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History Channel could film in south-west US for new Western miniseries Texas Rising
The History Channel could film in the south-west US for its new Western miniseries, tentatively titled Texas Rising. Featuring a cast led by Bill Paxton and Brendan Fraser, the drama will be History's second Western after Hatfields & McCoys, which…
Fast & Furious 7 re-schedules Abu Dhabi location filming for April
Abu Dhabi location filming for upcoming action sequel Fast & Furious 7 will take place for a few days in April. A visual effects crew shot footage on location in November last year but the main shoot was postponed after…
UAE producers renew calls for formal Dubai filming incentives
Producers in the United Arab Emirates have renewed calls to have formal filming incentives launched in Dubai. Shane Martin of Boomtown Productions in Dubai and Ian Ross of Central Films Dubai were speaking at the Dubai Lynx International Festival of…
HBO Asia filming second scripted series Grace on location in Singapore
Cable network HBO Asia is filming horror miniseries Grace on location in Singapore. The production is being co-produced by HBO Asia and Singapore-based production company Infocus Asia, with additional support from the Media Development Authority of Singapore. Grace is the…
BBC period drama Peaky Blinders films limited scenes on location in Birmingham
The second series of the BBC’s period gangster drama Peaky Blinders has filmed limited scenes in Birmingham in central England. Although set in Birmingham in the early 1920s, the drama will spend most of its four-month shoot further north in…
Park Pictures creates Prohibition-era US city in Johannesburg filming for Dulux
Park Pictures in London created a Prohibition-era US city in Johannesburg, South Africa, for a new spot for Dulux. Colour Love Story presents a period city where colour is banned, but when a truckload of paint crashes in the street,…
Michael Fassbender films Macbeth adaptation at Northumberland castle
Michael Fassbender is filming a new adaptation of Macbeth at Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland, northern England. The castle has a history as a film-friendly location for both film and TV, and the new film will also feature Marion Cotillard as…
Filming on location in South America with Gabriel Carratu of Vagabond Films
Gabriel entered the production industry as a PA before graduating to camera operator and then on to assistant directing on jobs that took him across the US, South America and to Europe. He met his Vagabond business partner Lorenzo Benedick…
Wanda Productions launches cars over iconic San Francisco hills for Citroen C4
Wanda Productions played with San Francisco’s iconic hillside roads in a new spot promoting a Hill Assist feature in the Citroen C4. Catapult shows a collection of cars taking dramatic jumps over a hilltop road, before the C4 tracks the…
Goodcop films on South African plains for Toyota Land Cruiser
Production company Goodcop filmed on location on the plains of South Africa for a new spot for Toyota Land Cruiser. Border Post shows a traveller panicking his way through a Central African border post before being pursued at speed by…