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Taipei pledges greater filming support as Scarlett Johansson shoots locally
Taipei has pledged to offer greater filming support for productions shooting in the Taiwanese capital, as French filmmaker Luc Besson has been filming with US star Scarlett Johansson. The pledge comes on the fifth anniversary of the establishment of the…
Angelina Jolie films at sea in Queensland’s Moreton Bay for Unbroken
Angelina Jolie has been directing at sea in Moreton Bay in Queensland, Australia, for World War II drama Unbroken. The film tells the true story of downed US airman Louis Zamperini, who survived weeks adrift in the Pacific in 1943…
Daniel Radcliffe to film Sebastian Coe Olympics drama in London and Moscow
Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe will film on location in London and Moscow for Olympics drama Gold. The actor will play British athlete Sebastian Coe in the film that will reunite him with his Woman in Black director James Watkins.…
Georgia location filming boost likely with The Walking Dead renewal
Georgia is likely to get a location filming boost with the renewal of massively-successful TV zombie drama The Walking Dead. The show has spent four seasons filming in the state and consistently high audience ratings for the latest series have…
The Location Guide prepares Ciclope event on changing role of filming locations
The Location Guide will be chairing a seminar event at the Ciclope International Advertising Craft Festival in Berlin next week. Ciclope specifically recognises the craft of storytelling in commercials and runs from 6-8 November. The Location Guide’s seminar on the…
Months of prep needed for Transformers 4 filming in Hong Kong
Filmmaker Michael Bay faced plentiful challenges filming Transformers: Age of Extinction on location in Hong Kong. The production generated headlines when a handful of locals tried to extort the crew and the director himself was attacked on set. Bay has…
UK filming locations take centre stage for Thor: The Dark World
Marvel’s action sequel Thor: The Dark World filmed on location in and around London and was based at Pinewood Shepperton Studios. Stage work involved building the grandiose sets of Thor’s home Asgard, while the production focused on the logistics of…
Propeller Film shoots with Kevin Spacey in New York for Bank Zachodni
Propeller Film shot on location in New York with Kevin Spacey for a series of commercials for Poland-based Bank Zachodni. Faced with a tight filming schedule, New York service company MediaCombo Productions had a challenge on its hands securing locations…
Ridley Scott films Moses epic Exodus on location in Spain with Christian Bale
Ridley Scott is filming his historical Moses epic Exodus on location in the Almeria region of Andalucia in southern Spain, which is doubling for ancient Egypt. Shooting with Christian Bale, the filmmaker’s production team spent three months building partial sets…
Avatar sequels may cancel planned New Zealand filming over incentives issue
New Zealand may lose location filming for James Cameron’s Avatar sequels if its filming incentive programme is not improved. Cameron is planning three back-to-back sequels, but with a production budget reportedly approaching a billion dollars, he is looking for a…