City is set to expand its filming facilities by opening a third site in the Bronx. A leading New York production hub, Silvercup Studios has hosted shows like The Sopranos, 30 Rock and more recently Girls and Elementary.
Upcoming fantasy epic The Great Wall features a cast led by Matt Damon and is the biggest US-China co-production ever made. Filmed on location in the Chinese city of Qingdao, the story posits that China’s Great Wall was in fact built to keep out fantastical monsters.
Lithuania and France have signed a co-production filming agreement, the first such deal for Lithuania. Shoots organised under the terms of the deal will qualify for national filming incentives in each country.
Global exports from the UK’s creative industries rose by 34% between 2009 and 2013, according to new government figures. Television dramas like the BBC’s Sherlock and The Musketeers have been major international hits.
The Location Guide has marked a successful week at the Cannes Lions Festival. We hosted our annual Cannes Soiree fringe event, organised our Location Beach Lounge for the second year in a row and hosted aperitifs for the World Producers Summit.
Pinewood Studios has reported a GBP 10 million revenue boost for the year ending 31 March 2015. The facility made GBP 75 million, compared to just over GBP 64 million the previous year. Operating profit increased by more than a million pounds to GBP 5.8 million.