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New York may target flagship Tonight Show with TV location filming incentive
New York may be targeting NBC’s flagship Tonight Show with a new filming incentive designed to attract established TV programmes to the Empire State. The Tonight Show has been based in Los Angeles since the early 1970s but a major…
Location Advisor: The Marriott Mayfair Hotel in Bangkok
A highly experienced line producer from a respected production service company recently said to me: “You know when the shoot is going well when the only complaint from the visiting foreign producer is some minor issue about the hotel, catering…
Twilight author’s new film The Host changes setting to use Louisiana filming locations
Alien invasion movie The Host, based on a novel by Twilight author Stephanie Meyer, avoided the book’s California settings to keep production costs down. Filmmaker Andrew Niccol wrote the script and relocated early scenes from San Diego to Louisiana to…
Irish leader discusses location filming opportunities with Steven Spielberg
Ireland’s Prime Minister, known as the Taoiseach, has met with Steven Spielberg in Los Angeles to discuss Irish location filming opportunities. Enda Kenny confirmed that Ireland’s filming incentive programme will remain flexible. “[Mr Spielberg] is genuinely aware of the potential…
Filming on location in Italy with Frisca Carapelli of the Scoutit team
Frisca Carapelli co-founded Scoutit in 2003 with five other experienced Location Managers, all of whom have a deep knowledge of Italian filming locations. The team has a collective background in garden design, line producing and casting, as well as location…
Surprise hit The Call makes unusual swap from Ontario to LA filming locations
Surprise hit The Call, a small-scale thriller starring Halle Berry, made the unusual move of switching filming locations at the last minute from Ontario to California. An earlier rejection for filming incentive support in Los Angeles was overturned and prompted…
Northern Ireland ministers celebrate new Game of Thrones series with HBO
Ministers from Northern Ireland joined cable channel HBO in the US to celebrate the new series of Game of Thrones, which is based in Belfast’s Titanic Studios facility. First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness also pitched…
Transformers 4 secures filming incentive payment to shoot on location in Detroit
Action sequel Transformers 4 has secured a filming incentive payment to shoot on location in Detroit, Michigan. Filmmaker Michael Bay is returning to direct the movie, which will spend around USD80 million locally and get an incentive payment of USD20…
Godzilla remake and Apes sequel to boost location filming in British Columbia
A pair of big-budget features is set to boost location filming in British Columbia in western Canada. Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla remake has started filming around Vancouver and science fiction sequel Dawn of the Planet of the Apes will shoot in…
3D Everest ascent feature Beyond the Edge filming on location in New Zealand
A 3D feature recounting Sir Edmund Hillary’s famous 1953 ascent of Mount Everest with Tensing Norgay has started filming on location in New Zealand. Beyond the Edge will film mainly in the Mount Cook region of the Southern Alps, but…