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Future of New Zealand’s filming incentives likely to be announced in coming months
The future of New Zealand’s location filming incentives is likely to be announced within months. A review has been underway for some time and the size of subsidies paid to Peter Jackson’s Hobbit films has ignited a political row. Jackson’s…
Music video films on location in Manchester Airport Concorde hanger
A music video has been filmed at the Concorde hanger at Manchester Airport Runway Visitor Park in north-west England. West Yorkshire-based group My Forever spent a day filming around the park’s Concorde exhibit. Jen Corrigan is a spokeswoman for the…
North Carolina officials call for location filming incentive to be made permanent
Officials in North Carolina – home of the first Hunger Games film – have called for the state’s location filming incentive to be made permanent. The existing 25% rebate is set to expire at the start of 2015, but Charlotte…
Mauritius to officially launch location filming incentive at Berlin Film Festival
Mauritius will officially launch a location filming incentive at the Berlin Film Festival in February 2013. Positioned east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean, the island is offering a rebate of up to 30% on eligible production spending. The incentive…
Cinespace Chicago Film Studios gets first major feature film
Dystopian thriller Divergent will become the first major feature to shoot at Cinespace Chicago Film Studios in Illinois. The project will be helmed by Limitless director Neil Burger and is expected to spend more than USD30 million in the state.…
Prettybird recreates Tunisian Revolution in Morocco for Logitech
Prettybird has travelled to Morocco to film a spot for electronics brand Logitech. In the piece an observer of the Tunisian Revolution pays tribute to rap artist El General, whose provocative track Head of State became the soundtrack of the…
New Zealand Prime Minister’s Office sheds light on Hobbit production spending
Details of production spending from location filming on Peter Jackson’s Hobbit films have been revealed by the Office of Prime Minister John Key in New Zealand. The figures were released when politicians questioned how many jobs the films created. Officially,…
Longmire TV show to film second season on location in New Mexico
New Mexico will benefit from longer-term location filming doubling for Wyoming when TV crime drama Longmire returns. Shooting for the show’s second season gets underway in the next few weeks in Santa Fe as long-term Albuquerque resident Breaking Bad comes…
Maxfilms shoots for Bank of Ireland on location in Donegal lighthouse
Dublin-based Maxfilms has shot a new spot for Bank of Ireland on location in a remote lighthouse in County Donegal. The commercial shows an operator changing the lighthouse bulb on a stormy night as a visual metaphor for the bank’s…
Alexandra Palace offers park grounds and spacious interiors in north-east London
Alexandra Palace lies in north-east London and offers a great mix of location filming opportunities for film productions. The palace itself is steeped in 140 years of history, while nearly 200 acres of parkland include a deer enclosure and an…