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Wide appetite for New Zealand as global double
New Zealand is earning a reputation as a double for locations all over the world, with its towns and cities being used alongside its natural scenery. A 2.5% increase in the country’s Large Budget Screen Production Grant (LBSPG) in the…
New York state tax credit could be extended to 2015
New York’s existing USD420 million tax credit scheme could be extended through to 2015 following new information highlighting how the state’s industry has benefitted, according to The Hollywood Reporter. A report from New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says the programme…
Serbia plans 15% filming incentive
Serbia may introduce a 15% filming incentive within the next eight weeks in a bid to encourage more production companies to film in the country. There are no details available yet as to what productions could be eligible for the…
Dramatic increases in Taiwan filming incentives
In a bid to attract more international productions to film in Taiwan, the country’s Motion Pictures Department, part of the Government Information Office, has announced a series of substantial incentive rises. Foreign films shooting in Taiwan with a Taiwanese crew…
New Specsavers ad shoots in Tayrona National Park, Colombia
Specsavers has shot its new commercial on a beach in Tayrona National Park in north Colombia. Specs Effect features hundreds of bikini-clad women running though a jungle to a beach where a man sprays himself with deodorant. The women then…
361 Degrees shoots new spot in Baotou, Inner Mongolia
A series of new spots have been filmed throughout the Far East by 361 Degrees in locations including Inner Mongolia in China. The adverts follow unknown athletes undergoing their training regimes as they prepare for the 2010 Asia Games. Marathon…
Ian McKellen gives July start date for The Hobbit
Ian McKellen has said on his website that The Hobbit is scheduled to start shooting in New Zealand in July. The website initially gave June as a start date but this has since been changed. He’ll be resuming his role…
Proposed Florida incentive would prioritise conservative content
Florida could soon introduce a tax credit provision that prioritises film and television production that is seen as promoting western conservative family values. This would favour productions that do not contain content such as sex, bad language or smoking. If…
The Descendants starts shooting today with George Clooney in Hawaii
George Clooney’s new film The Descendants begins shooting today in Hawaii, with Alexander Payne directing, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Clooney plays a slacking father who attempts to become more involved with his daughters in Hawaii when his wife is…
Tropicana ad shoots in Inuvik in the Canadian Arctic
Tropicana has filmed a new spot in Inuvik in the far north-west of Canada, a place which is in darkness for several months of the year due to its location within the Arctic Circle (see BBDO image). Brighter Mornings for…