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Disney collects £170m in tax credit payments from UK location filming
Disney has been paid tax credits of nearly GBP 170 million from location filming in the UK since the incentive was launched in 2007. Payments peaked last year at a little over GBP 50 million when Disney subsidiary Marvel filmed…
Pirates of the Caribbean 5 confirmed for Australia location filming
Disney has chosen to film on location in Queensland, Australia, for its fantasy sequel Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. The movie will get a filming incentive payment of AUD 21 million and production will also take…
The Kettering Incident TV drama to film in Tasmania until December
Eight-part TV miniseries The Kettering Incident will film on location in the Australian state of Tasmania through to December. The drama will be Tasmania’s biggest ever production and the highest-profile local shoot since Willem Dafoe’s The Hunter in 2012. Location…
US Forest Service clarifies wilderness filming proposals for commercial shoots
The US Forest Service has clarified a proposal designed to better regulate commercial filming and photography in wilderness areas of the country. Johnny Depp’s The Lone Ranger was one major production that paid for a permit to film in New…
David Fincher and Ben Affleck film Gone Girl on location in Missouri
Filmmaker David Fincher filmed his new domestic thriller Gone Girl partly on location in Cape Girardeau, south-eastern Missouri. The film stars Ben Affleck as a husband facing a growing media circus in a small Mid-West community following the disappearance of…
Heckler films five adventure sports in an hour for Tourism New Zealand and STA Travel
Production company Heckler recruited stunt man Chuck Berry to film the innovative campaign 5X1NZ for Tourism New Zealand and STA Travel. The promotional spot follows Berry as he experiences five different adventure sports, one after the other, in less than…
Filming for Alice in Wonderland sequel doubles Gloucester for London docks
Fantasy sequel Alice in Wonderland: Through the Looking Glass has filmed briefly on location in Gloucester, in south-west England, doubling the city’s historic docks for a period London setting of around 1850. The film will feature Johnny Depp resuming his…
India report makes case for filming incentives to boost international production
A new report has advocated a formal filming incentive programme for India and has emphasised the benefits of film tourism. The country enjoyed a recent profile boost with light comedy hit The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. The report, by the…
New ruling allows six US production companies to film with unmanned drones
A new ruling in the US has allowed six production companies to use unmanned drones for commercial filming purposes in American airspace. Officially referred to as unmanned aircraft systems, the drones can be used by these companies with far fewer…
Filming for historical TV drama The Dovekeepers to double Malta for ancient Israel
New TV miniseries The Dovekeepers is set to film on location in Malta, doubling the Mediterranean island for ancient Israel. Based on a popular novel, the drama will tell the story of the experiences of four women during the Roman…