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Jude Law films underwater drama Black Sea on Russian submarine in Kent
Jude Law teamed with filmmaker Kevin Macdonald to shoot submarine thriller Black Sea partly on a real Russian sub in south-east England. The movie tells the story of a group of submariners searching for lost Nazi gold at the bottom…
Filming Spain: The Location Guide visits the historic city of Valladolid near Madrid
Valladolid is an hour north-west of Madrid and is the capital of the Castile and Leon region in north-west Spain. I'm invited by the Valladolid Film Office to spend a weekend in the historic city and see what it has…
Kenya plans bespoke filming incentive to secure Angelina Jolie movie Africa
The Kenya Film Commission has reached out to Angelina Jolie in an effort to secure filming for her next project, Africa. Jolie will direct the movie based on the life of paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey, but South Africa currently offers better…
Anonymous Content and Kate Upton film Slovenia for Game of War campaign
Anonymous Content filmed on location in Slovenia for a new live-action campaign promoting Game of War: Fire Age, a top-selling mobile game. The spot features supermodel Kate Upton inviting gamers to play as a medieval army is terrorised by a…
Japanese movie Persona Non Grata doubles Poland for global filming locations
Japanese feature film Persona Non Grata recently wrapped a shoot in Poland. Produced by Cine Bazar of Tokyo and set during World War Two, the movie tells the true story of a Japanese diplomat based in Lithuania who saved thousands…
BBC America filming historical drama The Last Kingdom in Hungary and UK
Carnival Films has started filming new historical drama The Last Kingdom for BBC America, with production scheduled for Hungary and the UK. Based on novels by Bernard Cornwell, the drama series will be looking to emulate the success of Game…
New TV drama version of Jekyll & Hyde to film in India and London
A new TV drama version of the classic Jekyll and Hyde story is set to film in India and London from early next year. The series is from UK network ITV, which recently commissioned The Chronicles of Frankenstein, featuring former…
New Luther miniseries announced among BBC TV drama commissions
A host of new drama commissions has been announced by the BBC, many of which will be planning to film on location in the UK. The commissions include a new miniseries of the hit crime drama Luther, which will shoot…
Top Gear to film on location in Okanagan region of British Columbia
BBC motoring series Top Gear is set to film highway scenes on location in the Okanagan region of central British Columbia. The province is a production hub in Canada and offers a 25% production services tax credit on qualified labour…
Filming in Peru with Location Manager Deborah McLauchlan
Deborah has lived most of her life in Peru and has spent 15 years working as a Location Manager, Line Producer and Field Associate Producer for productions coming into the country from the UK and the US. She is based…