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Modern Family TV comedy to film holiday episode on location in Australia
Hit Los Angeles-based comedy show Modern Family is to film a holiday episode on location in Australia. Twentieth Century Fox Television has made an agreement with airline Qantas to fly the cast out for two weeks of location filming that…
Revolutionary War TV series doubles Virginia locations for New York
New TV drama Turn is set during the American Revolutionary War of the mid-18th Century and is doubling locations in Virginia for colonial-era New York. This tumultuous period of American history is drawing Hollywood’s eye, with Last of the Mohicans…
New Zealand increases filming incentives and secures Avatar sequels
New Zealand has announced it will expand its national filming incentive programme and an agreement has also been reached to host James Cameron’s three Avatar sequels. From April 2014, big-budget international productions will be able to get a filming incentive…
Brad Pitt war movie Fury uses unique German tank filming in UK
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…
New Zealand considers short-term location filming incentive boost
New Zealand is considering a short-term boost to its location filming incentive programme to sustain its international appeal. Authorities are under pressure to come up with an incentive offer that will convince filmmaker James Cameron to film his Avatar sequels…
Hong Kong Day to promote location filming through American Film Market
'Hong Kong Day' will promote location filming in Hong Kong through the American Film Market (AFM) in Los Angeles. Screenings and a seminar will encourage more productions like Michael Bay’s Transformers sequel to shoot in the Chinese city. The event…
Avatar sequels may cancel planned New Zealand filming over incentives issue
New Zealand may lose location filming for James Cameron’s Avatar sequels if its filming incentive programme is not improved. Cameron is planning three back-to-back sequels, but with a production budget reportedly approaching a billion dollars, he is looking for a…
Screen Australia pledges fund to boost high-end TV location filming
Screen Australia has announced plans to launch a new fund designed to boost high-end television production in the country. The High-end Television Development Program will support up to five TV productions each year with funding of up to AUD40,000 for…
Location filming incentive boosts Virginia production industry
Employment in Virginia’s production industry has grown since the eastern-US state enhanced its location filming incentive in 2010. Eleven productions including Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln got a total of USD12 million in incentive payments and spent more than five times that…
Maine officials to push for more generous filming incentives
Officials in Maine in the north-east corner of the US are to push for a sweetened filming incentive programme. The state offers a limited series of small filming rebates and tax credits for productions that spend at least USD75,000 locally,…