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Game of Thrones to focus on Spain filming rather than Croatia for new season
Game of Thrones will not return to Croatia to film its new season, meaning Spain is likely to become the setting for all the story’s warm-weather locations. Croatia has been a mainstay for the show over the past few seasons,…
Eight studio movies win initial filming incentive approval in California
Eight studio features have secured initial approval for filming incentive support from California’s boosted tax credit programme. The highest-profile movie is supernatural sequel Conjuring 2 and several of the approved productions will shoot outside Los Angeles’ 30-Mile Zone. California has…
HBO TV adaptation of 70s sci-fi movie Westworld to film partly in Utah
New HBO drama Westworld will get incentive support to film scenes on location in Utah. The series is adapted from the famous 1973 movie of the same name which saw holidaymakers hunted by malfunctioning android cowboys in a futuristic theme…
Pittsburgh urged to develop more film studios and commit to long-term incentive
A new report has urged Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania to expand its studio infrastructure and commit to a long-term filming incentive. Productions recently shot in the city include TV drama Banshee and Vin Diesel’s supernatural action movie The Last Witch Hunter.…
AMC to film sequel to The Making of the Mob and new docudrama The West
American cable channel AMC has commissioned docudrama series The Making of the Mob: Chicago as a follow-up to The Making of the Mob: New York. The channel is also backing The West, a separate docudrama tracing the history of America’s…
California Film Commission considers benefits of job-focused filming incentive
The California Film Commission has discussed the advantages of allocating its filming incentive tax credits according to how many jobs a production will create. California boosted its filming incentive earlier this year and is now considering 254 feature applications. Lawmakers…
Slavery drama Underground films in Louisiana
Slavery drama Underground is among the latest TV series to film in Louisiana. The ten-part miniseries is one of several US productions tackling the issue of slavery in America before the Civil War of the 1860s. A remake of classic…
Matthew McConaughey to film prospecting drama Gold in New Mexico
Matthew McConaughey will film scenes for prospecting feature Gold in New Mexico for a few weeks from mid-August. The movie is reportedly inspired by the true story of a notorious mid-1990s mining scandal that involved the apparent discovery of gold…
Emmy-nominated Netflix drama Bloodline scheduled for further Florida filming
Netflix drama Bloodline has secured two Emmy nominations ahead of scheduled second season filming in the Florida Keys. The series tells a dark story of family secrets and has qualified for state support through Florida’s now defunct filming incentive. Bloodline…
Mel Gibson to film war drama Hacksaw Ridge on location in Australia
Mel Gibson will direct true-life Second World War feature Hacksaw Ridge on location in New South Wales (NSW) with a base in Sydney at Fox Studios Australia. The film will tell the story of Desmond Doss, the only conscientious objector…