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Robot drama Chappie films Johannesburg as Cape Town considers studio future
South African filmmaker Neill Blomkamp shot on location in Johannesburg for his new sci-fi feature Chappie. The movie looks set to boost South Africa’s production profile, but the country faces a challenge providing the studio facilities to meet growing international…
Second annual LMGA Awards honour Wild and The Grand Budapest Hotel
Reese Witherspoon’s Wild and Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel were the movie winners over the weekend at the Location Managers Guild of America (LMGA) Awards in Beverly Hills. Five hundred industry professionals and press attended the ceremony. Nancy Haecker…
Los Angeles appoints film liaison officer ahead of tax credit boost
The Mayor of Los Angeles has appointed a film liaison officer to help make the city more film-friendly. California’s filming incentive programme gets a major boost this summer and city departments in Los Angeles will also get more funding to…
Jerusalem-set drama Dig launches following filming in Israel and Croatia
New drama series Dig launches in the US tonight. Set in Jerusalem, the production started filming the city for real last summer before renewed violence flared between Israel and Gaza and producers decided to relocate to Croatia, with studio work…
Mission Impossible 5 helps drive six-fold location filming increase in Morocco
Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible 5 has helped drive a six-fold rise in foreign production spending in Morocco. Nearly 40 international shoots filmed in the North African country in 2014, spending USD 120 million – more than the last five years…
Washington Square Films shoots Prague house as US home for Lysol
Washington Square Films turned a home in Prague in the Czech Republic into a US household in a new spot for disinfectant brand Lysol. The shoot was serviced by Milk and Honey Films, and Prague was chosen mainly for its…
Alberta anticipates boosted production industry with new film studio
Alberta in western Canada is aiming to boost its production industry with a new film studio. Work started last November on the Calgary Film Centre, a build that could help the city attract more shoots like the TV version of…
Quentin Tarantino boosts Colorado with location filming for The Hateful Eight
Filming for Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight has proven a big boost for Telluride, Colorado. The filmmaker’s second Western after Django Unchained has been filming for several weeks and may stay longer than planned as there hasn’t been enough snow…
BBC starts filming War And Peace on location in northern Europe and Russia
The BBC has started filming its new TV adaptation of Tolstoy’s War And Peace in Lithuania, Latvia and Russia. Paul Dano and Lily James are leading the cast in the tale that follows several aristocratic Russian families against the backdrop…
National Trust launches map of BBC’s Wolf Hall filming locations
The National Trust has published a map of the UK filming locations used for the BBC’s historical drama Wolf Hall to help boost tourism. Some 40% of the series was filmed on National Trust properties and the organisation is expecting…

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