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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…
BBC espionage drama The Night Manager to film with Hugh Laurie and Tom Hiddleston
The BBC has commissioned a miniseries adaptation of espionage drama The Night Manager, starring Hugh Laurie and Tom Hiddleston. Based on a novel by John le Carré, author of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, the series will tell a story of…
Marvel shoots TV drama Agent Carter in LA as California preps for filming boost
Marvel and ABC are shooting new TV series Agent Carter in Los Angeles. The drama will be set in 1946 and follows the adventures of Hayley Atwell’s Agent Peggy Carter after the events of Marvel’s 2011 superhero movie Captain America:…
Screen Australia and Korean Film Council to sign production agreement
Screen Australia will sign an agreement with the Korean Film Council to better facilitate co-productions between the two countries. Australian movie Kill Me Three Times, featuring British comedian Simon Pegg, is among the films showing at the Busan International Film…
ITV Studios to film World War II drama series Home Fires in Cheshire
Filming will take place in Cheshire for the ITV Studios World War II drama series Home Fires, adapted from a novel by Julie Summers. Cheshire, in north-west England, has also recently hosted Channel 4 historical drama The Mill, following the…
Mission Impossible 5 closes Morocco highway as Tom Cruise films North Africa
Part of the Casablanca-Agadir highway has been closed by Morocco’s National Highway Company to accommodate filming for Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible 5. The closure will last until the end of next week and the production is also expected to shoot…
BMW aircraft carrier racetrack ad gets boost from filming location debate
An eye-catching new commercial from BMW has caused a stir because of its unusual filming location. Ultimate Racetrack promotes the BMW M4 by showing the car skidding around a racetrack. Midway through the spot, the racetrack is ‘revealed’ to be…
British independent movie Jet Trash films on location in Goa
British independent movie Jet Trash has filmed on location in Goa in western India. Based on the cult travel novel Go by Simon Lewis, the film follows two young friends who escape London life for India, only to be followed…
Channel 4 in the UK to invest in international co-productions
Channel 4 in the UK has announced plans to invest in drama co-productions, both internationally and in Britain. Simon Maxwell has been appointed the channel’s first Head of International Drama. “These are exciting times for television drama,” said Maxwell: “Never…
Filming on location with Production Manager and Line Producer Adrian Pegg
Adrian began his career in theatre before joining BBC Television in 1983 and becoming a Production Manager in the corporation’s light entertainment and comedy divisions. His experience included working as Production Manager on the iconic British sitcom Only Fools and…