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US filmmaker shoots spy thriller My Lucky Star on location in China
American director Dennie Gordon filmed on location in Hong Kong and on mainland China for new spy fantasy My Lucky Star, featuring Taiwanese star Ziyi Zhang. For Gordon, the shoot was an event-filled experience that highlighted the differences between Eastern…
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…
UK and Morocco agree location filming treaty
The UK and Morocco have signed a co-production filming treaty that the UK government says is designed to “strengthen ties within the film industry, encourage the sharing of knowledge and ideas, and drive economic growth through film production.” Morocco has…
Superhero follow-up Batman Vs Superman to film on location in Detroit
Upcoming Man of Steel follow-up Batman Vs Superman will film on location in Detroit, Michigan. Shooting will take place in the first quarter of 2014 and the movie will get a filming incentive payment of around USD35 million on planned…
Detroit filming incentives helped secure TV drama Low Winter Sun
Filming incentives in Detroit helped secure new TV drama Low Winter Sun for Michigan, the show’s executive producer has revealed. The series received an incentive payment of USD7.5 million to chart a story of police corruption in the city. “I…
Lizzie Borden feature wraps Nova Scotia filming doubling for Connecticut
A new period TV movie exploring the life of Lizzie Borden has filmed on location in Nova Scotia, doubling the Canadian province for the US state of Connecticut. Borden was acquitted of the axe-murder of her parents in 1892 in…
New Zealand to boost global TV production appeal with filming incentive changes
New Zealand will encourage more high-end TV productions of the calibre of Spartacus to film locally by making its filming incentives more accessible. From October 2013, the spending threshold for television productions to qualify for support will be sharply reduced.…
Hallmark to film new TV movie on location in North Carolina
Hallmark will be filming on location in North Carolina for its Hallmark Hall of Fame anthology TV movie Christmas in Conway. The film will follow in the footsteps of Iron Man 3 and the first Hunger Games, and will be…
Los Angeles promised City Hall film chief as TV pilot location filming falls
Los Angeles has been promised a film chief – or ‘czar’ – at City Hall to help tackle the city’s persistent runaway production problem. New figures from FilmLA have revealed a fall in the proportion of television pilots filmed on…
Filming in Luxembourg with location scout Christian Pannrucker
Christian got his first taste of the film industry as an apprentice on a German TV channel in 2000. Additional TV and film experiences led him to study unit and location management at Cologne’s Koelner Filmhaus. He’s been a location…