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TV series Do No Harm favours Philadelphia’s filming incentives and history
New TV series Do No Harm has decided to film on location in Philadelphia. Network NBC made the decision based on the city’s competitive filming incentive programme and distinct architecture. It also helped that Philadelphia isn’t seen so much on…
Alaska Film Office urged to ensure film tax credits benefit state
The Alaska Film Office has been urged to prioritise productions that work “in the state’s best interests” following an audit of its filming incentive programme. Alaska’s filming tax credit was recently confirmed for ten years with a USD200 million film…
BBC miniseries The White Queen starts filming on location in Bruges
The BBC’s epic historical miniseries The White Queen has begun filming in the Belgian city of Bruges. Based on a series of novels by Philippa Gregory, the production is set in 15th Century England during the Wars of the Roses.…
British Antarctic Survey staffer films Antarctica’s first fiction feature
A horror film has become the first fictional feature to be filmed on location in Antarctica. Kirk Watson is a documentary filmmaker and climbing instructor from Scotland who made South of Sanity while working in Antarctica for the British Antarctic…
Steep filming fee at new Los Angeles landmark causes industry ire
A steep location filming fee at the newly-opened Grand Avenue Park in Los Angeles is alienating the filming industries. While most parks in Los Angeles County charge location fees of around USD450 a day, Grand Avenue Park costs are currently…
Period drama doubles Isle of Man for Bristol in Pinewood collaboration
A new feature has turned the Isle of Man into 18th Century Bristol. Filming for true-life slavery tale Belle has been focussing on Castletown harbour on the south coast of the island in the Irish Sea. The film marks the…
Lauded sci-fi Looper makes big gains from China co-production status
Sci-fi feature Looper has benefitted from its status as a US-China co-production by becoming the first Hollywood film to open bigger in China than in America. Filmmaker Rian Johnson switched part of the story from a French to a Chinese…
Modern Family comedy show leads Los Angeles location filming
Multi-award-winning show Modern Family is leading a surge in the number of TV comedies filming on location in Los Angeles. Last season the show filmed on location for three of every five shoot days, whereas most network productions hover at…
Slovenia hosts inaugural Bollywood location filming project
Slovenia in central Europe is being used as a Bollywood filming location for the first time. Filmmaker VV Vinayak has brought his Telugu-language feature film Nayak to three of the country’s most eye-catching locales. The Postojna Caves in western Slovenia,…
Report reveals long-term filming wages loss as productions leave California
A new report has revealed the scale of California’s filming production wage loss in recent years. Between 2004 and 2011 the state lost USD3 billion in wages due to a steady exodus of filming projects to other US states and…