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Los Angeles Mayor launches new campaign to promote boosted filming incentives
A new campaign has been launched by the Mayor of Los Angeles to promote California’s boosted filming incentives. Dubbed 'Greenlight Hollywood', the campaign will involve Los Angeles’ ‘film czar’ and his deputy meeting with film industry executives through March and…
BBC films Jimmy McGovern penal colony TV drama Banished near Sydney
RSJ Films and See-Saw Films shot partly on location near Sydney for the BBC’s new period drama series Banished, devised and written by Jimmy McGovern. The story is inspired by the establishment of the British First Fleet’s penal colony in…
British Columbia expands filming incentive programme to post-production
Productions filming in British Columbia can now get a tax credit on their post-production spending as part of an expansion of the Digital Animation or Visual Effects programme. Vancouver got a boost last year doubling for Seattle in Fifty Shades…
Adam Sandler filming Netflix comedy Western The Ridiculous Six in New Mexico
Adam Sandler will spend the next couple of months filming Netflix comedy Western The Ridiculous Six in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The state is a popular Western filming location and recently hosted Seth MacFarlane’s A Million Ways to Die in…
Northwest Territories in Canada launches pilot filming incentive programme
A pilot filming incentive programme has been launched in Canada’s Northwest Territories (NWT) in a bid to boost regional production. Positioned north of British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan, the province has hosted several documentaries and the drama series Arctic Air.…
Late-night host Conan O’Brien films special Cuba episode in Havana
Conan O’Brien has filmed a special episode of his late-night chat show on location in Havana, Cuba. The move marks the first time a late-night US host has filmed in the country since the US trade embargo was introduced in…
California Film Commission approves rules for issuing new filming incentives
The California Film Commission has approved an initial set of rules on how to issue the state’s new filming incentives that come into effect this summer. Specific details include penalties for productions that fail to create as many jobs as…
Biscuit Filmworks shoots in California for Turbo Tax riff on Boston Tea Party
Biscuit Filmworks shot on location in Los Angeles and San Diego for a new Turbo Tax commercial set during the Boston Tea Party of 1773. It's an event that centred on a tax dispute and the spot shows British troops…
Curious Mumbai films Austria as alpine India for Milton Electron Tiffin spot
Curious Mumbai chose to film on location in Austria for a new commercial for electrical appliance the Milton Electron Tiffin. Set in a mountainous part of India, the spot features a group of soldiers whose spirits are raised when they…
Filming for lavish TV drama Indian Summers doubles Malaysia for 1930s India
New Pictures filmed the lavish period TV series Indian Summers on location in Penang, Malaysia, doubling the region for northern India. Set in 1932, the Channel 4 series tells a story of social drama during the dying days of the…