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Former Warner Bros exec makes China deal with new film company venture
A former Warner Bros executive has made a major deal with a Shanghai media conglomerate that could result in more US-China co-productions. Jeff Robinov oversaw Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy for Warner Bros and his new Studio 8 venture has…
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…
New film studio and theme park planned for development in Shanghai
A new film studio is being planned for construction in Shanghai through a deal between Beijing Enlight Media and Seven Stars Media. Hengdian World Studios is already established five hours’ drive from Shanghai, offering expansive sets and a replica of…
Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios officially opens for filming in South-East Asia
Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios (PIMS) has officially opened for filming in Johor, Malaysia. The new GBP100 million facility spans 50 acres near Singapore and offers world-class film and TV stages, as well as office space, post-production resources and a 30-acre…
Michael Bay sought ‘new experience’ filming Transformers 4 on location in China
Filmmaker Michael Bay chose to shoot action movie follow-up Transformers: Age of Extinction partly on location in China to chase a “new experience” as a director. The new movie shot partly in Hong Kong, but also built a Hong Kong…
Fantasy drama Da Vinci’s Demons to film third season on location in Wales
Fantasy TV drama Da Vinci’s Demons is set to film a third series on location in south Wales. The show has doubled the Swansea region for Renaissance-era Florence for the past two years, with a base at Bay Studios, a…
Cannes Lions Soiree Partner 2014: Production Service Network
Production Service Network (PSN) has joined The Location Guide as a partner for our Soiree at the Cannes Lions Festival. The PSN was launched earlier this year by Camino Media and has partners in a dozen different European countries, all…
Queensland launches Reel Scout app to boost regional filming location library
Queensland in north-eastern Australia has launched Reel Scout, a new mobile app designed to boost the region’s library of filming locations. Ordinary citizens are being encouraged to register their homes and properties to expand available shooting options for producers. “Reel…
Lego Movie animation boss calls for better Australian filming incentives
The head of the Sydney-based animation house that worked on hit film The Lego Movie has called for a stronger filming incentive in Australia. Zareh Nalbandian runs Animal Logic and has been made an international ambassador for the New South…
Hemingway feature Papa organises historic Cuba location filming with US talent
A new feature charting the true-life friendship between writer Ernest Hemingway and young journalist Ed Myers in the late 1950s, filmed on location in Cuba. Papa is the first feature in half a century to shoot in Cuba with a…