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Sherpas Cinema films aerial vistas for FlyOver Canada tourism ride
Sherpas Cinema and director Dave Mossop filmed aerial footage across Canada for new tourism ride FlyOver Canada. Launched at Canada Place in Vancouver, the ride is presented as a virtual flight, with the country’s most dramatic locations projected on a…
The Lone Ranger builds Western sets filming on location in New Mexico
Disney’s big-budget feature production of The Lone Ranger built Western sets for extensive filming in New Mexico. Based on the classic 1950s TV series, the film features Johnny Depp as Tonto and Armie Hammer as Ranger John Reid. Among the…
Lizzie Borden feature wraps Nova Scotia filming doubling for Connecticut
A new period TV movie exploring the life of Lizzie Borden has filmed on location in Nova Scotia, doubling the Canadian province for the US state of Connecticut. Borden was acquitted of the axe-murder of her parents in 1892 in…
Filming historic Holland with location scout Harriet Sanders
Harriet was born and raised in Holland, and has lived in New York, Beijing, Surinam and Havana. She originally trained as a sculptress and art teacher, but fell into location scouting in the 90s when a photographer asked her for…
Pinewood Studios Toronto hosts filming for monster epic Pacific Rim
Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro based his epic monster movie Pacific Rim at Pinewood Studios Toronto. The film charts humanity’s battle for survival building giant robot war machines to fight immense alien monsters that have risen from the depths of…
The Hero films testing television in Panama City with Dwayne Johnson
Reality TV series The Hero filmed on location in Panama City for its first-season run. Hosted by action movie star Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, the show puts a group of contestants through a series of physical and moral challenges as…
Man of Steel films Superman adventure on location in Illinois and British Columbia
Man of Steel tells Superman’s origin story as the baby Kal-El is sent from Krypton to Earth and then, as an adult, is pitted against the ruthless General Zod. Director Zack Snyder filmed on location across British Columbia in western…
Supervising Location Manager Bill Doyle scouts China’s Hengdian World Studios
Supervising Location Manager Bill Doyle recently scouted filming locations across China and visited the facilities at Hengdian World Studios in Zhejiang Province in the east. He talks to The Location Guide about what China has to offer. Doyle scouted China…
Will Smith films sci-fi epic After Earth on location in US and Central America
Will Smith and director M Night Shyamalan travelled across the US and to Central America to film their sci-fi epic After Earth. Set a thousand years in the future, Smith and his real-life son Jaden star as father-and-son team Kitai…
Film NZ chief Gisella Carr on New Zealand’s location filming future
Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy put New Zealand’s filming locations firmly in the spotlight and a decade later he’s repeating the trick with The Hobbit. Film NZ Chief Executive Gisella Carr talks to The Location Guide about the…