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Los Angeles Mayor launches new campaign to promote boosted filming incentives
A new campaign has been launched by the Mayor of Los Angeles to promote California’s boosted filming incentives. Dubbed 'Greenlight Hollywood', the campaign will involve Los Angeles’ ‘film czar’ and his deputy meeting with film industry executives through March and…
Sonny London films Heineken ad off Istanbul coast for Champions League tie-in
Sonny London spent a week filming on a cargo ship off the coast of Istanbul for a new campaign marking Heineken’s sponsorship of the UEFA Champion’s League. The spot shows a group of sailors improvising a cinematic screening of the…
North Carolina calls for big funding increase to downgraded filming incentive
Authorities in North Carolina have called for more money for the state’s downgraded filming incentive. North Carolina hosted Iron Man 3 in 2012 but will struggle to attract similar shoots since the filming incentive was reduced to a USD 10…
Hawaii’s Big Island gets TV filming boost but struggles to attract movies
Hawaii’s Big Island got a production boost in 2014 hosting the TV game show Wheel of Fortune, but the county still failed to attract any large-scale features. Recent movie productions like Battleship, Jurassic World and Godzilla have shot in other…
Pirates of the Caribbean 5 starts filming on location in Australia
Johnny Depp is returning in his popular role as Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, which has started filming in Australia. The movie is based at Village Roadshow Studios in Queensland and will…
Collider films Daniel Johns music promo using drones on location in Australia
Collider has filmed the promo for musician Daniel Johns’ first solo track at Stockton Dunes north of Sydney in Australia, using drone technology. Aerial Love features the artist wandering in the vast sandy wilderness. “Stockton Dunes are the largest sand…
Adam Sandler filming Netflix comedy Western The Ridiculous Six in New Mexico
Adam Sandler will spend the next couple of months filming Netflix comedy Western The Ridiculous Six in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The state is a popular Western filming location and recently hosted Seth MacFarlane’s A Million Ways to Die in…
Seven Senses films new VW Tiguan commercial on location in central Spain
Madrid-based Seven Senses filmed in central Spain for a commercial for the VW Tiguan. The spot features a group of dads fleeing a group family barbecue for a drive through grasslands and across dramatic cliff tops. The production team needed…
California Film Commission approves rules for issuing new filming incentives
The California Film Commission has approved an initial set of rules on how to issue the state’s new filming incentives that come into effect this summer. Specific details include penalties for productions that fail to create as many jobs as…
More Michigan film incentive uncertainty as Governor advocates funding cut
The future of Michigan’s filming incentive has become more uncertain with the Governor advocating a significant cut from the film fund. Reducing the fund will mean the state will struggle to appeal to big-budget features on the scale of Batman…