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California moves closer towards boosted location filming incentive
California has moved closer towards boosting its filming incentive programme with a unanimous vote of approval in the state assembly. Labelled the California Film and Television Job Retention and Promotion Act of 2014, the bill still needs approval from the…
Cannes 2014: New Zealand makes co-production filming deal with Denmark
New Zealand has signed a co-production filming deal with Denmark in Cannes. The agreement will enable shoots from each country to benefit from filming incentives available to official ‘national’ productions, while also easing equipment importation and temporary immigration for crew.…
BBC period drama Wolf Hall starts filming at Bottle Yard Studios in Bristol
Company Pictures has returned to The Bottle Yard Studios in Bristol, western England, to film new six-part period drama Wolf Hall for the BBC. The production company previously based its period drama New Worlds at the studios. Wolf Hall is…
Hungry Man films medieval Mentos antics on location at historic French chateau
Hungry Man filmed on location at a 12th Century castle in southern France for a new commercial for Mentos mints. Never Surrender offers a dash of Monty Python humour as a knight riddled with arrows is kept alive and ‘fresh’…
Modern Family Australia episode could boost film tourism as US ratings hit
A new episode of US sitcom Modern Family that spent two weeks filming in Australia has been a ratings hit and could help boost film tourism in the country. The comedy follows the show’s extended family as they holiday in…
New Terminator movie starts filming on location in New Orleans
Filming on the new Terminator movie has started on location in New Orleans. Arnold Schwarzenegger returns to the franchise that first made him a movie superstar back in the mid-80s. The film will be the fourth sequel to James Cameron’s…
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon sequel to film in New Zealand and China
A sequel to the Oscar-winning period action film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon will film on location in New Zealand and China. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon II - The Green Destiny will be produced by The Weinstein Company and will use…
Los Angeles sees big quarterly boost for feature films but TV production falls
Los Angeles saw a large increase in feature film production in the first quarter of 2014, compared to the same period last year, according to FilmLA. Commercial filming saw a small increase but TV production saw an overall decline. The…
Period political drama Suffragette films on location in Houses of Parliament
Period political feature Suffragette has become the first movie to film on location in the Houses of Parliament in central London. The film tells a fictional story against the backdrop of the Suffragettes’ campaign to secure the vote for women…
Philippines politician pushes for formal filming incentive to boost tourism
A politician in the Philippines has pushed for a formal filming incentive to attract more productions on the scale of Manila-filmed spy thriller The Bourne Legacy. The ‘Fostering Investment through Local and International Movies (FILM) Act’ calls for a points-based…