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The Walking Dead to use Raleigh Studios Georgia for third season
Hit zombie TV drama The Walking Dead will film at Raleigh Studios in Atlanta, Georgia. Location filming will focus on nearby Senoia, which will feature as a town walled off from the zombie outbreak. Mike Riley is a Location Manager…
Georgia extends its uncapped filming incentive programme
Georgia has extended its uncapped film and TV location filming incentive programme. Between June 2010 and June 2011 the state paid out some USD200 million in support to qualifying productions for a direct combined return of nearly USD700 million, so…
Walking Dead producer calls for better California filming incentives
Gale Anne Hurd, currently the producer of hit zombie TV drama The Walking Dead, has called for better location filming incentives in California. In an interview with The LA Times, she revealed she hasn't filmed in California for nearly a…
Atlanta Film Studios opens for business on location in Georgia
Atlanta Film Studios in Paulding County, Georgia, is now open for business. Following a six-month construction period the facility now offers two 20,000 sq ft sound stages and 30,000 ft of mill space. Jeremy Hariton is co-owner of RoadTown Enterprises,…
Tennessee campaigns for bigger film fund to boost location filming appeal
Filming professionals in Tennessee are calling for an increase to the state film fund. Incoming productions can get filming incentives worth up to 32% of the local spend, but the annual film fund is only worth USD10 million. Many locals…
BBC’s Ripper Street to double Dublin for period London with Irish Film Board help
New BBC TV dramas will be part-funded by the Irish Film Board (IFB) and will shoot on location in Ireland this year. Period drama Ripper Street will be the largest. It’ll be based in Dublin and is set in 1889…
Raleigh Studios plans new facility for Park City in Utah
Raleigh Studios is planning to build a new facility in Park City, Utah, which hosts the Sundance Film Festival every year. The studio will spearhead the state’s film infrastructure development by providing a sound stage, alongside an entertainment centre and…
Atlanta Film Studios makes equipment deal with Paskal Lighting
Atlanta Film Studios Paulding County (AFSPC) in Atlanta, Georgia, has come to an equipment supply agreement with Paskal Lighting. The Los Angeles-based company will be the exclusive supplier of equipment such as lighting and grip to the new studio facility.…
Raleigh Studios considers Toulouse facility
Raleigh Studios may develop a facility in Toulouse in the south of France, depending on the results of an ongoing study. The site under consideration is a former military base spanning 111 acres outside the city. Raleigh has been engaged…
North Carolina’s EUE/Screen Gem Studios to host Iron Man 3 from May
Marvel Studios will start filming Iron Man 3 in North Carolina in May. Shooting is scheduled from May to September, using EUE/Screen Gem Studios as a base. It took a full year of negotiations to secure the shoot, with Michigan,…