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New TV series Olympus to film gods and monsters in London and Vancouver
New TV series Olympus will film on location in London and Vancouver. Cable channel Syfy has ordered the series that will be set in an ancient world of gods and monsters. Reunion Pictures and Olympus TV in association with Great…
Homeland switches filming locations from North Carolina to South Africa
Terrorism drama Homeland will switch filming locations from North Carolina to Cape Town in South Africa for its fourth season. The award-winning series has been based in Charlotte from the beginning but producers have said they always planned to shoot…
Author of acclaimed novel The Luminaries chooses New Zealand for series filming
A miniseries based on Booker Prize-winning novel The Luminaries should film on location in New Zealand, the author has said. Eleanor Catton’s novel is set in 1866 during the Otago Gold Rush of southern New Zealand and she wants the…
Tobey Maguire movie Z for Zachariah to film on location in New Zealand
Tobey Maguire is a producer on new post-apocalyptic feature Z for Zachariah, which will start filming on location in New Zealand in the next few weeks. Based on a 1974 children’s novel by Robert O’Brien, the story takes place in…
The Inbetweeners Movie 2 filming on location in Australia and in UK
Comedy sequel The Inbetweeners Movie 2 will film scenes on location in Australia before moving back to the UK in January 2014. The first movie – made as a continuation from the hit school-set TV series – was the most…
AFCI announces 2014 Board of Directors
The Association of Film Commissioners International (AFCI) has announced its Board of Directors for 2014. The AFCI is the professional global organisation for film commissioners assisting filming productions, with George David as President. Pam Haynes (West Virginia Film Office) has…
Tom Hanks involved with miniseries Olive Kitteridge filming in Massachusetts
Tom Hanks is an executive producer on new HBO miniseries Olive Kitteridge, which begins filming this week on Massachusett’s North Shore. The four-part series is based on a collection of stories by author Elizabeth Strout following the Maine-based family of…
Jane Campion TV crime drama Top of the Lake films in southern New Zealand
New Zealand filmmaker Jane Campion filmed new crime drama Top of the Lake on location in the Otago region of New Zealand’s South Island. The seven-part BBC miniseries follows a detective investigating the disappearance of the pregnant daughter of a…
Australian pop duo films music video on location in southern New Zealand
An Australian pop duo has filmed a music video on location in southern New Zealand. Max Donovan and Bianca Oechsle – who perform as Max & Bianca – shot on location at Larnach Castle in Dunedin. ''I have shot in…
Academy Films captures New Zealand lakeshore tranquillity on location for Vodafone
Academy Films headed to Lake Wakatipu on New Zealand’s South Island to film a new spot for mobile provider Vodafone. Lake shows a woman relaxing on a jetty in warm sunshine as clear water laps around her and she ignores…