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Filming on location at Hawaii’s Parker Ranch with Nahua Guilloz
Nahua is with Parker Ranch on Hawaii’s Big Island. She’s been with the Ranch for five years and deals with jobs including PR, overseeing IT, Archives (including land archives), visitor activities and special projects. She also takes care of the…
Breaking Bad TV show boosts film tourism shooting on location in New Mexico
Cable TV drama Breaking Bad is boosting film tourism in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Fans of the show are driving a rise in visitor numbers, but locals have mixed feelings about the show that focuses on a chemistry teacher turning to…
Gotham’s globe-trotter: Filming The Dark Knight Rises
The final chapter of Christopher Nolan’s grittily realistic Batman trilogy filmed around the world in an epic shoot that lasted nearly a year. TLG explores the marathon scouting trips, finding Wayne Manor in Nottingham and turning Pittsburgh into Gotham City.…
UK TV tax credit could secure Game of Thrones long-term
A TV tax credit in the UK could secure Game of Thrones for Northern Ireland on a long-term basis. Frank Doelger, an Executive Producer on the show, revealed that an incentive could trump any pressures to show audiences new locations.…
Rushes Soho Shorts Festival announces winners in West London
Winners of the 14th annual Rushes Soho Shorts Festival were announced at a ceremony last night in London. The festival showcases talent in short films usually less than 15 minutes long. Almost 200 short films from 22 countries were screened…
Puerto Rico expands filming incentives
Puerto Rico has officially expanded its location filming incentive package with a 20% tax credit for non-resident talent, as well as measures to encourage infrastructure development. Positioned in the north-eastern Caribbean, Puerto Rico is an unincorporated US territory. Mariella Pérez…
Marvel’s Iron Man 3 fails to repel criticism of North Carolina filming incentive
A conservative organisation in North Carolina has criticised the state’s location filming incentive programme. Governor Bev Perdue has officially extended the incentive as Iron Man 3 films in the state, but the John Locke Foundation in Raleigh has condemned it…
Game of Thrones faces British summer weather challenges
HBO’s fantasy series Game of Thrones has faced challenging weather conditions on location in Northern Ireland. Summertime is yet to properly show its face in Britain, although climatic conditions are certainly not unique to the UK. Frank Doelger is an…
County Armagh stately home chosen for Dickens BBC TV drama
A stately home in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, has been used for scenes for a new BBC TV adaptation of Dickens classic Nicholas Nickleby. Brownlow House is known locally as Lurgan Castle and dates back to the mid-19th Century. Producer…
Canada’s Northwest Territories Film Commission launches new website
The Northwest Territories (NWT) Film Commission in Canada has launched a new website designed to boost location filming in the region. It’s been given a classic-Hollywood look and has a location photo library, details on regional filming infrastructure and how…