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The Bourne Legacy arrives in Manila for Philippines location filming
Filming has begun in Manila in the Philippines this week for The Bourne Legacy. It’s the fourth entry in Universal’s lucrative spy series that began back in 2002 with The Bourne Identity. Legacy has filmed mainly in Canada so far…
Editor’s Weekly
This week we covered a creative new online advertising campaign from Honda. The UK is in the spotlight again with the release of Steven Spielberg’s War Horse, while the British Prime Minister has called for the UK film industry to…
Partizan travels from Mexico to Alaska for Honda and films with a 360-degree camera
Vehicle manufacturer Honda is looking to turn heads with a new online advertising campaign for the Civic that was filmed using a 360-degree camera. Off The Grid takes a visual approach similar to Google Street View and invites the viewer…
Filmmaker prepares for challenges of location shoot in West Bank town of Hebron
American filmmaker Nicole Ballivian is preparing for the challenge of filming in Hebron on the West Bank in the Palestinian Territories. Around 500 armed Jewish settlers live among 160,000 Palestinians in the town, so tensions are constantly high; making a…
Ken Loach criticises British PM’s call for UK to focus on bigger films
David Cameron, the British Prime Minister, has called on the UK filming industry to focus its attention on attracting bigger films that target broader audiences. The announcement has proven controversial with filmmaker Ken Loach who is concerned Cameron hasn’t grasped…
Spielberg recreates period England for War Horse on location in UK
Steven Spielberg recreated early 20th Century England on location in the southern UK for his period epic War Horse. Filming focussed on the hills of Dartmoor and the village of Castle Combe in south-west England, while the trenches of the…
Editor’s Weekly
England is busily organising its new filming support structure, while traditional global filming hub California has revealed a general production increase for 2011, despite a massive fourth-quarter dip. Elsewhere, Peter Jackson’s hobbit films completed their first stage of location filming…
Kodak likely to file for bankruptcy
Kodak, one of the world’s most recognisable suppliers of film and photographic products, is likely to file for bankruptcy within the next few weeks. The company has had its share of problems since foreign competitors entered the market in the…
California location filming rises in 2011 despite big declines in fourth quarter
California saw a 4.2% rise in location filming for 2011, but the number of TV and feature production filming days fell sharply in the fourth quarter. During these three months TV production declined by nearly 11% and feature filming days…
From the Editor: Review of 2011
It’s been a good year for the established production hubs around the world, with regions like Buenos Aires, South Africa, Eastern Europe and New Zealand maintaining their appeal for commercial projects. Australia has seen a production resurgence, while in the…