China and South Korea have signed a co-production filming deal. The agreement will enable Korean movies made as official Chinese co-productions to bypass China’s strict quota on the number of international films that can be released each year.
The Location Guide's Cannes Soiree was a big success against the backdrop of the Cannes Lions Festival. We co-hosted with our partners Sagafilm, Milestone Films, Fresco Film Services, Tenerife Film Commission, Advertising Producers Association, Production Service Network and Sevilla Film Office.
An executive at Marvel Studios has warned of the issue of crew shortages for location shoots in Georgia. David Grant is Vice President of Physical Production for Marvel and is overseeing work in Atlanta on Ant-Man. The state is also home to long-running zombie drama The Walking Dead.
The California Film Commission has announced initial filming incentive approval for 26 productions for the next year. Eleven features and 13 TV series are among those selected for the state’s 20% tax credit, including one show – Being Mary Jane – that’s relocating from Georgia.
The Czech Republic has increased the fund for its filming incentive in a move that could help attract more productions on the scale of the BBC’s The Musketeers. Prague launched the 20% filming incentive in 2010 and the fund has been increased to the equivalent of USD40 million for this year.
Legal drama Reckless has become the first major network TV series to film on location in Charleston, South Carolina. The CBS drama spent six months shooting in the city, paying USD6.5 million in local wages alone.
New filming incentives announced by China as a way of boosting its domestic production industry could also grab the attention of international producers. An annual subsidy worth USD16 million has been set up to support up to ten Chinese movies a year.
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