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Ben-Hur remake starts filming on location at Cinecitta Studios in Rome
A remake of the historical epic Ben-Hur has started filming on location at Cinecitta Studios in Rome. Charlton Heston starred in the iconic 1959 version of the story, which also shot at Cinecitta Studios. Timur Bekmambetov is directing the new…
Ireland’s boosted filming incentives explored by IFTA and BAFTA
The Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) and BAFTA have co-hosted a panel discussion in London on how UK producers can get the most out of Ireland’s boosted filming incentives. Major productions filmed in the Dublin area have included Ripper…
Sean Bean to start filming The Frankenstein Chronicles in Northern Ireland
Former Game of Thrones star Sean Bean will start filming new ITV drama series The Frankenstein Chronicles next week. Northern Ireland will stand in for Regency London of the 1820s. “The Frankenstein Chronicles is an epic re-working of one of…
Scotland faces renewed pressure to build studio and streamline film support
The Scottish government is facing renewed pressure to develop a film studio and to streamline production support. Holyrood has heard that a lack of both filming infrastructure and unified Scottish support resulted in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones…
Online map of Bollywood shoots in Scotland designed to boost film tourism
A new online map launched by VisitScotland details Scottish filming locations used by Bollywood films and is intended to boost film tourism from India. Scotland got a profile boost with the US drama Outlander and has also hosted nearly two…
BBC launches period drama Wolf Hall with Mark Rylance and Damian Lewis
Wolf Hall was filmed for the BBC mainly in western England using The Bottle Yard Studios in Bristol as a base. Adapted from Hilary Mantel's novel, Mark Rylance stars as Thomas Cromwell, who became a key player in the court…
BBC Films bases war memoir Testament Of Youth on location in Yorkshire
A feature adaptation of famous First World War memoir Testament Of Youth based its location filming in Yorkshire, northern England, but also shot in Oxford and London. The film tells the story of Vera Brittain’s experiences as an Oxford student…
BBC true-life courtroom drama The Eichmann Show films Lithuania as Jerusalem
The BBC’s historical drama The Eichmann Show stars Martin Freeman as a pioneering TV producer and filmed on location in Vilnius, Lithuania. Feelgood Fiction doubled the city for Jerusalem to recreate the infamous 1961 trial of prominent Nazi Adolf Eichmann.…
ITV drama series Beowulf to film on special Dark Ages set in northern England
A period set will be specially built in a former quarry in the Durham Dales of northern England for ITV’s new historical drama series Beowulf. The series will adapt the Dark Ages poem that was made into a high-profile 2007…
BBC to film historical miniseries War and Peace in Russia and northern Europe
The BBC will film a new miniseries of War and Peace on location in Russia, Lithuania and Latvia. Tom Harper will direct the six-part drama telling Leo Tolstoy’s story of Russian aristocrats against the backdrop of the French invasion of…