Angelina Jolie has shifted location filming of her World War II feature Unbroken to Sydney in New South Wales (NSW), having completed scenes in Queensland. The film tells the story of US airman Louis Zamperini who survived weeks adrift at sea before being captured by the Japanese.
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.
Film London has made 1.25 million square feet of additional filming space available in the English capital. The move is a response to heightened demand since the launch of the UK’s TV tax credit earlier this year, a move that has attracted big-budget productions including 24: Live Another Day.
The Governor of Maryland spotlighted the benefits of his state’s filming incentive programme this week with a visit to the set of the award-winning political satire Veep. Although set in Washington, DC, the show films in Maryland because of the filming incentives on offer.
Brad Pitt’s new war film is set to use a unique and notorious German tank during its shoot on location in south-east England. Fury tells the story of a US tank crew behind enemy lines in Germany in World War II and will feature the world’s last remaining Tiger tank.
Pinewood Studios has launched its appeal for authorisation to expand its London filming facilities. The studio wants to begin work on a GBP200 million project that will increase the scope of the facilities currently on offer and enable more productions to shoot simultaneously.
A TV miniseries based on the Coen Brothers’ Oscar-winning 1996 crime drama Fargo has started filming on location in Calgary in Alberta, Canada. The city is doubling for locations in northern Minnesota and is being supported by the Alberta Multimedia Development Fund.
Nashville in Tennessee may need to boost its filming incentive programme to keep namesake TV show Nashville filming in the city for a third season in 2014. The series tells the story of a middle-aged country singer clashing with a young starlet.