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Horror movie Vessels to film onboard ship The Queen Mary in California
New horror film Vessels is set to become the first feature to shoot on famous cruise ship The Queen Mary. The story is inspired by tales of ghosts haunting the liner, which has been permanently moored in Long Beach, California,…
Adventure series Hooten & The Lady to start filming on location in Rome
New adventure series Hooten & The Lady will start filming shortly in Rome. Likened in tone to the Indiana Jones films and the TV drama Relic Hunter, the show will follow an adventurer who joins forces with an aristocrat from…
State Support: America’s love/hate relationship with filming incentives
The filming incentive landscape continues to shift in the US. While the majority of states still have filming incentive programmes in place, only a few offer support generous enough to attract high-profile TV series or big-budget feature films. That number…
Videogame action movie Assassin’s Creed wraps Malta location filming
Filming has wrapped in Malta for a movie version of the popular videogame franchise Assassin’s Creed. The production reunites stars Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard with director Justin Kurzel, whose adaptation of Macbeth filmed in Scotland. “A lot of our…
BBC films new drama From Darkness in Scottish Highlands
The BBC filmed part of its new crime drama From Darkness in Argyll, western Scotland, using the mainland as a stand-in for the Western Isles. Anne-Marie Duff stars in the production as a former police officer who moves to the…
TV drama Gran Hotel to double Dominican Republic for 1950s Cuba
New TV drama Gran Hotel will recreate 1950s Cuba at Pinewood Dominican Republic Studios. The facility currently offers three stages – with a third in development – and a 60,500 sq ft Horizon Water tank. Producers can get a 25%…
Jackie Chan filming Kung Fu Yoga in Dubai
Jackie Chan starts filming in Dubai this week for his new movie Kung Fu Yoga. The production is scheduled to last around four weeks and is the first to be made under India and China’s recently signed co-production agreement. Servicing…
Ridley Scott and Matt Damon film The Martian on location near Budapest
Filmmaker Ridley Scott and star Matt Damon built an expansive Mars set at Korda Studios near Budapest for new sci-fi movie The Martian. The film follows cosmonaut Mark Watney struggling for survival on Mars after a devastating sandstorm. The production…
Historical drama Medici to film Italy with Dustin Hoffman and Richard Madden
New historical TV drama Medici will film on location in Rome and Florence with Dustin Hoffman and Richard Madden, a veteran of Game of Thrones. The series will chart how the Medici family became a banking and political dynasty in…
Filming Andalusia: Spanish sun and scenic mountain landscapes
Malaga overlooks the Mediterranean on Spain’s Costa del Sol in Andalusia. The Location Guide was invited to spend a few days touring the region to see what’s on offer for the international production industry just as Spain’s new 15% filming…