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Creative Scotland reaffirms commitment to film studio in new report
Creative Scotland has reaffirmed its commitment to a purpose-built film studio in Scotland in its new report Film Strategy 2014-17. Television drama Outlander is one of the highest-profile productions currently filming in Scotland and is based in a retrofitted facility…
Santa Clarita annexes California movie ranches to reduce filming costs
Santa Clarita, a city in northern Los Angeles County, has annexed three movie ranches to further reduce the cost of local filming. The city has a series of movie ranches that offer various standing sets within easy reach of the…
Hobbit trilogy collects $120m in New Zealand filming incentives over four years
Peter Jackson’s Hobbit trilogy has collected USD 120 million in filming incentive payments from the New Zealand government over the course of a four-year production process. Trilogy closer The Hobbit: The Battle of The Five Armies will be released in…
Dad’s Army movie adaptation to film on location in Yorkshire
A movie adaptation of the Home Guard comedy Dad’s Army will film on location in Yorkshire, north-east England. The region will stand in for the fictional seaside town Walmington-on-Sea, protected by an inept Home Guard division in World War II.…
Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks film Cold War drama in New York and Berlin
Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks are filming a Cold War thriller in New York and in Berlin from Studio Babelsberg. Currently untitled, the film tells the true story of a US attorney asked by the CIA to negotiate the release…
China plans $163m in annual filming grants for movies shooting at Qingdao studio
China is planning to launch an annual film grant programme worth about USD 163 million for movies that shoot at the Qingdao Oriental Movie Metropolis. Plans for the USD 8.2 billion studio on China’s east coast were announced by the…
Homeland producers praise South Africa filming locations as new season debuts
The producers of terrorism drama Homeland have praised their new South Africa filming locations as the show begins its fourth season. Homeland was based in North Carolina for three seasons but switched to South Africa shortly before the US state…
Filming for Dracula Untold doubles Northern Ireland for Eastern Europe
New vampire origin story Dracula Untold filmed on location in Northern Ireland, doubling the region for Eastern Europe. Set in the mid-15th century, the movie follows Prince Vlad as he becomes the eponymous vampire in order to save his people…
Disney collects £170m in tax credit payments from UK location filming
Disney has been paid tax credits of nearly GBP 170 million from location filming in the UK since the incentive was launched in 2007. Payments peaked last year at a little over GBP 50 million when Disney subsidiary Marvel filmed…
Trilingual jewel heist miniseries The Last Panthers to film in four European cities
Jewel heist miniseries The Last Panthers is set to film in three languages in four European cities, including London. The drama is based on the true story of the Pink Panthers, a notorious group of Balkan jewellery thieves credited with…