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OB Management uses specialist OctoCopter filming on location in Manila slum
London-based OB Management took to the slums of Manila with a remote-controlled helicopter for a new music video from London quartet Rudimental. Not Giving In is based on the true story of Mouse, who avoided a life of crime by…
Filming on location at The Four Aces Movie Set near Los Angeles
The Four Aces Movie Set offers a collection of permanent sets that evoke a mid-20th Century romantic Americana road-stop. Roughly an hour’s drive north-east of Los Angeles, the facility offers a 1940s diner, a gas station and a motel. Each…
Skyfall brings James Bond home with London filming focus
James Bond has returned to London in Skyfall, the epic spy franchise’s 23rd official feature outing. The production spent several months filming above and below the streets of the English capital, including Whitehall and Westminster. Bond’s global brand profile was…
Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine doubles Sydney suburb for streets of Tokyo
Hugh Jackman’s X-Men spin-off The Wolverine has been doubling a suburb of Sydney for the streets of Tokyo. Parramatta in Greater Western Sydney has had street signs and vehicle number plates switched for Japanese equivalents as part of the film’s…
BFI Fund Director to address Film London Production Finance Market
The Director of the British Film Institute’s (BFI) Film Fund will make the keynote address at this year’s Film London Production Finance Market (PFM). Ben Roberts has nearly 20 years of experience in the film industry and will share his…
James Cameron suggests New Zealand could benefit from improved filming incentives
James Cameron has suggested that New Zealand could benefit from improving its filming incentives. The filmmaker hosted New Zealand Prime Minister John Key on a trip to the US and praised New Zealand for creating film industries that easily compete…
New Zealand Prime Minister promotes NZ film industry in US ahead of Hobbit release
New Zealand’s Prime Minister John Key will be promoting his country’s film industry when he travels to the US this week. Part of the Prime Minister’s trip will include meeting with Hollywood studio executives, with the release of Peter Jackson’s…
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…
Filming on the USS Lexington aircraft carrier in Texas
The USS Lexington is a World War II-era decommissioned aircraft carrier based in Corpus Christi in southern Texas. It functions as a floating museum in Corpus Christi Bay and is also available as a filming location. Commissioned in 1943, the…
Gangster Squad films reshoots on location in LA’s Chinatown
Upcoming period crime feature Gangster Squad has filmed reshoots in the Chinatown region of Los Angeles. The community is considered film-friendly as the small streets and alleyways are easy to control, while period production design is straightforward. Lori Balton worked…