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Two new film studios to be developed in Titanic Quarter in Belfast
Two new studios will be built in the Titanic Quarter of Belfast in Northern Ireland in a GBP14 million development project. Titanic Studios currently includes the city’s Paint Hall studio and is home to HBO’s fantasy drama Game of Thrones.…
British Columbia doubles for California filming Broadchurch US remake
Locations in Victoria in British Columbia are doubling for the fictional northern Californian town of Gracepoint in the US remake of hit British drama Broadchurch. British actor David Tennant once again stars as the lead detective in the story of…
Manchester prepares new Space Project filming facility for drama production
Developers in Manchester in northern England are preparing to launch a new filming facility aimed at drama productions. The Space Project is scheduled to open in May 2014 and will offer five purpose-built studio spaces, as well as workshop, dressing…
Screen Yorkshire gets extra funding of £7.5m to fund regional filming
Screen Yorkshire in northern England has secured an extra GBP7.5 million in funding from the European Regional Development Fund. The money will help fund productions filming on location in the area, which recently have included the Birmingham-set period gangster series…
Young Director Award prepares to open for 2014 competition
The CFP-E (Commercial Film Producers of Europe)/Shots Young Director Award (YDA) competition will open for entries on 10 February 2014. Filmmakers submitting their shorts will have the opportunity to showcase their work to the global production industry. A panel of…
Period miniseries Klondike recreates Canada’s Yukon filming in Alberta
New period miniseries Klondike filmed on location in Alberta, Canada, doubling the region for the remote Dawson City in the north-western province of Yukon. Set in 1897 during the Klondike Gold Rush, the story follows a pair of young prospectors…
Filming incentive deal helps Virginia win historic war drama Turn from Georgia
A filming incentive deal helped secure new AMC TV war drama Turn for a location shoot in Virginia, rather than Georgia. The series stars British actor Jamie Bell and follows the spy ring that helped George Washington win America’s Revolutionary…
George Clooney films World War II drama The Monuments Men in Germany
George Clooney filmed on location mainly in Germany for his World War II drama The Monuments Men. The movie tells the true-life story of a platoon of museum directors and curators who were sent into the European battlefield to safeguard…
The Weinstein Company to film Marco Polo miniseries at Pinewood Studios Malaysia
Internet TV network Netflix will build on the success of House of Cards with a miniseries based on the life of 13th Century traveller and writer Marco Polo. The Weinstein Company will produce the production that will film at Pinewood…
Film New Zealand boss reiterates importance of high-end TV productions
Film New Zealand Chief Executive Gisella Carr has reiterated the importance of attracting high-end TV productions. Under new rules, TV series on the scale of Game of Thrones will be able to access New Zealand’s filming incentives with much lower…