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Washington DC launches film fund for first time in over five years
Washington, DC, has launched a small film fund for the first time in half a decade. The success of TV shows like Veep and House of Cards have sustained Washington as a hugely popular setting, but the city is not…
Mad Max Fury Road films desert apocalypse on location in Namibia
Filmmaker George Miller shot on location in the deserts of Namibia to capture the post-apocalyptic visuals he needed for Mad Max: Fury Road. Released 30 years after Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, the new adventure stars Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron.…
Ron Howard and Tom Hanks filming Dan Brown novel Inferno in Italy
Ron Howard and Tom Hanks are filming the movie adaptation of Dan Brown’s Inferno on location in Italy, and in Budapest. Hanks resumes the role of Harvard professor Robert Langdon that he previously played in The Da Vinci Code and…
Spanish heritage: Scouting filming locations in historical Catalonia
Catalonia in north-eastern Spain is building on its rich local filmmaking history by appealing more to the international production community. The Location Guide set out on a scouting trip hosted by the Catalunya Film Commission to explore the region’s sights…
Hampshire draws Hollywood blockbusters to English south coast
In the summer of 2014 Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Black Widow, Hawkeye and Captain America descended on a large lake in a wooded part of rural north-east Hampshire to film Avengers: Age of Ultron. The Marvel production is one of…
Homeland to become first US drama to film full series in Germany
Terrorism drama Homeland will film its next series entirely in Germany, becoming the first US TV production to do so. The new fifth season will follow Claire Danes’ former CIA agent as she starts working for a private security firm…
Marvel films Avengers Age of Ultron in Seoul, Italy and South Africa
Marvel filmed its superhero sequel Avengers: Age of Ultron partly in Seoul, Johannesburg and in Italy, expanding the story to international settings. The movie continues the adventures of Captain America, Black Widow, Iron Man, Thor, Hulk and Hawkeye. While the…
Bryan Cranston uses local filming incentive for The Infiltrator in Florida
Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston's new movie is using a local filming incentive to shoot scenes in Tampa Bay, Florida. True-life crime feature The Infiltrator is filming mostly in the UK, but will get a small local filming incentive for…
Ontario plans filming incentive reduction as Canadian dollar falls
Ontario has proposed a reduction in the province’s formal filming incentive programme in response to the falling Canadian dollar. Toronto is Canada’s main production centre – as well as being a major North American hub – and recently hosted Guillermo…
Pope Francis biography Call me Francesco wraps Argentina location filming
An upcoming Spanish-language biopic of Pope Francis entitled Call me Francesco has wrapped seven weeks of location filming in Buenos Aires and other parts of Argentina. Shooting is scheduled to continue on location in Rome, Turin and Munich. “Pope Francis…