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Middle East dramas in vogue but Israel loses location filming to Malta and Croatia
Biblical screen stories are enjoying a surge in popularity, with Ridley Scott’s Exodus: Gods and Kings planning to emulate the global success of Darren Arronofsky’s Noah. However, a summer of violence in the Middle East means Israel is now losing…
Film London leads EuroScreen conference on screen tourism across the continent
Film London has led a EuroScreen conference looking into the economic impact of screen tourism around the world. The event looked at how films like the Harry Potter series and TV dramas such as Wallander and Game of Thrones have…
American Sniper and Taken 3 among film winners at California On Location Awards
Clint Eastwood’s true-life drama American Sniper and Liam Neeson’s action sequel Taken 3 were among the movie winners at this year’s California On Location Awards (COLAs). The ceremony has been recognising the achievements of location professionals in California for 20…
The Location Guide launches new website Brandplacer.com
Following the success of The Location Guide’s pre-production forum, used by thousands of producers worldwide for location and production requests, we have launched a new website, Brandplacer.com. The site simply aims to link media productions with product manufacturers worldwide. Brandplacer.com…
Tom Cruise films aerial stunt for Mission Impossible 5 at East Anglia RAF base
Tom Cruise has filmed an aerial stunt for Mission: Impossible 5 at an RAF base in East Anglia in the UK. The action franchise is now well known for daring physical stunt work, with Cruise scaling Dubai’s Burj Khalifa for…
Game of Thrones shoot instantly boosts film tourism in Spanish town Osuna
Shooting for the fifth season of HBO’s hit fantasy drama Game of Thrones has had an instant impact on film tourism in the town of Osuna in southern Spain. Servicing for the shoot has helped boost the town and an…
Assassin movie Hunter’s Prayer to film Harrogate in North Yorkshire as Europe
Sam Worthington’s new film, the assassin thriller Hunter’s Prayer, is set to double Harrogate in North Yorkshire for the streets of Switzerland. Filming locations across Yorkshire in northern England will double for mainland Europe for the story of an assassin…
Supernatural TV series South of Hell to film on location in South Carolina
New supernatural TV series South of Hell will film on location in Charleston, South Carolina. The drama will be the second major TV series to film in the state following legal drama Reckless, which was cancelled after just one season.…
Batman V Superman films on location at Michigan State University
Upcoming superhero movie Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice has filmed at Michigan State University (MSU). For the past few months the shoot has been based at Michigan Motion Picture Studios in Detroit. The production team paid nearly USD 230,000…
Harpoon Pictures films seaplanes and dozens of extras for Verizon Alaska shoot
Harpoon Pictures filmed in Alaska for an epic new campaign promoting the arrival of internet service provider Verizon in the north-west US state. Arrival features engineers making the journey to a lakeside Alaskan home by land, air and water to…