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World War Z and Cloud Atlas location filming deliver millions for Glasgow in 2011
Major shoots for Brad Pitt’s World War Z and Cloud Atlas helped feed more than GBP20 million into Glasgow’s economy throughout 2011, according to figures from the city’s film office. World War Z delivered nearly GBP3.5 million when it turned…
Likely filming restrictions at US Capitol could reduce District of Columbia appeal
Filming the iconic US Capitol building in Washington, DC, could get harder. Anything other than news footage at the Capitol is generally forbidden and so crews usually shoot from a nearby pavement. Now control over this spot has shifted to…
Filming on location in Latvia with Producer Sergei Serpuhov
In the turbulent 1990s Sergei left Latvia and headed to London to experience western living and seek out his fortune. He ended up serving cocktails to celebrities and media professionals at Teatro, a club popular with the industry, which in…
Weareflink creates Chinese New Year on location in Beijing for VW
German production company Weareflink and Chinese production house CONTRA have filmed in Beijing to mark Chinese New Year for vehicle manufacturer VW. The spot shows a dragon with VW wheels creeping through a busy Beijing street to mark the event.…
In & Out creates Megan Fox island paradise on location in California
In probably the most eye-catching language school commercial in the history of the genre, In & Out has filmed on location in California with Megan Fox and Mike Tyson. The spot shows two twenty-something Brazilian men washed up on a…
Hafzoo navigates alpine snow and ice for Garmin on location in Austria
Production company Hafzoo has followed French cycling star Christophe LeMèvel on a punishing alpine training session in a new spot for GPS specialist Garmin. The Climb shows LeMèvel cycling a remote Austrian highway as his Garmin device measures his performance.…
Tom Hanks Somali piracy feature scouts filming locations in Malta and Morocco
A new feature telling the true story of a US sea captain’s 2009 encounter with Somali pirates is scouting filming locations in Malta and Morocco. Captain Phillips will star Tom Hanks as the captain who offered himself as a prisoner…
Editor’s Weekly
We’ve covered two doubling projects from the commercials industry this week, with the French Dairy Council doubling Buenos Aires for France and Dr Pepper turning Barcelona into an unidentified US metropolis. Elsewhere there was bad news for Pinewood Studios in…
Florida seeks bigger film fund to boost regional location filming
Florida’s filming industry is looking for more money for its film fund. Back in 2010 the state launched filming incentives worth up to 30%, with the money coming from a film fund worth more than USD240 million over five years.…
Henry De Czar unleashes a monster as Buenos Aires doubles for France
A monster has been unleashed on the Buenos Aires waterfront in a new ad for the French Dairy Council. The spot shows a woman enjoying a cheese snack, only to be interrupted by a monster that leaps from the water…