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Disney children’s drama The Chronicles of Evermoor to film near Liverpool
Disney will film a full season of children’s drama The Chronicles of Evermoor near Liverpool and Warrington in northern England. Lime Pictures will produce the show, which will extend the format from the four-part miniseries shot last year at Arley…
LMGA Award-winner Klaus Darrelmann on location filming in Germany
Klaus Darrelmann has been recognised by the Location Managers Guild of America (LMGA) for his work on Wes Anderson’s acclaimed period comedy The Grand Budapest Hotel. Darrelmann talks to The Location Guide about the film and his locations career. “It's…
Lucky Fish Productions films new Audi A6 spot on location in Cape Town
Lucky Fish Productions used Cape Town as a near-future anonymous metropolis in a spot for the Audi A6. The commercial was shot over four days, with visual effects used to make Cape Town less recognisable. “We used the well-known ‘broken…
Markenfilm Crossing shoots Chilean highway for new Mercedes Benz spot
Markenfilm Crossing’s new commercial shoot for the Mercedes Benz G500 has become the first to close Chile's central Portillo international trucking route. The spot showcases the G500’s handling as it speeds across a mountainous wilderness. “This was the first time…
Harry Potter and Downton Abbey help boost England film tourism for 2014
Harry Potter and period drama Downton Abbey helped drive film tourism in England in 2014. Alnwick Castle in Northumberland, and the Dorset filming locations used for child murder drama Broadchurch, contributed to an overall spend of up to GBP 140…
TV drama Under the Dome likely to use half of annual North Carolina film fund
A new series of TV drama Under the Dome starts filming in North Carolina this week, and it's set to claim up to half of the state’s film fund for the year. Based on a story by Stephen King, the…
Robot drama Chappie films Johannesburg as Cape Town considers studio future
South African filmmaker Neill Blomkamp shot on location in Johannesburg for his new sci-fi feature Chappie. The movie looks set to boost South Africa’s production profile, but the country faces a challenge providing the studio facilities to meet growing international…
Second annual LMGA Awards honour Wild and The Grand Budapest Hotel
Reese Witherspoon’s Wild and Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel were the movie winners over the weekend at the Location Managers Guild of America (LMGA) Awards in Beverly Hills. Five hundred industry professionals and press attended the ceremony. Nancy Haecker…
Somesuch uses New Zealand vistas filming epic running spot for Asics
Somesuch filmed on location in New Zealand for a new spot promoting Asics’ running footwear. Entitled It's a Big World. Go Run It, the spot shows runners responding to a rallying call and jogging across cities, through forests and across…
Period drama Agnus Dei films in Poland
New period drama Agnus Dei has wrapped seven weeks of location filming in Poland. Based on a true story, the film is set in 1945 and follows a young intern with the French Red Cross helping repatriate French survivors of…