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Ramesh Deo Production creates cricket celebration for Nike across India
Mumbai-based Ramesh Deo Production (RDP) has created a new spot celebrating India’s love of cricket for Nike, filming all over the country. Parallel Journeys shows young men and boys from all backgrounds across India setting out to play at all…
British Film Institute to boost Film Fund while reaffirming UK-wide commitment
Over the next five years the British Film Institute (BFI) has pledged to boost its Film Fund by nearly GBP10 million a year and reaffirm its commitment to the whole of the UK. The investment plan is entitled Film Forever…
New Zealand Prime Minister promotes NZ film industry in US ahead of Hobbit release
New Zealand’s Prime Minister John Key will be promoting his country’s film industry when he travels to the US this week. Part of the Prime Minister’s trip will include meeting with Hollywood studio executives, with the release of Peter Jackson’s…
Lauded sci-fi Looper makes big gains from China co-production status
Sci-fi feature Looper has benefitted from its status as a US-China co-production by becoming the first Hollywood film to open bigger in China than in America. Filmmaker Rian Johnson switched part of the story from a French to a Chinese…
Marvel announces return to Ohio filming locations for Captain America sequel
Captain America: The Winter Soldier will film partly on location in Ohio. Marvel previously recreated the streets of New York City in Cleveland for The Avengers. Ohio’s state filming incentive now has a richer film fund, making it more attractive…
California guarantees location filming incentives through to 2017
California has guaranteed its location filming incentives will remain in place until at least 2017. Last year the state only committed to a 12-month extension, so the local industry will be relieved to have the programme's annual USD100 million guaranteed…
Homeland doubles Israel for Iran and Lebanon in second-season filming
Hit TV show Homeland has doubled Israel for Iran and Lebanon while filming for its second season. The domestic terrorism series is based in North Carolina in the US, but a unit travelled to Israel to film scenes involving Claire…
TLG scouts Iceland with Dark Knight Rises and Bourne Location Managers
Wind buffets us at the edge of civilisation. We’re exploring the remote heights of an Icelandic glacier and the elements are angry. Our car rocks from side to side but the glacier ignores us. Ilt Jones is braving a photo.…
Remote-location shooting with wildlife filming expert Greg Hensley
Greg Hensley is based in Colorado in the central US and specialises in wildlife filming. His work has taken him to every state in the union, as well as to international projects. TLG discusses some of Greg’s more extreme assignments…
Filming on location at the Biltmore Estate in North Carolina
The Biltmore Estate is in the mountains of Asheville, North Carolina, in the eastern US and was built by George Washington Vanderbilt. It’s America’s largest privately-owned home and has welcomed an impressive number of film, TV and commercial shoots over…