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MPAA pushes strong US trade agreements to boost domestic filming
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is pushing for strong international trade agreements to boost the distribution of US film and TV. In turn this could help stimulate filming in America and in states like New York which hosted…
New mafia TV docudrama films West Virginia as New York
Docudrama The Making of the Mob: New York filmed on location in West Virginia. The series is executive produced by Stephen David, who has filmed several docudrama projects in West Virginia including The World Wars and American Genius. The AMC…
Double Negative and Prime Focus World to open new Mumbai VFX facility
Visual effects house Double Negative (Dneg) and Prime Focus World are to open a new facility in Mumbai. Dneg’s recent major productions have included Alex Garland’s Ex Machina, Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar and the Wachowski siblings’ Jupiter Ascending. The new visual…
Michael Fassbender films New Zealand as period Colorado for Slow West
Filmmaker John Maclean and Michael Fassbender shot New Zealand’s South Island as 19th century Colorado for their new movie Slow West. The film tells the story of a young Scot who enlists the help of an outlaw as a guide…
Wachowski siblings film Sense8 sci-fi drama around the world for Netflix
The Wachowski siblings filmed across the world for their new sci-fi drama series Sense8, being distributed through Netflix. Shot in eight different international cities, the story follows a group of disparate individuals who become telepathically linked. Marco Giacalone was Supervising…
Screen Yorkshire to develop adapted film studio in northern England
Screen Yorkshire is setting up an adapted film studio to boost northern England’s production appeal. Yorkshire is regularly used as a filming location – mainly for UK shoots – and has recently doubled for London in A Royal Night Out,…
Political satire Veep awarded filming incentive support for California shoot
Award-winning political satire Veep is one of several top-rated TV shows awarded incentive support to relocate its new season to California. The series has spent four years doubling Baltimore for Washington, DC, using Maryland’s 27% TV filming incentive. California has…
HBO to film Game of Thrones partly on location in Spanish city Girona
Filming for the sixth season of Game of Thrones will take place partly on location in the city of Girona in Catalonia, north-eastern Spain. The series filmed in Spain for the first time last year and helped boost film tourism…
BBC builds Victorian set in London to film new drama Dickensian
The BBC has built a Victorian set in an adapted warehouse space in London for new period drama Dickensian. Written by Tony Jordan, the series presents intertwining stories of some of Charles Dickens’ most famous characters who it posits are…
Film France prepares for boosted filming incentive and expanded locations library
Film France appointed Valérie Lépine-Karnik as its new Chief Executive Officer a year ago and the organisation is now preparing to boost France’s Tax Rebate for International Productions (TRIP). An expanded database of location photos is also being planned. The…