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Savannah in Georgia appoints veteran filmmaker to promote city as movie location
Authorities in Savannah, Georgia, have appointed a veteran filmmaker to promote the city as a key US movie location. Savannah recently hosted Channing Tatum’s male-stripper drama Magic Mike XXL and Ralph Singleton will work to continue boosting the city’s filmmaking…
New code of practice for UK drone filming highlights privacy concerns
A new code of practice for filming in the UK with drones has been issued by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). Referring to drones as ‘unmanned aerial vehicles’ (UAV), the new report urges operators to ensure they don’t breach data…
Dubai celebrates Happy New Year movie as Indian filming dominates industry
Dubai will celebrate the release of Bollywood movie Happy New Year tomorrow by hosting the film’s world premiere. The movie stars Shah Rukh Khan and is one of the biggest international films to have shot in the city in a…
Ausfilm Week London aims to develop more film and TV co-productions
Ausfilm Week London starts today and for the next four days aims to foster more film and TV co-productions between Australian producers and their UK counterparts. The week of events will include 15 Australian production companies and 50 from the…
Creative Scotland reaffirms commitment to film studio in new report
Creative Scotland has reaffirmed its commitment to a purpose-built film studio in Scotland in its new report Film Strategy 2014-17. Television drama Outlander is one of the highest-profile productions currently filming in Scotland and is based in a retrofitted facility…
Ecosse Films recreates 1660s London in southern England for The Great Fire
Ecosse Films headed to southern England to rebuild parts of London as they appeared in the 1660s for ITV’s ambitious new miniseries The Great Fire. The drama tells the story of the devastating fire that destroyed great swathes of the…
Under the Dome to continue filming in North Carolina despite incentive downgrade
Popular drama series Under the Dome will remain in North Carolina for its third season, despite an imminent downgrade in the state's filming incentive. Based on a story by Stephen King, the show follows a town's struggles when a giant…
Northern Ireland launches film tourism campaign for Dracula Untold
Tourism organisation Discover Northern Ireland has launched a new web page promoting the local filming locations used in the action drama Dracula Untold. The movie filmed in and around Belfast, and also further west in places like the Giant’s Causeway.…
Disney collects £170m in tax credit payments from UK location filming
Disney has been paid tax credits of nearly GBP 170 million from location filming in the UK since the incentive was launched in 2007. Payments peaked last year at a little over GBP 50 million when Disney subsidiary Marvel filmed…
Trilingual jewel heist miniseries The Last Panthers to film in four European cities
Jewel heist miniseries The Last Panthers is set to film in three languages in four European cities, including London. The drama is based on the true story of the Pink Panthers, a notorious group of Balkan jewellery thieves credited with…