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Sam Mendes' James Bond feature Skyfall films on location in Shanghai
New Bond thriller Skyfall has filmed on location in the Chinese city of Shanghai, quashing rumours that Turkey was to be the only international location outside the UK. Michael Lerman is First Assistant Director and spoke on Yahoo UK: “One…
Logan finds Heaven and Hell on location in Prague for Jim Beam
Production company Logan has created spaces suggestive of Heaven and Hell on location in Prague for its new Jim Beam commercial. The spot focuses on the brand’s Devil’s Cut bourbon as a man is drawn down into a dark and…
Pittsburgh studio head praises state support of location filming incentive
The head of Pittsburgh facility 31st Street Studios has praised the Governor of Pennsylvania for supporting the state location filming incentive through to 2013. Christopher Breakwell runs the studio facility, which offers nearly a dozen sound stages, the largest of…
Travelling on location in Finnish Lapland with The Location Guide
I see the Northern Lights shimmer across the sky just minutes after stepping off the plane in Finnish Lapland. I’m in Rovaniemi on the border of the Arctic Circle, known internationally as the official home of Santa Claus. Along with…
Filming in West Virginia with Location Services Co-ordinator Jamie Cope
Jamie is a West Virginia (WV) native with a degree in mechanical engineering. He started out in the business by spending 15 years running a production company focusing on computer animation before moving to the state film office. He had…
Editor’s Weekly
Prague has added another credit to its extensive commercials CV this week. Also in the news there’s been drama surrounding Kathryn Bigelow’s international terrorism thriller filming in India and Vancouver Island in British Columbia revealed it had a strong 2011.…
Atlanta Film Studios opens for business on location in Georgia
Atlanta Film Studios in Paulding County, Georgia, is now open for business. Following a six-month construction period the facility now offers two 20,000 sq ft sound stages and 30,000 ft of mill space. Jeremy Hariton is co-owner of RoadTown Enterprises,…
Ra One and Iron Lady among projects boosting London’s Wandsworth borough
Wandsworth in south-west London had a strong 2011, hosting scenes for projects including Oscar-winning feature The Iron Lady and big-budget Bollywood thriller Ra One. With high-profile commercials including Nintendo and Microsoft, the borough made nearly GBP200,000 from filming projects. The…
Kathryn Bigelow’s Bin Laden feature faces protests on location in India
Filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow has run into trouble filming on location in India. The tentatively-titled Zero Dark Thirty deals with the US mission to track down Osama Bin Laden. It’s using India to double for Pakistan in some scenes, which has…
Pinewood Shepperton Studios reveals big increase in film revenue for 2011
Overall 2011 was a good year for Pinewood Shepperton, with the studios showing an impressive 24% rise in film revenue on the previous year. The healthy overall figure masks a slight dip in the second half of the year. The…