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New England Studios warns against filming incentive cap for Massachusetts
New England Studios has urged the Governor of Massachusetts to resist introducing a cap on the annual state filming incentive. The company plans to open a new studio in Devens in a matter of months to help attract more productions…
Polish-Norwegian Salt project films on location in Polish salt mines
A new audiovisual project has filmed on location in Polish salt mines near Krakow. Salt is a Polish-Norwegian co-production telling the fantastical tale of a girl growing up in a sandcastle as her parents crystallise into salt. Combining live-action footage…
Zero Dark Thirty builds Bin Laden compound on location in Jordan
Oscar-winning filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow recreated Osama Bin Laden’s Pakistan compound on location in Jordan for her terrorism thriller Zero Dark Thirty. The film details the ten-year hunt for the al-Qaeda leader and dramatises the final 2011 special forces assault on…
Location Manager Janice Polley: Filming with Michael Mann and Tony Scott
Janice Polley got her industry break working as a producer’s assistant on classic boxing sequel Rocky IV in the early 80s. She talks to TLG about shooting Los Angeles with Michael Mann and action filming with the late Tony Scott.…
North Carolina officials call for location filming incentive to be made permanent
Officials in North Carolina – home of the first Hunger Games film – have called for the state’s location filming incentive to be made permanent. The existing 25% rebate is set to expire at the start of 2015, but Charlotte…
India to capitalise on Life of Pi movie locations to boost film tourism
India plans to capitalise on shoot locations from Ang Lee’s critically-acclaimed feature Life of Pi to boost regional film tourism. The movie’s story starts in a zoo in India before following Pi’s struggle to survive while adrift in the Pacific…
New Zealand Prime Minister’s Office sheds light on Hobbit production spending
Details of production spending from location filming on Peter Jackson’s Hobbit films have been revealed by the Office of Prime Minister John Key in New Zealand. The figures were released when politicians questioned how many jobs the films created. Officially,…
London Underground still a popular filming location on 150th anniversary
London’s Underground train network remains a popular filming location in the year of its 150th anniversary. A dedicated Film Office liaises between Location Managers and specific stations, and the network hosts around a dozen features every 12 months, plus numerous…
Arctic Air TV series films on location in Canada’s Northwest Territories
Arctic Air, a fictional Canadian TV drama focussing on the lives of bush pilots, filmed partly on location in Canada’s Northwest Territories for its new series. The show films mainly in and around Vancouver in British Columbia but also travelled…
Metrafilms shoots on location in Finnish Lapland for Beeline’s winter campaign
Moscow-based Metrafilms headed to Finnish Lapland for a winter campaign for Russian telecommunications firm Beeline. The spot shows revellers bringing in 2013 with a mix of snowboarding and a nightclub party. Snow scenes were filmed around a ski resort in…