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China Film Studio uses Lightcraft Technology for virtual production stage
China Film Studio has opened China Film Virtual Stage (CFVS) in the Huairou District of Beijing. The new facility is the first of its kind in China and comprises a green screen environment and virtual set filming services using Previzion…
Maltese Producer’s Creative Partnership expands operations to South Africa
The Malta-based Producer’s Creative Partnership (PCP) has expanded its operations to South Africa through an agreement with Cape Town’s Film Afrika. From here, PCP plans to increase co-productions between Europe and South Africa through existing treaties. “The attractiveness of South…
Stink pitches superhero against lava monster on location in Uruguay for Vigorsol
Stink pitched superhero Captain Ice against a lava monster on the streets of Montevideo in Uruguay for chewing gum brand Vigorsol. The spot shows the daring superhero stocking up on supplies of the gum to help fuel his fresh breath…
RoadTown Enterprises invigorates production industries in Georgia and Mississippi
RoadTown Enterprises was set up in the late 1980s in Los Angeles by Gail Smerigan and Nick Smerigan, and Jeremy Hariton joined in 2010. TLG talks to Nick and Jeremy about the company's specialism in studio management and RoadTown's facilities…
UK TV filming tax credit targets production boost from 1 April 2013
The UK’s TV filming tax credit will be launched on 1 April 2013 and is designed to bring more high-end TV productions to Britain, while also keeping shows like Game of Thrones. Productions spending at least GBP1 million for each…
Craften Amsterdam conference to analyse European commercial campaigns
The Craften Amsterdam conference will analyse a showcase of European commercial campaigns before a select audience in the Dutch city. Organised by Francisco Condorelli of the Ciclope International Advertising Craft Festival, Craften will take place on 24 and 25 April…
Naked and Marooned TV show films on location on remote Fiji island
Television survival show Naked and Marooned with Ed Stafford left the eponymous adventurer on a remote uninhabited island in Fiji, where he fended for himself for 60 days and filmed his own exploits. TLG talks to line producer Steven Ballantyne…
Location Manager JJ Hook: Challenges of filming action cinema
JJ Hook entered the production industry with a small job on drama Swept from the Sea in the late 90s. His career progressed to major action movies and in recent years he’s worked on Mission: Impossible III, Inception and Michael…
Jack the Giant Slayer creates fantasy kingdom on location in Norwich Cathedral
Bryan Singer’s epic fairytale fantasy Jack the Giant Slayer filmed on location in the UK, with studio bases at Elstree in Hertfordshire and Longcross in Surrey. Norwich Cathedral in eastern England was also used for interior scenes involving one of…
Pompeii films on location in Toronto and boosts billion-dollar Ontario industry
Big-budget feature Pompeii, set days before the eruption of Vesuvius in Roman Italy in 79 AD, is filming on location in Cinespace Film Studios in Toronto, Ontario. The Canadian province's other recent high-profile shoots include remakes of Total Recall and…