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Major time-travel TV drama Outlander to be filmed on location in Scotland
Major TV drama Outlander will be filmed on location in Scotland from September 2013 and will use retrofitted studio facilities in Glasgow. Based on novels by Diana Gabaldon, the story involves time travel between events in Scotland in the 18th…
Filming for Top Gear USA closes Buffalo Skyway road in New York State
Top Gear USA has filmed on the Buffalo Skyway road in western New York State. Made by BBC Worldwide Productions, scenes for the American version of the popular UK motoring show involved time trials for three amphibious vehicles. “This is…
Hallmark TV filming finds challenges on location in Colorado
Hallmark Channel and production company Frontier Productions have faced some challenges finding suitable filming locations in Colorado for a new period miniseries. The team behind When Calls the Heart announced a location shoot in Telluride, south-west Colorado, a few weeks…
North Carolina reports $250m filming production spend for first half of 2013
The North Carolina Film Office has reported local filming production spending of USD250 million for the first half of 2013. Around 35 separate projects - including Stephen King miniseries Under the Dome - have already filmed locally or have indicated…
Filth director calls for Scotland studio facilities to help boost filming
The director of crime movie Filth has said that having film studio facilities in Scotland could help stimulate the production industry. Jon Baird made the movie – based on a novel by Irvine Welsh – on location in Scotland and…
Oresund film tourism boosted by success of Wallander and The Killing
Brooding crime dramas have put the Oresund region of Sweden and Denmark on the production map and have boosted local film tourism. While Wallander has been remade by the BBC, the US remake of hit Oresund murder mystery The Bridge…
Filming on location in Taiwan with the Taipei Film Commission
The Taipei Film Commission spearheads Taiwan’s burgeoning production industry. Taiwan lies east of the Chinese mainland and while the country already offers filming incentives, it wants to expand its international experience. Producers filming in Taipei can access incentive support from…
Supply & Demand films Italian invasion of colonial North Carolina for Fiat
Supply & Demand headed to North Carolina in the eastern US to film a new Fiat campaign set during America’s colonial days. Italian Invasion features colonial villagers hastily preparing for a dose of impromptu European glamour as a fleet of…
Zoom Film and TV shoots dramatic New Zealand aerials for Yamaha motorcycle spot
Brisbane-based Zoom Film and Television has taken to the skies over Queenstown in New Zealand for a new motorcycle spot. Reunion shows a group of motorcyclists taking the new Yamaha WR450F out for a ride on the hills around the…
Big Fish films high-diving spot near Athens for fashion label Bonprix
German production company Big Fish has filmed on location near Athens for a new spot for fashion label Bonprix. Highest Fashion shows two women jealously competing to make the most dramatic high-dive when they realise they’re wearing the same bikini…