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Joy Films shoots vibrant Mumbai for new Tata Nano campaign
Joy Films shot on location in Mumbai for a new campaign for the Tata Nano. The spot shows young Indians gathering in the city centre to celebrate the Nano with dance numbers and colourful street acrobatics. Through various industry contacts,…
Jude Law submarine feature Black Sea films on location in the UK
Jude Law’s new feature Black Sea is filming on location in the UK. The movie tells the story of a rogue submarine captain who puts together a misfit crew to search for treasure in the depths of Eastern Europe’s Black…
Sci-fi movie Division 19 gets filming incentive payment for shooting in Detroit
Dystopian feature Division 19 has been awarded a filming incentive payment to shoot on location in Detroit, Michigan, this month. The production will spend around USD840,000 locally and will get an incentive payment of around USD261,000. “The compelling locations found…
Sci-fi feature Elysium films Mexico City doubling for dystopian Los Angeles
Sci-fi feature Elysium filmed partly on location in Mexico City, doubling the region for a dystopian Los Angeles. The film is set 150 years in the future on an Earth divided between a poverty-afflicted surface population and an orbiting luxury…
Larry David film Clear History doubles Boston for Martha’s Vineyard locations
Comedian Larry David has filmed his new cable feature Clear History mostly on location in and around Boston, doubling the region for the affluent island of Martha’s Vineyard in southern Massachusetts. “People who know the Island well will know we…
Fast & Furious 7 confirmed for location filming in Abu Dhabi
Action sequel Fast & Furious 7 has been confirmed for location filming in Abu Dhabi. The franchise is developing a reputation for exotic global shoots and will also be filming in Tokyo and in the US states of Georgia and…
DNA Films shooting sci-fi feature Ex Machina on location in Norway
DNA Films is shooting new sci-fi feature Ex Machina partly on location in Norway. Filmmaker Alex Garland's CV includes the scripts for zombie drama 28 Days Later and comic adaptation Dredd, and the production is backed by Universal and Film4.…
Bollywood movie Ramanujan films on location in UK city of Cambridge
New Bollywood movie Ramanujan has filmed scenes on location in Cambridge in the east of England. The GBP2 million Indo-British production tells the true story of Srinivasa Ramanujan, an Indian maths prodigy who was brought to Cambridge to study in…
New York film industry gets big lift from post-production incentive boost
New York has seen a 25% increase in post-production work in the year since the state’s tax credit got a big boost. In July 2012 the post-production incentive was tripled to 30% for work done in and around New York…
Breaking Bad creator reveals New Mexico filming incentives prompted location shift
Television crime drama Breaking Bad was originally set in California but New Mexico’s filming incentives prompted a script change, series creator Vince Gilligan has revealed. The show is coming to an end but inspired an increase in the state’s TV…