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California production industry prepares fight to boost filming incentives
Production professionals in California are preparing legislation that they hope will lead to a boost in the state’s filming incentive programme. The aim is to increase the annual film fund well above the current USD100 million and expand support to…
Producer Brian Kassler: Commercial filming on location in New Zealand
Brian Kassler is Chairman of the New Zealand Advertising Producers Group (NZAPG), an organisation founded in 2011 that is setting out to made positive changes to industry practices. The NZAPG currently has 50 individual members with a committee of ten…
Angry Birds feature film follows digital animation incentives to Vancouver
A film version of video game franchise Angry Birds will follow British Columbia’s digital animation incentive to film in Vancouver with Sony Pictures Imageworks. The game was first launched as a smart-phone app in 2009 and has since been downloaded…
A New York Winter’s Tale delivers millions filming entirely in the Empire State
Romantic feature A New York Winter’s Tale – or simply Winter’s Tale in the US – filmed entirely on location in the Empire State. Figures from the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) reveal that the movie spent more than…
Stink illuminates forest in Portugal filming on location for IKEA
Stink filmed on location near Lisbon in Portugal for a new spot for Swedish furniture retailer IKEA. The commercial shows a forest at night illuminated by countless household lights and promotes the brand’s long-term pledge to sell only energy-efficient LED…
Lee Daniels to film hip-hop TV pilot Empire on location in Chicago
Filmmaker Lee Daniels, best known for the Oscar-winning Precious and more recently White House drama The Butler, will be filming on location in Chicago for his TV pilot Empire. The drama will be set against the backdrop of a large…
Gunn Report 2013 reveals most awarded commercial production companies
Biscuit Filmworks has taken the top spot for the most awarded commercial production company in the world for the first time in The Gunn Report 2013. The report also lists categories including the most awarded directors and agencies. Tim Godsall…
North Carolina advocacy group promotes benefits of filming incentives
Advocacy group the North Carolina Production Alliance (NCPA) has formed to promote the state’s filming incentive. A generous 25% filming tax credit is set to expire at the end of 2014 and the production industry is lobbying for a renewal…
Author of acclaimed novel The Luminaries chooses New Zealand for series filming
A miniseries based on Booker Prize-winning novel The Luminaries should film on location in New Zealand, the author has said. Eleanor Catton’s novel is set in 1866 during the Otago Gold Rush of southern New Zealand and she wants the…
The Avengers sequel to film second-unit footage on location in South Africa
Marvel will shoot second-unit footage on location in Johannesburg in South Africa for its upcoming superhero sequel The Avengers: Age of Ultron. Filming will last two weeks for the movie that will bring together Marvel’s biggest superhero stars for a…