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Breaking Bad prequel Better Call Saul films second series in New Mexico
Better Call Saul, the prequel series to the acclaimed Breaking Bad, is filming its second season in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The drama follows the exploits of lawyer Jimmy McGill several years before he became Saul Goodman and met crystal meth…
Hollywood exec warns Louisiana filming incentive change could lose business
An executive at Twentieth Century Fox has warned that Louisiana’s filming incentive changes could alienate big-budget features. Fred Baron is Fox’s executive vice-president of feature production and has filmed the new Fantastic Four and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes…
London-Rio+ Production Forum to boost UK-Brazil location filming
The London-Rio+ Production Forum will be held in London this autumn. Presented by Film London and the Barbican, the one-day event on 24 September will promote filming incentives in the UK and Brazil, and will encourage co-productions between the two…
Georgia’s Moon River Studios claims status as America’s biggest filming facility
The company behind Moon River Studios near Savannah in eastern Georgia claims the new development is the largest studio project in the US. Atlanta remains Georgia’s production centre, but Savannah has had a profile boost in recent weeks with the…
Matt Damon’s The Great Wall becomes biggest US-China co-production
Upcoming fantasy epic The Great Wall features a cast led by Matt Damon and is the biggest US-China co-production ever made. Filmed on location in the Chinese city of Qingdao, the story posits that China’s Great Wall was in fact…
Archer’s Mark films underwater Mexican cave for Ballantine’s Scotch whisky
Archer’s Mark filmed on location in an underwater cave in Mexico for an ambitious photo shoot promoting Ballantine’s Scotch whisky. Working with photographer Benjamin Von Wong, the team staged the shoot above a toxic sulphur river. The campaign - Ballantine's…
France and Lithuania agree co-production filming deal
Lithuania and France have signed a co-production filming agreement, the first such deal for Lithuania. Shoots organised under the terms of the deal will qualify for national filming incentives in each country. France is a major European production hub, particularly…
Dragon post-production facility in Wales to be re-launched as UK hub
Post-production specialist Dragon in Bridgend, South Wales, is to be re-launched next month as a UK technology hub with a major investment from the Welsh government. Dragon has provided technical services on acclaimed films including Hunger and Submarine. The company…
Exports from UK creative and film industries increase 34%
Global exports from the UK’s creative industries rose by 34% between 2009 and 2013, according to new government figures. Television dramas like the BBC’s Sherlock and The Musketeers have been major international hits. Jobs in the UK’s creative industries increased…
Pinewood Studios reports £10m revenue boost as expansion work begins
Pinewood Studios has reported a GBP 10 million revenue boost for the year ending 31 March 2015. The facility made GBP 75 million, compared to just over GBP 64 million the previous year. Operating profit increased by more than a…