[slideshow id=345]A Good Day to Die Hard is the latest in the iconic Bruce Willis action movie franchise. Supervising Location Manager Terry Blyther turned Budapest into Moscow for the fifth instalment, which sees Willis’ John McClane coming to the aid of his CIA agent son against the Russian underworld.
[slideshow id=344]Stephen Poliakoff’s miniseries Dancing on the Edge filmed on location across London and West Midlands. Location Manager Harriet Lawrence talks to TLG about the practical challenges of shooting the tale of a young journalist promoting a black jazz band in the early 1930s.
Gorgeous has altered time filming on location in Czech Republic for a new Guinness commercial. The Clock is part of the brand’s Made of More campaign and features a sentient clock-tower that decides to impact more on the world around it by slowing and reversing time.
Movie industry professionals in India want to boost film tourism in the country and encourage Bollywood to become more international. A single-platform event has been created that brings together Indian producers and directors with international tourism boards.
[slideshow id=342]Stephen Poliakoff’s new drama miniseries Dancing on the Edge has filmed partly on location at Ragley Hall in central England. Screening on BBC2 in the UK, the series follows a young journalist who promotes a black jazz band in early 1930s London.
Hit period drama series Ripper Street has been green-lit for a second series for the BBC and could return to Ireland for location filming. In the first series Dublin doubled for Victorian London’s East End in 1889, shortly after Jack the Ripper’s murder spree.
Pinewood Studios is submitting a planning application for a major expansion of its London site. The Pinewood Studios Development Framework (PSDF) comprises 100,000 square metres of new facilities including studio space, production offices and streetscapes.
Tom Hooper’s grandiose Oscar-nominated production of Les Miserables filmed across southern England, using Pinewood Studios as a base. Key locations including Greenwich in London, Chatham in Kent and Winchester College in Hampshire were turned into France of the early 19th Century.