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Alberta to build new film studio in Calgary
A new film studio is to be built in the city of Calgary in Alberta, Canada, and could help attract more shoots on the scale of the recent Klondike. The new facility will offer two sound stages of 20,000 square…
Period miniseries Klondike recreates Canada’s Yukon filming in Alberta
New period miniseries Klondike filmed on location in Alberta, Canada, doubling the region for the remote Dawson City in the north-western province of Yukon. Set in 1897 during the Klondike Gold Rush, the story follows a pair of young prospectors…
Extreme cold prompts Fargo miniseries to break Calgary filming early
Extreme cold in the Canadian city of Calgary has prompted filming on the new Fargo miniseries to break early for Christmas. The ten-part series is based on the Coen Brothers’ Oscar-winning 1996 film and was hit by temperatures lower than…
Calgary doubles for Minnesota for filming of Fargo TV miniseries
A TV miniseries based on the Coen Brothers’ Oscar-winning 1996 crime drama Fargo has started filming on location in Calgary in Alberta, Canada. The city is doubling for locations in northern Minnesota and is being supported by the Alberta Multimedia…
Revolutionary War TV spy drama to film on location in Virginia with Jamie Bell
A new TV spy drama set during America’s Revolutionary War of the 1770s will be filmed on location in Virginia with star Jamie Bell. Turn could be similar in style to the 1992 film The Last of the Mohicans, which…
Frozen Ground filmmaker highlights need for Alaska production industry growth
The filmmaker behind recent serial killer drama The Frozen Ground has commented on the need for Alaska to develop its production infrastructure. Filming incentives enabled Scott Walker to shoot the Alaska-set story on location in and around Anchorage. “If the…
Drama series Hell on Wheels returns to Calgary as Alberta plans studio
Western drama series Hell on Wheels has returned to film in Calgary, doubling the region for mid-19th Century US locations. The show’s season premiere comes shortly after Alberta’s call for studio development proposals for Calgary. Hell on Wheels is set…
Fargo TV miniseries to choose between Manitoba and Alberta filming locations
A final decision is imminent on whether Manitoba or Alberta in Canada will become the filming location for a new TV miniseries based on the Oscar-winning crime film Fargo. The original 1996 feature took its name from a city in…
Fargo TV series to double North Dakota setting filming on location in Canada
A new TV miniseries based on the Oscar-winning crime drama Fargo will be filmed on location in Canada. The original movie was made by the Coen Brothers and filmed mainly in Minnesota although it takes its name from a city…
Yukon-set Discovery Channel TV miniseries films on location in Alberta
Discovery Channel has built a film set near Calgary in Alberta, western Canada, for its new TV miniseries Klondike. The region is doubling for Dawson City in the northern province of Yukon and the show is based on the Klondike…
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Edmonton Film Commission
Category: Film Commissions
Country: CanadaWhite Iron Productions
Category: Production Service Companies
Country: Canada
Covering: Western CanadaExposed Films
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Country: Canada
Covering: Western CanadaGlobal Television Services
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Country: CanadaCFB Studios
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Country: CanadaFrame 30 Productions
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Country: Canada
Covering: Western CanadaFocus Film Productions
Category: Location Finders/ Scouts
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Covering: Western CanadaFull Frontal Films
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Country: Canada
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