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Star Wars filming on location off County Kerry in south-west Ireland
A short location shoot for Star Wars: Episode VII reportedly starts today on the island of Skellig Michael off the coast of County Kerry in south-western Ireland. The island became a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1996 and is home…
Dwayne Johnson films scenes for disaster movie San Andreas in San Francisco
Action star Dwayne Johnson is filming scenes for his upcoming earthquake disaster movie San Andreas on location in San Francisco. The city is in fact a relatively minor pit-stop for the film, which is not eligible for filming incentive support…
Movie about Olympic legend Jesse Owens to film on location in Montreal and Berlin
A movie entitled Race, based on the story of black Olympic legend Jesse Owens, will film on location in Montreal and Berlin. Owens famously won four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics in 1936, challenging Hitler’s notion of Aryan supremacy…
Detective drama Hinterland praised for bringing EU filming funds to Wales
Detective series Hinterland has been praised by Welsh assembly members for bringing more European Union (EU) funds to Wales. The show is set in Aberystwyth on the Welsh coast and filmed in both English and Welsh, with around 15% of…
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes films Vancouver and Louisiana for San Francisco
Sci-fi sequel Dawn of the Planet of the Apes followed the example of its 2011 predecessor Rise of the Planet of the Apes by filming mainly in Louisiana and Vancouver. The producers used generous filming incentive deals to create the…
Michael Bay secures US Navy destroyers to film TV miniseries The Last Ship
Filmmaker Michael Bay helped secure two active-duty US Navy destroyers for the filming of miniseries The Last Ship. Bay’s first TV production as a producer focuses on a Navy crew struggling to find a cure to a deadly virus that…
Georgia builds on filming appeal with Insurgent and Oprah Winfrey-produced Selma
Georgia is building on its national production appeal by hosting the young adult sci-fi sequel Insurgent and the 1960s-set civil rights drama Selma, which has Oprah Winfrey as a producer. The state is already the long-term host of hugely successful…
Annex Films shoots vignette spots in South Africa for Samsung Galaxy NotePro
London-based Annex Films shot on location in Cape Town for a new three-part campaign promoting the Samsung Galaxy NotePro. The comic vignettes focus on individuals feeling downtrodden in life who find things made easier by the NotePro. “We had worked…
Location Report: Filming on location in Tanzania in East Africa
I am on my way to Tanzania to explore why this East African country is experiencing an increasing number of incoming productions and not just to film the wildlife. I board a KLM flight in Amsterdam and find my seat.…
Kiefer Sutherland to film scenes for 24 miniseries on location in Southampton
Kiefer Sutherland will film night scenes for his rebooted action miniseries 24: Live Another Day on location in Southampton this week. The new show is based in London but will branch out to DP World’s Container Terminal in the port…