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Minnesota boosts location filming incentive fund to target mid-size features
Minnesota in the northern US has boosted its location filming incentive fund to USD10 million for the next two years. The state will also increase its filming rebate to a maximum of 25% through its so-called Snowbate Production Incentive, all…
Texas triples location filming incentive fund
Authorities in Texas have tripled the size of their location filming incentive fund, broadening the state’s production appeal. The move means Texas will offer USD95 million for the next two years, a massive increase on the USD32 million that was…
Johnny Depp movie Transcendence films in New Mexico doubling for California
Johnny Depp’s new movie Transcendence is filming partly in New Mexico, doubling Albuquerque for Berkeley in California. Depp previously filmed The Lone Ranger in the south-west state and his new movie is directed by star cinematographer Wally Pfister. Part of…
California loses summer movies as Hollywood chases better filming incentives
California lost most of this summer’s biggest movies to locations with better filming incentives. While Iron Man 3 filmed mostly in North Carolina and White House Down shot in Montreal, Star Trek Into Darkness was the only major summer feature…
BBC’s Ripper Street returns for second series location filming in Dublin
Hit period drama Ripper Street has returned to Dublin for location filming following another series commission from the BBC. The second season is set in the 1890s, with the Irish capital once again doubling for Victorian London. “It's fantastic to…
Filming on location in the Loire Valley with Film Commissioner Fanny Barrot
Fanny joined the Loire Valley Film Commission in central France as a student and assistant, and her interest in architecture and landscape photography carried her to the role of commissioner. She’s now been with the organisation for five years. What…
Michigan may keep location filming fund at $50m for another year
Michigan is likely to keep its location filming fund at USD50 million for the next year. The northern-US state is hosting several high-profile productions in 2013, including Michael Bay’s Transformers 4 and Ryan Gosling’s directorial debut How to Catch a…
Supervising Location Manager Becky Brake: Filming with JJ Abrams and Star Trek
Becky Brake first worked with filmmaker JJ Abrams on his action TV drama Alias. She's since become a regular locations collaborator and talks to The Location Guide about big-budget location filming, the Mission: Impossible franchise and working on Star Trek…
New Zealand production industry calls for better TV filming incentives
New Zealand’s production industry has called for better TV filming incentives. The available rebate for television shows like Spartacus is worth only half the feature film figure, while series that don’t have enough New Zealand content must spend NZD15 million…
JJ Abrams and Lucasfilm to shoot new Star Wars movie on location in UK
Director JJ Abrams and production company Lucasfilm will shoot the new Star Wars movie on location in the UK. The news marks a homecoming for the sci-fi franchise that was based at Elstree Studios outside London when George Lucas started…