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Wes Anderson movie The Grand Budapest Hotel leads 2015 BAFTA nominations
Wes Anderson’s quirky comedy The Grand Budapest Hotel has landed 11 nominations for the 2015 BAFTAs. Stephen Hawking romance The Theory of Everything and Alejandro G Iñárritu’s Birdman are among the other leading contenders, with ten nominations each. The Grand…
ITV drama series Beowulf to film on special Dark Ages set in northern England
A period set will be specially built in a former quarry in the Durham Dales of northern England for ITV’s new historical drama series Beowulf. The series will adapt the Dark Ages poem that was made into a high-profile 2007…
Las Vegas scores record film year but enters 2015 with defunded incentive
In 2014 some 400 film permits were issued for shoots in Clark County, Nevada, which encompasses Las Vegas, marking a regional record. Nevada launched a filming incentive in January, but the programme was largely defunded in September. The filming incentive…
Kate Winslet films period Australian drama The Dressmaker in Victoria
Kate Winslet has completed production on Australian comedy feature The Dressmaker. Filming was based at Dockland Film Studios in Melbourne, Victoria, and also filmed on location across the south-east Australian state. “This shoot would not have been possible without the…
Ben Stiller films Night at the Museum 3 on location at the British Library
Ben Stiller filmed partly on location at the British Library in London for Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, the third movie in the successful children’s franchise. The film follows Stiller’s night watchman as he has more adventures…
Ridley Scott films biblical epic Exodus Gods and Kings in the UK and Spain
Ridley Scott filmed on location in the UK and Spain for his biblical epic Exodus: Gods and Kings. The movie tells the story of Moses and his conflict with his brother, the future pharaoh Ramses, and doubled the deserts of…
BBC returns to Morocco for season two filming of adventure series Atlantis
The BBC has returned to Morocco to film scenes for the second series of its historical family adventure series Atlantis. As with the first series, production was based in a retrofitted studio in Chepstow in Wales, but the team also…
Production Guild of Great Britain signs agreements with US and Italy
Agreements have been signed between the Production Guild of Great Britain and its counterparts in the US and Italy to foster greater co-operation between the three regions. The agreements should lead to a stronger exchange of ideas in film and…
Disney to film Pete’s Dragon remake partly in New Zealand region of West Otago
Disney is set to film its remake of the 1977 fantasy Pete’s Dragon partly on location in the West Otago region of New Zealand’s South Island. The production was confirmed for New Zealand last month and will be based at…
Maryland production industry fights to keep filming incentive after criticism
Production professionals in Maryland are fighting to keep the state filming incentive following a report questioning the local benefits of the tax credit. Netflix political drama House of Cards is based in Baltimore but faced a struggle to keep the…