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Trigger Happy and LS Productions film on Isle of Skye for KAYAK commercial
As part of a co-production between Trigger Happy and LS Productions, based in Germany and Scotland respectively, these companies took to the Isle of Skye to film a brand new commercial for the travel search engine KAYAK. The production was…
Applications are now open for Scotland’s new film and TV fund
Scotland’s new Production Growth Fund (PGF) aimed at providing support for film and TV productions is now taking in applications. Despite tough budgets, public funding for screen increased to GBP24.1 million in 2014, a rise of almost GBP8 million compared…
BBC films new drama From Darkness in Scottish Highlands
The BBC filmed part of its new crime drama From Darkness in Argyll, western Scotland, using the mainland as a stand-in for the Western Isles. Anne-Marie Duff stars in the production as a former police officer who moves to the…
Inverness in Scotland could be filming location for planned TV drama
Inverness in north-eastern Scotland could become the filming location for planned TV crime drama Here Comes the Night. The production is in development at Young Films, responsible for TV series Bannan, the first Gaelic-language TV show in almost 20 years.…
Isle of Skye to be focus of Macbeth film tourism campaign in Scotland
Skye in Scotland’s Inner Hebrides will be a key part of a film tourism campaign from VisitScotland focussing on Michael Fassbender’s upcoming adaptation of Macbeth. The new film was directed by Justin Kurzel and co-stars Marion Cotillard as Lady Macbeth.…
Spielberg’s The BFG films Giant’s Land plate shots on Skye in Scotland
Plate shots for the ‘Giant’s Land’ of Steven Spielberg’s film of Roald Dahl’s The BFG have been shot on the Isle of Skye in western Scotland. Skye is becoming more popular as a filming location and will appear in Justin…
Michael Fassbender films Macbeth adaptation at Northumberland castle
Michael Fassbender is filming a new adaptation of Macbeth at Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland, northern England. The castle has a history as a film-friendly location for both film and TV, and the new film will also feature Marion Cotillard as…
Creative Scotland invests in plans for Scottish film studio
Creative Scotland has invested in the initial stage of planning for a potential studio facility in Scotland. The organisation has put forward GBP75,000 for a feasibility study and an initial GBP1 million has also been set aside towards the cost…
Keanu Reeves’ samurai drama 47 Ronin doubles Scottish Isle of Skye for Japan
Keanu Reeves’ upcoming historic samurai feature 47 Ronin has filmed on location on the Isle of Skye in western Scotland. The region doubled for Japan and shooting focussed on aerial shots of samurai on horseback. Ali Jones is the project’s…
TLG talks to legendary film pilot Marc Wolff
I managed to catch up Marc on a rare day off at his home in the South of France, to hear about the best aerial views in the world, the way digital effects have changed the game, vintage biplane flying…