Miami is to get a new film studio facility through an USD11.5 million deal between city authorities and EUE/Screen Gems Studios. The Miami Entertainment Complex (MEC) could help attract productions on the scale of the long-running spy drama Burn Notice, which filmed in the city.
Production professionals in California are preparing legislation that they hope will lead to a boost in the state’s filming incentive programme. The aim is to increase the annual film fund well above the current USD100 million and expand support to big-budget feature productions.
The Location Guide will be hosting a drinks reception with Film Florida in London on 26 February 2014. The event will enable guests to find out more about filming in Florida and to learn about the practicalities of shooting in the state.
A new report from Film Florida has outlined how the state has benefited from the filming incentive programme that has attracted films like Dolphin Tale. According to the study, Florida makes a minimum of five dollars in investment for each dollar issued through the filming incentive.
Authorities in Miami, Florida, are set to start negotiating for EUE/Screen Gems Studios to develop a new filming complex in the city. The plan is to build the Miami Entertainment Complex in a bid to attract more high-end productions like Burn Notice.
Dystopian sequel The Hunger Games: Catching Fire filmed scenes on location in Hawaii, using the tropical setting for the story’s jungle and forest scenes. The film follows two young heroes competing in a life-or-death competition in a future North America ruled by a tyrannous wealthy class.
Dolphin Tale 2 has started filming on location at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium in the city of Clearwater on Florida’s west coast. The movie is a sequel to the original family drama Dolphin Tale, which was a huge success in 2011.
Serial killer drama Dexter is coming to an end after years spent filming Long Beach in California as South Florida. The show told the story of Dexter Morgan, a Miami-based police forensics expert who spent his free time secretly tracking and despatching serial killers.