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Boomtown Productions films exotic sights for Sri Lanka Tourism
Boomtown Productions, based in the United Arab Emirates, has filmed across Sri Lanka for a new series of promotional shorts for Sri Lanka Tourism. Designed to boost high-end Arab visits, the films show holidaymakers exploring scenic parts of the country.…
India report makes case for filming incentives to boost international production
A new report has advocated a formal filming incentive programme for India and has emphasised the benefits of film tourism. The country enjoyed a recent profile boost with light comedy hit The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. The report, by the…
Sylvester Stallone to return to Louisiana to film new Rambo movie
Actor and filmmaker Sylvester Stallone is set to return to Louisiana to film the fifth movie in his Rambo action franchise. It will be the first entry to shoot in the state, although Stallone himself has worked there extensively on…
Louisiana confident of location filming appeal ahead of California incentive boost
Louisiana remains confident that it will still have the edge when California boosts its filming incentives next year. The southern state has a 30% uncapped filming incentive and has recently doubled for California for features including Dawn of the Planet…
MPAA chairman invites US film commissioners to incentive summit in Washington
The chairman of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has invited state film commissioners from across the US to a filming incentive summit in Washington, DC. On 29 September Chris Dodd will talk about improving support for incentive programmes.…
Two Oceans Film Company shoots bungy jump in New Zealand for Visa
Two Oceans Film Company of Singapore shot on location at the Kawarau Bungy Centre in Queenstown, New Zealand, with a specially rigged BlackMagic camera for a new Visa digital campaign. Kawarau is distinctive for being the world’s first commercial bungy…
California to launch boosted $330m filming incentive from next year
California will launch a reformed filming incentive programme with an annual fund of USD 330 million that will come into effect for the 2016 fiscal year. The fund will still be less than in New York, but the hope is…
Proposed California filming incentive boost clears latest hurdle with $400m fund
A proposed boost to California’s filming incentive programme has cleared the latest political hurdle on the way to becoming law. The increased tax credit was approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee with an annual fund of around USD 400 million.…
American Civil War TV pilot Point of Honor to film on location in Virginia
Television drama pilot Point of Honor will film on location in Virginia in the eastern US. Telling a story of family drama in the 1860s during the American Civil War, the production is the second period piece to come to…
Matthew McConaughey films Massachusetts as Japan for Sea of Trees
Matthew McConaughey and director Gus Van Sant have doubled Massachusetts for Japan in upcoming film Sea of Trees. The shoot is just the latest high-profile production to come to Massachusetts, following Robert Downey Jr’s The Judge and Denzel Washington’s The…