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BBC Worldwide to film new docudrama on Svalbard in Arctic Circle
A new docudrama series likened in tone to Fortitude has been commissioned by BBC Worldwide to shoot on Svalbard in the Arctic Circle. The Norwegian archipelago is one of the world’s northernmost inhabited regions and is home to a small…
BBC period drama Poldark helps boost film tourism in Cornwall
The BBC’s period drama Poldark, set in late 18th century Cornwall, helped boost film tourism in the region over the summer. A full 25% of people visiting the south-western county were inspired to do so partly by the TV series,…
Horror movie Vessels to film onboard ship The Queen Mary in California
New horror film Vessels is set to become the first feature to shoot on famous cruise ship The Queen Mary. The story is inspired by tales of ghosts haunting the liner, which has been permanently moored in Long Beach, California,…
Adventure series Hooten & The Lady to start filming on location in Rome
New adventure series Hooten & The Lady will start filming shortly in Rome. Likened in tone to the Indiana Jones films and the TV drama Relic Hunter, the show will follow an adventurer who joins forces with an aristocrat from…
State Support: America’s love/hate relationship with filming incentives
The filming incentive landscape continues to shift in the US. While the majority of states still have filming incentive programmes in place, only a few offer support generous enough to attract high-profile TV series or big-budget feature films. That number…
East London business park makes plans to become new studio hub
A business park in East London wants to establish itself as a major studio facility in the capital. Londoneast-uk Business and Technical Park in Dagenham has already hosted high-profile shoots like Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron and British drama Humans…
BBC films new drama From Darkness in Scottish Highlands
The BBC filmed part of its new crime drama From Darkness in Argyll, western Scotland, using the mainland as a stand-in for the Western Isles. Anne-Marie Duff stars in the production as a former police officer who moves to the…
Film location agency to open new branches in Istanbul and Dubai
Film location agency All Pictures Media, based in California, plans to open new branches in Istanbul and Dubai to cater for the growing demand for international locations. The agency specialises in providing specific filming locations for the production industry. “The…
Inverness in Scotland could be filming location for planned TV drama
Inverness in north-eastern Scotland could become the filming location for planned TV crime drama Here Comes the Night. The production is in development at Young Films, responsible for TV series Bannan, the first Gaelic-language TV show in almost 20 years.…
AICP report shows commercial filming increase in Europe and UK
American commercial production companies filmed a third of their international shoots in Europe and the UK in 2014, according to a new report from the Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP). Production expenditure also rose 14% on the previous year.…