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Paramount Pictures partners with China Film Group on Marco Polo feature film
Paramount Pictures has partnered with China Film Group for a feature film based on the life of the 13th Century traveller Marco Polo. The news comes days after China Film Group’s announcement that it will be co-producing Warcraft and Seventh…
Docudrama on Trinidadian World War II airman films in UK and Ghana
A feature docudrama exploring the life of the decorated Trinidadian airman Ulric Cross has filmed in the UK and now shifts to Ghana. Hero tells the story of Cross’ experiences in the RAF during World War II, before he became…
Origin Pictures films period drama Jamaica Inn on location in Yorkshire for BBC
Origin Pictures filmed the BBC’s adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s novel Jamaica Inn mostly in Yorkshire in northern England. Set in Cornwall, south-west England, in 1821, Jamaica Inn tells the story of a young woman who becomes embroiled with smugglers…
Mammoth Screen to film BBC period drama Poldark in Bristol and Cornwall
Mammoth Screen will film new period drama Poldark on location in Bristol and Cornwall in south-west England for the BBC. Company Pictures recently filmed at The Bottle Yard Studios for Channel 4’s period miniseries New Worlds. Poldark is based on…
Salman Khan films Bollywood movie Kick on location in Warsaw
Bollywood star Salman Khan is filming his new movie Kick on location in Warsaw, central Poland. Khan is scheduled to film in the city throughout April and the movie will also shoot on location in Mumbai. Kick will involve action…
Tunisia plans film tourism boost with preservation of Star Wars prequel set
Tunisia plans to boost regional film tourism by preserving a desert set built for the Star Wars prequels in the late 90s. The seventh Star Wars film is rumoured to feature a return to the desert world of Tatooine, a…
Game of Thrones to keep filming in Northern Ireland for fifth season
Game of Thrones will keep filming on location in Northern Ireland for its fifth season, the Northern Ireland Executive has confirmed. Cable network HBO has announced it will make at least two more seasons of the fantasy drama, which has…
Philippines politician pushes for formal filming incentive to boost tourism
A politician in the Philippines has pushed for a formal filming incentive to attract more productions on the scale of Manila-filmed spy thriller The Bourne Legacy. The ‘Fostering Investment through Local and International Movies (FILM) Act’ calls for a points-based…
Netflix drama series Marco Polo to film on location in Italy and Kazakhstan
New Netflix drama series Marco Polo will film on location in Italy and Kazakhstan, as well as at Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios. The series is being produced by The Weinstein Company and will follow the adventures of the legendary 13th…
Channel 4 in the UK to invest in international co-productions
Channel 4 in the UK has announced plans to invest in drama co-productions, both internationally and in Britain. Simon Maxwell has been appointed the channel’s first Head of International Drama. “These are exciting times for television drama,” said Maxwell: “Never…