Plate shots for the ‘Giant’s Land’ of Steven Spielberg’s film of Roald Dahl’s The BFG have been shot on the Isle of Skye in western Scotland. Skye is becoming more popular as a filming location and will appear in Justin Kurzel’s adaptation of Macbeth, starring Michael Fassbender.
New Netflix drama The Crown plans to film scenes at Ely Cathedral in Cambridgeshire. The series spans decades of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II from 1952 and is inspired by Peter Morgan’s play The Audience which featured Helen Mirren as the monarch.
Gangster series Mafiya will be set in Russian capital Moscow and will start filming in early 2016. In recent years Hollywood productions like Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit have doubled cities as diverse as Liverpool for the Russian capital.
New sci-fi film SFv1 is set to shoot on location in Sydney and in Outback regions of South Australia. The movie will tell a rescue story in a future where humanity has colonised other planets.
New technology company Media Toaster has launched in Burbank, California, offering content delivery and post-production services, including audio. Chief Technical Officer Michael Meis has worked on projects including The Walking Dead and Killing Me Softly.
The Association of Film Commissioners International (AFCI) Cineposium is set to focus singularly on film tourism when it takes place in Barcelona on 24-26 September. Up to 20% of tourists travel to visit the filming locations for their favourite movies and TV shows.
Actor Jamie Bell has praised New Zealand’s production industry after new movie 6 Days, based on the true story of the Iranian Embassy siege in London in 1980. Funded partly by the New Zealand Film Commission, the movie shot scenes in Auckland before relocating to the UK.
Saskatchewan in central Canada has increased the amount of money it will offer to eligible productions seeking filming incentive support. The Creative Saskatchewan Investment Fund will now offer up to CAD 600,000, a sharp increase from the previous limit of CAD 250,000.