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LMGA Award-winner Klaus Darrelmann on location filming in Germany
Klaus Darrelmann has been recognised by the Location Managers Guild of America (LMGA) for his work on Wes Anderson’s acclaimed period comedy The Grand Budapest Hotel. Darrelmann talks to The Location Guide about the film and his locations career. “It's…
Period drama Agnus Dei films in Poland
New period drama Agnus Dei has wrapped seven weeks of location filming in Poland. Based on a true story, the film is set in 1945 and follows a young intern with the French Red Cross helping repatriate French survivors of…
Michael Bay to film Benghazi drama 13 Hours in Morocco and Malta
Filmmaker Michael Bay is set to shoot the true-life rescue drama 13 Hours on location in Morocco and Malta. Set in the Libyan city of Benghazi, the film will tell the story of the 2012 terror attack on the city’s…
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…
House of Cards delivers boost for Maryland with Baltimore filmed as Washington
Political drama House of Cards has returned to Netflix and is likely to raise Maryland’s production profile as a double for Washington, DC. Baltimore doubles for the US capital in the popular drama and has now hosted the show for…
Filming for Rocky spinoff movie doubles Philadelphia for Liverpool and California
A new movie spinoff from Sylvester Stallone’s iconic Rocky franchise has filmed in Philadelphia, and also doubled the city for Liverpool and California. As a state, Pennsylvania has hosted movies like The Dark Knight Rises and Tom Cruise’s vigilante drama…
Studio Babelsberg in Germany celebrates Oscar wins for The Grand Budapest Hotel
Studio Babelsberg near Berlin has celebrated the success of Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel, which has added four Oscars to its awards tally. The movie filmed on the border between Germany and Poland, with Studio Babelsberg as a production…
Collider films Daniel Johns music promo using drones on location in Australia
Collider has filmed the promo for musician Daniel Johns’ first solo track at Stockton Dunes north of Sydney in Australia, using drone technology. Aerial Love features the artist wandering in the vast sandy wilderness. “Stockton Dunes are the largest sand…
World War One TV drama Gallipoli films Melbourne as Ottoman Turkey
New Australian TV miniseries Gallipoli filmed in Victoria, south-eastern Australia. The drama tells the story of the Allies' failed World War One campaign of 1914 in Ottoman Turkey that cost 100,000 lives, including those of 8,700 Australian soldiers. Victoria locations…
Crime drama Banshee leaves North Carolina for Pennsylvania filming incentives
Successful crime drama Banshee will relocate from North Carolina to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for its new series. Pittsburgh is a popular filming location and has hosted Tom Cruise’s vigilante drama Jack Reacher, while also appearing as Gotham City in The Dark…