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Cannes Lions Soiree Partner 2014: Sevilla Film Office in Spain
The Sevilla Film Office has joined The Location Guide as a partner for our Soiree at the Cannes Lions Festival. The office is part of Seville External Promotion (APPES) and provides free assistance for producers with location services including filming…
Tom Cruise brings alien warfare to London filming sci-fi movie Edge of Tomorrow
Tom Cruise filmed his new sci-fi feature Edge of Tomorrow entirely on location in London, basing the production at Warner Bros Studios Leavesden. The film follows Cruise’s initially hapless spin doctor trapped in a time loop in the middle of…
Prosum Inc films in northern India following culture of Tibetan Buddhist monks
Seoul-based production company Prosum Inc has been filming documentary Becoming Who I Was on location in the Ladakh region of northern India at the foot of the Himalayas. The production follows a young boy who has been 'recognised' as ‘Rinpoche’,…
Lionsgate starts filming sci-fi sequel Insurgent on location in Atlanta
Lionsgate has started filming its sci-fi sequel Insurgent on location in Atlanta. Set in a dystopian Chicago, the film will follow on from the events of Divergent, an adaptation of a popular Young Adult series of novels from author Veronica…
Breaking Bad star Aaron Paul opens refurbished West London Film Studios
Aaron Paul, star of the hit crime drama Breaking Bad, has opened the refurbished West London Film Studios in Hayes, along with studio owner Frank Khalid. The facility offers 105,000 square feet of studio space, including six stages and office…
Valérie Lépine-Karnik appointed new Chief Executive Officer of Film France
Valérie Lépine-Karnik has been appointed the new Chief Executive Officer of Film France, taking over from Patrick Lamassoure. She brings a wealth of experience to the role and part of her focus will be on boosting France’s appeal for international…
Pilot Productions films Tough Trains documentary on Yamal Peninsula in Siberia
British production company Pilot Productions filmed on location on the remote Yamal Peninsula in north-west Siberia in Russia for documentary series Tough Trains. Moscow-based fixer Alyona Pimanova helped facilitate the shoot through her Munro Productions banner. The production team was…
Park Pictures builds Roman gladiator arena in New Zealand filming for Samsung
Park Pictures built a Roman gladiator arena near Auckland, New Zealand, for a new spot promoting Samsung’s curved Ultra High Definition TV. The ad features a father and son facing a gladiator charge in the Roman arena as the curved…
Florida suffers blow as authorities fail to boost filming incentive fund
Florida’s production industry faces an uncertain future as authorities have failed to boost its formal filming incentive. The state offers a base filming tax credit of 20%, but a lack of available cash in the fund means Florida is struggling…
Black Hand Cinema doubles Lisbon for Rio de Janeiro in new Shakira promo
Los Angeles-based Black Hand Cinema filmed on location in the Portuguese capital Lisbon for Shakira’s new video Dare (La La La). The city was chosen as a double for Rio de Janeiro and the track itself is part of the…