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Comedy star Tina Fey filming Taliban Shuffle adaptation on location in New Mexico
Comedienne Tina Fey is filming on location in New Mexico for a movie adaptation of Kim Barker’s journalism memoir The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The state is currently getting a profile boost with Better Call Saul,…
Biscuit Filmworks shoots in California for Turbo Tax riff on Boston Tea Party
Biscuit Filmworks shot on location in Los Angeles and San Diego for a new Turbo Tax commercial set during the Boston Tea Party of 1773. It's an event that centred on a tax dispute and the spot shows British troops…
Hitman action sequel Agent 47 spotlights Singapore filming locations
Singapore is getting a profile boost with the upcoming action sequel Hitman: Agent 47, which has launched a trailer ahead of it summer release. Based on the popular videogame franchise, the new movie was filmed partly on location in Singapore…
Murder drama The Tunnel to return to Kent for second series filming
A second series of murder drama The Tunnel will return to film on location in Kent in southern England. The show is a remake of Scandinavian drama The Bridge and the first series charted a joint English-French investigation following a…
BBC films Sherlock in Bristol with Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman
Filming wraps today in Bristol on a special episode of the BBC’s hit drama series Sherlock starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman. Scenes were filmed at the team’s production base in The Bottle Yard Studios and on location around the…
Boosted California filming incentive set to prioritise TV production
Planned spending figures from the California Film Commission reveal that TV production will be prioritised under the state’s boosted filming incentive. State authorities are more than tripling the annual film fund and expanding support to big-budget movies and TV shoots.…
The Weinstein Company to film true-life sniper TV drama The Reaper
A summer shoot is being set up by The Weinstein Company for TV drama The Reaper based on the experiences of Nicholas Irving, a sniper with the US Army’s 3rd Ranger Battalion. The series will follow the stunning success of…
Spy film Damascus Cover to double Casablanca for Syria
Espionage drama Damascus Cover is set to film on location in Morocco, doubling Casablanca for the Syrian capital. The movie is set at the end of the Cold War in 1989 and follows Jonathan Rhys Meyers’ spy fighting for his…
Jordan faces renewed call for filming incentives as Ridley Scott prepares shoot
Jordan has had a renewed call for filming incentive support as Ridley Scott prepares to shoot locally for part of his new film The Martian. In recent years the country has hosted shoots such as Zero Dark Thirty but faces…
Future of Alaska filming incentives uncertain as government focuses on energy
The future of Alaska’s production industry is looking uncertain. Lawmakers in the energy-rich state are reportedly responding to falling oil prices by winding down the filming incentive. Alaska’s film tax credits have attracted movies including whale rescue drama Big Miracle.…