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Filming for Walking Dead zombie spinoff doubles Vancouver for Los Angeles
A spinoff of hugely successful zombie drama The Walking Dead is filming in Vancouver, doubling the Canadian city for Los Angeles. Fear the Walking Dead is a companion series set in California and follows a new set of characters during…
Director James Cameron supports drone filming innovation in New Zealand
Filmmaker James Cameron and his Avatar producer Jon Landau have voiced their support for a New Zealand technology competition encouraging innovations in drone filming. Propeller Studios in Wellington launched the competition last week. The C-Prize competition is encouraging New Zealanders…
Los Angeles calls on TV companies to apply for boosted filming incentive
The Mayor of Los Angeles has called on TV companies to apply for California’s boosted filming incentive programme. Producers have until next Sunday (17 May) to apply for the new financial support for this year, which is designed to tackle…
Jerusalem Mayor plans new film studio
The Mayor of Jerusalem has announced plans to develop a film studio in his city to help boost the local economy. Jerusalem recently hosted productions from Natalie Portman and Richard Gere, and was also the initial filming location for the…
Epic BBC drama Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell films in Yorkshire
The BBC’s epic spring drama Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell spent four months filming on location in Yorkshire in northern England. Set in an alternative early-19th century England, the series tells a story of practical magic being brought back into…
BBC films Cold War drama The Game on location in Birmingham and Midlands
The BBC filmed on location in Birmingham and other parts of the Midlands for its six-part Cold War drama The Game. Set in London in 1972, the miniseries tells the story of a Soviet plot uncovered when a KGB agent…
US authority makes new plans to expand drone filming
America’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has formed new partnerships with three major companies to look into ways to safely increase the use of unmanned drones in US airspace. The use of drones is tightly regulated by US authorities. Drones are…
Plans submitted for new Scottish film studio in Straiton outside Edinburgh
A development company has submitted plans for a privately-funded Scottish film studio in Straiton south of Edinburgh. The capital hosted over 350 productions in 2014, including romantic period drama Outlander, which spent a little over two weeks filming in the…
Martin Scorsese and Andrew Garfield film Taiwan for religious drama Silence
Filmmaker Martin Scorsese and star Andrew Garfield are approaching the end of their Taiwan shoot for period drama Silence. The long-gestating movie tells the story of two 17th century priests on the search for their mentor in a Japan plagued…
Western movie series Winnetou to film on location in Croatia
A new trilogy of Western movies based on the Winnetou novels by bestselling 19th century German author Karl May is to film in Croatia. May’s stories of fictional Native American character Winnetou were first adapted for the screen in the…