Ahead of the AFCI Locations Show, The Location Guide will be dedicating its news section from April 11th to 15th entirely to articles about filming in the West Coast of America. Kicking the week off is an exclusive interview with Paul Audley, the President of FilmL.A., Inc.
Belladonna Productions has been in operation for over twenty years and is now under the helm of René Bastian and Linda Moran with no signs of slowing down any time soon. With clients all over the world, the company has extensive experience with a multitude of locations but has a particular fondness of unique locations within the US.
With the future of Florida’s film incentive programme uncertain, the Miami-Dade County could install its own programme to bring business back into the state. Florida’s incentive programme offers up to 30% in transferable tax credits but currently lacks sufficient funding, rendering the scheme useless until the state government intervenes.
The pilot for ABC’s upcoming drama series, The Death of Eva Sofia Valdez has begun filming on location in Mullins, South Carolina. Production on the series began last week as lock-offs were initiated on Main Street and Park Street. The show is penned by Cuban-American playwright Charise Castro Smith (Devious Maids) and will star Gena Torres (Suits) in the titular role.
The San Diego Film Commission, which was disbanded in 2013 after its funding was cut by the Tourism Authority is to be replaced by a regional film office under a new initiative by Mayor Kevin Faulconer. Faulconer stated in mid-2015 that he wished to reinstate the region’s Film Commission and jumpstart San Diego’s faltering film industry.
NBC’s upcoming television show based on the Taken film series is currently filming on location in Port Stanley, Ontario. The series will star Clive Standen as a young Bryan Mills, a CIA operative who was originally made popular by Liam Neeson’s portrayal of the character in the cinematic trilogy.
As part of a collaboration between Production Service company twofour54, Broadcasting Company MBC (via their subsidiary O3 Productions) and Abu Dhabi Ports, the United Arab Emirates capital has expanded its local studio facilities with the implementation of the city’s first backlot.
Louisiana’s film industry has seen a sharp decline in the number of productions filming on location within the state as a result of governmental restrictions placed on its incentive programme in 2015.