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The Celtic Group takes over Raleigh Studios Baton Rouge in Louisiana
The Celtic Group has taken over Raleigh Studios Baton Rouge in southern Louisiana and the filming facility, housed within the Celtic Media Centre, will be known as The Celtic Studios. Fox’s reboot of the Fantastic Four franchise is scheduled to…
Goodcop films on location in Kenya and South Africa for coms company MTN
Production company Goodcop filmed on location in Kenya and South Africa for a new spot for South Africa-based telecommunications company MTN. Coffee features two friends in a cafe ruminating on the long process that brought the coffee to their mugs.…
Markenfilm Crossing films Death Valley road trip with Hollywood stars for Mercedes
Markenfilm Crossing GmbH recruited star couple Joshua Jackson and Diane Kruger for a road trip through the heat of Death Valley in eastern California. Confiscating their bottled water, the pair was challenged to rely on the drinkable water vapour emissions…
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…
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…
The Lego Movie uses visual effects incentives filming in Australia
New family comedy feature The Lego Movie was produced in Sydney by digital studio Animal Logic. A combination of computer-generated imagery and advanced stop-motion animation was used to realise the production, which has been a huge box-office hit. Australia offers…
The Location Guide partners with LMGA for Los Angeles awards event
The Location Managers Guild of America (LMGA) has announced a nominations shortlist for its inaugural awards event. On 29 March 2014 the ceremony will take place at the Writers Guild Theatre in Beverly Hills, with The Location Guide as a…
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…
Moonlighting films footballer Didier Drogba in Turkey and Kenya for Windhoek Lager
Moonlighting doubled filming locations in Turkey for Africa in a new spot for Windhoek Lager that also involved shooting in Kenya and South Africa. The Journey shows football star Didier Drogba being inspired to dribble a ball across African landscapes…
Ken Ziffren is new ‘film czar’ for Los Angeles
Ken Ziffren has been appointed the new ‘film czar’ for Los Angeles, faced with the task of boosting location filming in the city. Ziffren is an experienced entertainment attorney and succeeds Tom Sherak, who tragically died of cancer in January…