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Marvel’s Iron Man 3 fails to repel criticism of North Carolina filming incentive
A conservative organisation in North Carolina has criticised the state’s location filming incentive programme. Governor Bev Perdue has officially extended the incentive as Iron Man 3 films in the state, but the John Locke Foundation in Raleigh has condemned it…
Game of Thrones faces British summer weather challenges
HBO’s fantasy series Game of Thrones has faced challenging weather conditions on location in Northern Ireland. Summertime is yet to properly show its face in Britain, although climatic conditions are certainly not unique to the UK. Frank Doelger is an…
County Armagh stately home chosen for Dickens BBC TV drama
A stately home in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, has been used for scenes for a new BBC TV adaptation of Dickens classic Nicholas Nickleby. Brownlow House is known locally as Lurgan Castle and dates back to the mid-19th Century. Producer…
Canada’s Northwest Territories Film Commission launches new website
The Northwest Territories (NWT) Film Commission in Canada has launched a new website designed to boost location filming in the region. It’s been given a classic-Hollywood look and has a location photo library, details on regional filming infrastructure and how…
Filming on location in Jackson Hole with Location Manager Ian Gersten
Ian entered the film industry as an Assistant Cameraman and then an Assistant Director and he’s worked in commercials, features and documentaries around the world. His work has focused on the Rocky Mountain region of the US for more than…
Southern California entities partner to promote uniform location filming guidelines
Four separate organisations have partnered to promote uniform location filming guidelines throughout Southern California. The aim is to encourage the region’s 191 cities to adopt guidelines that are all broadly similar to make sure the film permitting process is as…
New Mexico location filming rebate pay-outs fall sharply in 2012
New Mexico has seen a sharp fall in the size of its location filming rebate payments over the past year. It’s being blamed variously on a wider industry trend and a period of uncertainty with the state’s filming tax credit…
Prettybird picks LA back lot over location shoot for Sony Xperia spot
Location filming was rejected in favour of Fox Studios’ Los Angeles back lot for a new spot for Sony’s Xperia Ion smart phone. One Block features a man plugging into his Xperia and moving through a series of entertainment genres…
MacGuffin Films shoots base jumper leaping off Swiss mountain for Verizon
A base jumper has been filmed leaping off Switzerland’s Eiger mountain peak in a new spot for web provider Verizon. The jumper is kitted out in a specialised wing suit that fills with air and enables a degree of flight…
Top Gun airport in Burbank re-opens as California filming location
Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California – used to film scenes for Top Gun in the 80s - has re-opened as a filming location. The facility closed to filming after the 9/11 terrorist attacks as part of its security measures,…