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Hong Kong Day to promote location filming through American Film Market
'Hong Kong Day' will promote location filming in Hong Kong through the American Film Market (AFM) in Los Angeles. Screenings and a seminar will encourage more productions like Michael Bay’s Transformers sequel to shoot in the Chinese city. The event…
Louisiana begins review of state location filming incentive
Louisiana has begun a review of its location filming incentive. The state offers an uncapped 30% filming tax credit that's helped attract movies on the scale of Ender's Game, but the programme is expensive and there’s pressure to redirect funds…
Angelina Jolie films at sea in Queensland’s Moreton Bay for Unbroken
Angelina Jolie has been directing at sea in Moreton Bay in Queensland, Australia, for World War II drama Unbroken. The film tells the true story of downed US airman Louis Zamperini, who survived weeks adrift in the Pacific in 1943…
The Wolverine helps boost international filming figures in Australia
Production on Hugh Jackman’s X-Men spin-off The Wolverine helped boost Australia’s international filming figures for 2012/13 after two years with no big-budget foreign shoots. However, the high Australian dollar prompted a slump in post-production work for the year. Australia’s domestic…
Rescue drama SAF3 films on location in Cape Town doubling California
New rescue drama SAF3 (pronounced ‘Safe’) is filming on location in Cape Town, doubling the South African city for California. The drama focuses on an elite unit of Malibu’s fire department that encompasses specialists in sea, air and fire rescues.…
Television drama Outlander filming on location at Doune Castle in Scotland
Epic new TV drama Outlander will spend the next few weeks filming on location at Doune Castle in central Scotland. The castle is 600 years old and has been used as a filming location before, most famously for the feature…
Michael Fassbender western Slow West starts filming in New Zealand
Actor Michael Fassbender is filming new western Slow West on location in New Zealand, doubling the country for 19th Century Colorado. Shooting is taking place in the town of Twizel in the Canterbury region of New Zealand’s South Island. Slow…
North Carolina production industry fights for filming incentive extension
North Carolina’s production industry is fighting to have the state’s filming incentive programme extended beyond the end of 2014. The region is a thriving production hub, but conservative politicians are spearheading a move to direct the incentive funds to other…
Scottish government announces £2m loan fund to help develop film studio
Studio development in Scotland is set to benefit from a GBP2 million loan fund announced by the Scottish government. The money will be channelled into production development for movies like Sunshine on Leith, as well as plans to establish a…
BBC zombie drama In The Flesh films on location in north-west England
The BBC’s zombie drama In The Flesh has started filming a second series in north-west England. Continuing from a three-part opening run, the show is set in the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse as the undead are treated for ‘Partially…