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Pirate TV drama Black Sails boosts location filming in South Africa
New pirate TV drama Black Sails helped boost South Africa’s production industry. The eight-part series used all four sound stages at Cape Town Film Studios and built sets including an artificial beach and a period village for the Caribbean-set story.…
Film NZ chief Gisella Carr on New Zealand’s location filming future
Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy put New Zealand’s filming locations firmly in the spotlight and a decade later he’s repeating the trick with The Hobbit. Film NZ Chief Executive Gisella Carr talks to The Location Guide about the…
Thomas Thomas Films shoots global locations for Blackberry commercial
Thomas Thomas Films shot locations around the world for the new Blackberry commercial Keep Moving. The spot features a series of snappily-edited vignettes showing individuals in profile as they move through their daily adventures with the help of the Blackberry…
Air New Zealand claims sales spur through Hobbit film tourism
Air New Zealand has said its online sales have grown since its marketing tie-ins with Peter Jackson’s first Hobbit film earlier this year. Film tourism first gave New Zealand a boost when the Lord of the Rings trilogy was released…
Maryland extends location filming incentive to keep House of Cards and Veep
Maryland has extended its location filming incentive in a move that should keep high-end TV shows House of Cards and Veep in the state. In addition the film fund has been boosted from USD7.5 million to USD25 million, although this…
Warner Brothers renovates Engel Stadium in Tennessee for historic baseball drama
Warner Brothers arranged renovations to Engel Stadium in Tennessee for its baseball drama 42. The film tells the story of Jackie Robinson, the first black player of the modern era to play Major League Baseball – with jersey number 42…
Tom Cruise films scorched-Earth sci-fi feature Oblivion on location in Iceland
Tom Cruise headed to Iceland to shoot scenes set in the war-scarred future of his new movie Oblivion. The film follows Cruise’s former Marine commander Jack Harper as he questions his mission on a future Earth ravaged by alien conflict.…
Disney chooses Australia filming locations for 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Disney has chosen to film on location in Australia for its epic remake of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. The Australian government committed a one-off filming incentive payment of nearly AUD22 million to secure the shoot. “The announcement of 20,000…
RoadTown Enterprises invigorates production industries in Georgia and Mississippi
RoadTown Enterprises was set up in the late 1980s in Los Angeles by Gail Smerigan and Nick Smerigan, and Jeremy Hariton joined in 2010. TLG talks to Nick and Jeremy about the company's specialism in studio management and RoadTown's facilities…
Jack the Giant Slayer creates fantasy kingdom on location in Norwich Cathedral
Bryan Singer’s epic fairytale fantasy Jack the Giant Slayer filmed on location in the UK, with studio bases at Elstree in Hertfordshire and Longcross in Surrey. Norwich Cathedral in eastern England was also used for interior scenes involving one of…