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New report urges caution over expansion of California filming incentive
A new report has urged caution over any plans to expand California’s filming incentive programme. The study warns that competing with rival incentives elsewhere in the US could be very expensive for the state especially as it says the tax…
Supervising Location Manager James Lin on Captain America 2 and California filming
Marvel made the unusual step of bringing big-budget film production to California for its comic-book sequel Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Supervising Location Manager James Lin talks about the challenges of the shoot and California’s filmmaking future. Captain America: The…
Los Angeles Mayor appeals for Late Show filming to relocate from New York
The Mayor of Los Angeles has appealed for the Late Show to relocate from New York to the West Coast following veteran host David Letterman’s retirement announcement. Mayor Eric Garcetti has appealed directly to CBS boss Les Moonves to consider…
Boomtown Productions: Location filming expertise in the UAE
Boomtown Productions was founded in 1999 and offers world-class regional filming expertise in the United Arab Emirates. Dubai and Abu Dhabi offer modern, cosmopolitan cities next to the desert and the beach with mountainous terrain less than an hour away.…
Location Scotland creates new LS Motion department
The Edinburgh-based full service production and location management company Location Scotland has announced the launch of new TV production department LS Motion. Client demand for moving image production alongside stills shoots in Scotland has resulted in a natural progression for…
Divergent sequel will follow filming incentives and shoot Atlanta
The sequel to sci-fi drama Divergent will shift from Chicago to film mainly on location in Atlanta, as the production team looks to Georgia’s more generous filming incentive programme. Similar to The Hunger Games, Divergent tells a Young Adult drama…
Bold and the Beautiful becomes first international soap to film in UAE
Long-running US daytime soap The Bold and the Beautiful has become the first international soap to film scenes in the United Arab Emirates. The show has been screening in the US since 1987 and is spending three days this week…
Warner Bros Television films Constantine comic book pilot on location in Atlanta
Warner Bros Television is filming the pilot for a Constantine TV series in Atlanta, Georgia. The pilot is based on the DC Comics character John Constantine, an occult conman-turned-detective who in the comics originates from Liverpool, England. Constantine was made…
History Channel could film in south-west US for new Western miniseries Texas Rising
The History Channel could film in the south-west US for its new Western miniseries, tentatively titled Texas Rising. Featuring a cast led by Bill Paxton and Brendan Fraser, the drama will be History's second Western after Hatfields & McCoys, which…
AICP President and CEO Matt Miller on the US commercial filming industry
Matt Miller spent five years with the Association of National Advertisers before joining the Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP). He set to work developing the day-to-day structure and this April will mark his twentieth year with the organisation as…