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Ausfilm calls for better filming incentive as South Australia boosts local offering
South Australia has become the first state in the country to offer payroll tax exemption for visiting productions. At the same time, national film body Ausfilm has renewed calls for Australia’s location offset incentive to be increased. Enabling production companies…
New Zealand Prime Minister promotes NZ film industry in US ahead of Hobbit release
New Zealand’s Prime Minister John Key will be promoting his country’s film industry when he travels to the US this week. Part of the Prime Minister’s trip will include meeting with Hollywood studio executives, with the release of Peter Jackson’s…
Lauded sci-fi Looper makes big gains from China co-production status
Sci-fi feature Looper has benefitted from its status as a US-China co-production by becoming the first Hollywood film to open bigger in China than in America. Filmmaker Rian Johnson switched part of the story from a French to a Chinese…
Modern Family comedy show leads Los Angeles location filming
Multi-award-winning show Modern Family is leading a surge in the number of TV comedies filming on location in Los Angeles. Last season the show filmed on location for three of every five shoot days, whereas most network productions hover at…
Far-Eastern Change: Myanmar Opens Up
Burma is emerging from the darkness. After decades of isolation and repression, the country of Myanmar (aka Burma) in South-East Asia is opening up. Politically, socially and economically a new age is dawning, with opportunities and challenges in equal measure.…
Spy thriller Jack Ryan doubles Liverpool for Moscow and New York
Jack Ryan, the new big-budget spy thriller directed by and co-starring Kenneth Branagh, has filmed on location in Liverpool. The English city has doubled for Moscow, while the nearby borough of Wirral has doubled for New York City. Jan Connor…
Atlanta film studio awarded public money to help with expansion
Public money will assist expansion plans for a studio in Atlanta, Georgia. EUE/Screen Gems Studio in the city’s Lakewood neighbourhood has been awarded nearly USD500,000 towards the USD3.3 million needed to develop two more sound stages. Brian McGowan is President…
Report reveals long-term filming wages loss as productions leave California
A new report has revealed the scale of California’s filming production wage loss in recent years. Between 2004 and 2011 the state lost USD3 billion in wages due to a steady exodus of filming projects to other US states and…
Serial killer drama claims large filming incentive payment in Alaska
Alaska has issued its second-largest filming incentive payment to serial killer drama Frozen Ground. The feature shot in the state in the second half of 2011 and was awarded just over USD6 million after spending nearly USD20 million locally. Earlier…
Gangster Squad films reshoots on location in LA’s Chinatown
Upcoming period crime feature Gangster Squad has filmed reshoots in the Chinatown region of Los Angeles. The community is considered film-friendly as the small streets and alleyways are easy to control, while period production design is straightforward. Lori Balton worked…