Global Search: Ken Loach
Latest News (712)
Homeland starts filming in Germany with funding support from Medienboard
Terrorism drama Homeland has started filming its fifth season on location in Germany. Producers are using Studio Babelsberg near Berlin as a base and is getting a million euros in support from Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg. “We are all addicted fans and…
BBC builds Victorian set in London to film new drama Dickensian
The BBC has built a Victorian set in an adapted warehouse space in London for new period drama Dickensian. Written by Tony Jordan, the series presents intertwining stories of some of Charles Dickens’ most famous characters who it posits are…
Boosted California filming incentive draws caution at Produced By conference
Speakers at the Produced By Conference in Los Angeles were encouraged but cautious over the weekend about California’s boosted filming incentives. The Weinstein Company (TWC) was among the firms noting the importance of a large and secure incentive support structure.…
Major new Bollywood film commits to extended Abu Dhabi shoot
New Bollywood movie Dishoom will spend five weeks filming across Abu Dhabi later this year. Service company twofour54 and the Abu Dhabi Film Commission will support the shoot in conjunction with the Film & Television Producers Guild of India. “Nadiadwala…
Dwayne Johnson earthquake drama San Andreas films Queensland as California
Dwayne Johnson’s earthquake movie San Andreas filmed Queensland in Australia as California. The drama follows Johnson as a helicopter pilot trying to rescue his estranged daughter after an earthquake and tsunami devastate the West Coast. Filming was in fact based…
Michael Gambon to play Churchill in post-war story filming London and Kent
Michael Gambon will play Sir Winston Churchill in a TV movie set nearly a decade after the Second World War. Churchill’s Secret will film in London and Kent and will look at events in 1953 when the re-elected Prime Minister…
Limerick plans film studio development in Mid-West Ireland
Authorities in Limerick in western Ireland have bought a former factory building with the intention of turning it into a major film studio. Ireland is becoming a more popular filming location but high-profile TV dramas like Vikings and Ripper Street…
Pinewood Studios makes motion capture filming partnership with Centroid
Pinewood Studios has announced a production partnership with Centroid, a company that specialises in full performance capture technology. Centroid is already based at Pinewood and has been involved with Guardians of the Galaxy and Godzilla. Performance capture technology is now…
Mark Wahlberg films Louisiana for movie of Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster
Mark Wahlberg is filming in New Orleans for a movie recounting the Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster in 2010. The script is taken from a New York Times article detailing the day that tragically resulted in the deaths of 11…
Cate Blanchett films Cincinnati as New York for period romance Carol
Period romance Carol, starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara, filmed Cincinnati as 1950s New York. The Ohio city has spent years actively courting productions looking for period architecture and the state offers a base filming tax credit of 25%. “Cincinnati…