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Wefilm continues Heineken Dropped campaign filming in Cambodia
Dutch production company Wefilm has continued Wieden+Kennedy’s Dropped campaign for Heineken by filming on location in Cambodia. Greek dancer Stavros was dropped in the Cambodian jungle with a giant rubber-duck boat for company and challenged to find his way home.…
Our Robot Overlords films on location at Carrickfergus Castle in Northern Ireland
New sci-fi feature Our Robot Overlords is finishing a week of location filming at the 12th Century Carrickfergus Castle in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The USD21 million movie follows British teenagers living under the rule of an army of conquering…
Filming in Luxembourg with location scout Christian Pannrucker
Christian got his first taste of the film industry as an apprentice on a German TV channel in 2000. Additional TV and film experiences led him to study unit and location management at Cologne’s Koelner Filmhaus. He’s been a location…
Company Pictures films historical miniseries The White Queen in Belgium for BBC
New historical miniseries The White Queen recreated medieval England by filming on location in Belgium with Company Pictures. An adaptation of Philippa Gregory’s novel series The Cousin’s War for BBC One, the drama is set during epic dynastic conflict the…
Sky period TV drama Moonfleet to film in Ireland doubling for Dorset
Satellite broadcaster Sky will work with Element Pictures and Company Pictures to film a two-part television adaptation of period smuggling tale Moonfleet on location in Ireland. The novel was published in 1898 and is set in Dorset in the south…
JJ Abrams reveals California as his preferred Star Wars filming location
Filmmaker JJ Abrams has revealed he would have preferred to film the new Star Wars movie on location in California, rather than in the UK. Speaking at the Produced By Conference in Los Angeles, Abrams spoke of the inconvenience of…
Will Smith films sci-fi epic After Earth on location in US and Central America
Will Smith and director M Night Shyamalan travelled across the US and to Central America to film their sci-fi epic After Earth. Set a thousand years in the future, Smith and his real-life son Jaden star as father-and-son team Kitai…
Minnesota boosts location filming incentive fund to target mid-size features
Minnesota in the northern US has boosted its location filming incentive fund to USD10 million for the next two years. The state will also increase its filming rebate to a maximum of 25% through its so-called Snowbate Production Incentive, all…
Ashford Film Studios in Ireland eyes expansion to target high-end television
Ashford Film Studios in Ireland could be expanded to help boost the country’s location filming appeal. Situated in County Wicklow near Dublin, the studio already offers three stages - the largest of which is 28,400 square feet - and it…
Michigan may keep location filming fund at $50m for another year
Michigan is likely to keep its location filming fund at USD50 million for the next year. The northern-US state is hosting several high-profile productions in 2013, including Michael Bay’s Transformers 4 and Ryan Gosling’s directorial debut How to Catch a…