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Location filming incentive boosts Virginia production industry
Employment in Virginia’s production industry has grown since the eastern-US state enhanced its location filming incentive in 2010. Eleven productions including Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln got a total of USD12 million in incentive payments and spent more than five times that…
New Los Angeles film czar to focus on boosting California filming incentives
A so-called ‘film czar’ has been appointed by Eric Garcetti, Mayor of Los Angeles. Tom Sherak has the challenging role of boosting the production industry in the city and also throughout California, and a key element of his job will…
Ron Howard films Formula One drama Rush on UK racing tracks
Filmmaker Ron Howard filmed extensively on location in the UK for his new motor racing feature Rush. The true-life story focuses on the intense rivalry between drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda during the 1976 Formula One World Championship. Howard…
Matthew McConaughey feature Dallas Buyers Club doubles Louisiana for Texas
Feature film Dallas Buyers Club, whose star Matthew McConaughey is being widely tipped for an Oscar nomination, filmed on location in New Orleans, doubling the Louisiana city for Dallas, Texas. The film tells the true story of a bigoted electrician…
Florida prepares for location filming benefits of Dolphin Tale sequel
Clearwater on Florida’s west coast is preparing for location filming to start on Dolphin Tale 2. The movie will be a follow-up to the hit 2011 family drama telling the true story of an injured dolphin that was nursed back…
Royal Canadian Mounted Police TV series planned for Yukon in Canada
A new reality-TV series following the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in Yukon, Canada, is being planned by a New York-based production company. True Entertainment has experience in the genre, but the shoot is causing controversy locally. “There are a…
Jude Law submarine feature Black Sea films on location in the UK
Jude Law’s new feature Black Sea is filming on location in the UK. The movie tells the story of a rogue submarine captain who puts together a misfit crew to search for treasure in the depths of Eastern Europe’s Black…
Bollywood movie Ramanujan films on location in UK city of Cambridge
New Bollywood movie Ramanujan has filmed scenes on location in Cambridge in the east of England. The GBP2 million Indo-British production tells the true story of Srinivasa Ramanujan, an Indian maths prodigy who was brought to Cambridge to study in…
Transformers 4 builds Hong Kong set filming on location in Detroit
Michael Bay’s Transformers 4 has started filming in Michigan, building a Hong Kong set in Detroit as a double for the Chinese city. Filming will continue through to mid-August and the production has been awarded a substantial incentive payment on…
Dolphin Tale sequel to film in Florida
A sequel to hit 2011 family film Dolphin Tale will return to film on location in Florida this autumn. The first film told the true story of injured dolphin Winter, who was nursed back to health in a Florida aquarium…