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Location Manager highlights importance of New Mexico filming incentives
New Mexico is the most popular US filming location for desert landscapes, but an experienced Location Manager has reiterated the importance of its filming incentives. Rebecca ‘Puck’ Stair has worked on movies including Johnny Depp’s The Lone Ranger and action…
Comedy star Tina Fey filming Taliban Shuffle adaptation on location in New Mexico
Comedienne Tina Fey is filming on location in New Mexico for a movie adaptation of Kim Barker’s journalism memoir The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The state is currently getting a profile boost with Better Call Saul,…
Crime drama Banshee leaves North Carolina for Pennsylvania filming incentives
Successful crime drama Banshee will relocate from North Carolina to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for its new series. Pittsburgh is a popular filming location and has hosted Tom Cruise’s vigilante drama Jack Reacher, while also appearing as Gotham City in The Dark…
Norwegian-Czech movie The Christmas King films at Barrandov Studios in Prague
New Norwegian-Czech feature The Christmas King – In Full Armour is filming at Barrandov Studios in Prague. Based on the Norwegian TV series Julekongen, the shoot has already filmed on location in the area, including at two nearby Czech castles.…
Boosted California filming incentive set to prioritise TV production
Planned spending figures from the California Film Commission reveal that TV production will be prioritised under the state’s boosted filming incentive. State authorities are more than tripling the annual film fund and expanding support to big-budget movies and TV shoots.…
BBC films JK Rowling novel The Casual Vacancy on location in Bristol
Filming took place partly in Bristol in the west of England for the BBC’s new three-part TV drama The Casual Vacancy, based on JK Rowling’s adult novel. Bristol has become a popular western England filming location and shoots are frequently…
Romania to launch regional Transilvania Film Fund and new production studio
Romania will launch its first regional Transilvania Film Fund in April in the city of Cluj-Napoca, and will also develop a new studio facility. The city has been hosting the Transilvania International Film Festival for 15 years and the new…
Swedish film Underdog wins Scandinavian Locations Award in Goteborg
Swedish movie Svenskjävel (Underdog), filmed in Oslo, has won the inaugural Scandinavian Locations Award at the Goteborg Film Festival in Sweden. The event has been running since 1979 and is the largest film festival in Scandinavia. “The winner of the…
TV drama about Everest climber Sir Edmund Hillary films New Zealand and Nepal
A new TV drama telling the life story of famous mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary is filming on location in New Zealand and Nepal. In 1953, Sir Edmund and his Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the…
Green chauffeur service opens for film productions at Bottle Yard Studios
An environmentally-friendly chauffeur service has opened at The Bottle Yard Studios in Bristol. Studio Cars offers a fleet of low-emission and electric vehicles to transport production crew, cast and VIPs to and from the studio. Studio Cars’ green credentials are…