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Pinewood Studios signs Joint Venture Agreement with Seven Stars Media in China
Pinewood Studios has signed a Joint Venture Agreement with Seven Stars Media, a global entertainment company based in China. Under the terms of the deal – called ‘Song Lin’ – Pinewood will look at business opportunities in China and provide…
Los Angeles film and television location filming surges in Q1 of 2013
A surge in film and TV location filming in Los Angeles led to a production increase in the city of nearly 18% for the first quarter of 2013. Feature production rose by 25% compared to the same period in 2012…
India filming locations: Scouting off the beaten track
India is an astounding, ever-changing, chaotic melting pot of ideas, religions, landscapes and history that contribute to its mind-boggling diversity. Perhaps this is why so many creative minds have been attracted to the sub-continent over the years? It is impossible…
Transformers 4 to film partly on location in China with co-operation agreement
Transformers 4 will film partly on location in China following a co-operation agreement signed between Paramount Pictures, China Movie Channel and Jiaflix Enterprises. Paramount will get help with filming locations in China, as well as regional casting for the movie…
China Film Studio uses Lightcraft Technology for virtual production stage
China Film Studio has opened China Film Virtual Stage (CFVS) in the Huairou District of Beijing. The new facility is the first of its kind in China and comprises a green screen environment and virtual set filming services using Previzion…
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…
Welcome to the Punch shoots in sleek Canary Wharf filming locations
Crime feature Welcome to the Punch spent weeks filming on location throughout London and shot action sequences around Canary Wharf in the Square Mile. Eran Creevy’s movie pitches cop against criminal in the Isle of Dogs region of East London.…
Steven Spielberg planning Kashmir film project through DreamWorks Studios
Steven Spielberg is developing a feature through DreamWorks Studios that is partly set in Kashmir. He won’t direct the project, but it will be produced in conjunction with DreamWorks’ partner in India. “We have finalised a script for a movie…
ECU Productions dodges Cairo demonstrations on location for Vodafone
Cairo-based ECU Productions dodged political demonstrations in the Egyptian capital to film a new spot for Vodafone. The commercial shows a group of energetic shopkeepers tagging each other along their street. “Most of the commercial was shot in Cairo’s downtown…
Filming Stephen Poliakoff’s Dancing on the Edge with Creative England
Stephen Poliakoff’s 1930s-set TV miniseries Dancing on the Edge got production support from Creative England to secure filming locations in West Midlands. Created to replace regional screen agencies, Creative England offers support and funding for productions filming outside London. Creative…