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Spotlight scoops Oscar for Best Picture while Leonardo DiCaprio receives award for Best Actor
After being nominated on six separate occasions, Leonardo DiCaprio has finally won his first Oscar for his portrayal of Hugh Glass in Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s survival epic The Revenant, which was filmed on location in Alberta and Tierra del Fuego.…
Filmmaster shoots Nissan Nismo commercial in the United Arab Emirates
Production Company Filmmaster recently took to the mountains located between Fujairah and Ras Al Khaimah to film their new commercial for Nissan. The commercial features a range of Nissan Nismo vehicles including the Nismo GTR as they traverse the vast UAE…
LMGA rebrands as LMGI and opens nominations for its award ceremony
The Location Managers Guild of America will officially rebrand itself to become the Location Managers Guild International. Alongside this change, the nomination process is now open for the LMGA Awards with January 11th being the final day to submit a…
Martin Luther biography begins filming on location in Poland
At the end of October 2015 filming began in Malopolska, Poland for a biography of Martin Luther, commissioned by PBS station. I was attracted to Poland by the stunning locations, but I got so much more: fabulous, top quality crews,…
Filming has wrapped on adaptation of David Walliams’ Billionaire Boy
The BBC adaptation of David Walliams’ children’s book, Billionaire Boy has concluded filming in South Yorkshire. The combination of fantastic crew & locations, brilliant performances from the local children and investment from Screen Yorkshire created the perfect package for a…
Jackie Chan filming Kung Fu Yoga in Dubai
Jackie Chan starts filming in Dubai this week for his new movie Kung Fu Yoga. The production is scheduled to last around four weeks and is the first to be made under India and China’s recently signed co-production agreement. Servicing…
Shakespeare comedy Bill films in York in northern England
New period film comedy Bill filmed on location in Yorkshire. The movie takes a tongue-in-cheek approach to what might have happened to William Shakespeare during his so-called ‘Lost Years’ in the 1580s when there are no records of what he…
First World War movie Theeb tackles desert location filming in Jordan
First World War story Theeb filmed entirely on location in Jordan. The director and producer spent a year living with the Bedouin to tell their story, set in 1916, of young Bedouin boy Theeb and his older brother who escort…
Star Trek 3 to film partly in Dubai
Star Trek Beyond, the third in the rebooted Star Trek franchise, will film scenes on location in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) later this year. The production is likely to be the biggest Hollywood shoot to have filmed…
New series of BBC contemporary war drama Our Girl to be set in Kenya
A second season of the BBC’s modern war drama Our Girl will be set in Kenya. The series follows a female soldier in the British Army and is relocating the story to Kenya after the first season used South Africa…