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Filming on location with animals
Sometimes working on location can be challenging enough, even without the animals. However, most of the Location Managers with whom I've worked over the years know the score. They know what's important from the animal handler's/wrangler's perspective and just as…
Editor's Weekly
We’ve been talking to several Location Managers this week to get their expert views on filming in Hawaii, Cape Town and Buenos Aires. The success of Dolphin Tale in the US has lifted Florida’s filmmaking profile and India has hosted…
Titanic miniseries films on location doubling historic Dublin for period Belfast
A new period miniseries charting the construction of the Titanic has filmed scenes in Dublin, doubling the city for Belfast, according to the Belfast Telegraph. Titanic: Blood & Steel takes place over the 15-year time period it took to build…
Gerard Butler’s Machine Gun Preacher doubles South Africa for Sudan
A worthy story hiding behind a B-movie heading, Machine Gun Preacher filmed partly on location in South Africa, doubling the country for what was then southern Sudan. It tells the true story of Sam Childers, a reformed US biker who…
Game of Thrones comes to Croatia for location filming on second season
Game of Thrones, HBO’s hit fantasy drama, will film partly in Croatia for its second season. The first series was based in Northern Ireland and also filmed in Morocco and Malta. For season two it’s keeping Northern Ireland as its…
Heineken builds an airport on location in Portugal filming new ad
Beer brand Heineken has turned a Portuguese cultural centre into an airport for its new ad, Gorgeous. When a beautiful woman fends off one sleazy admirer at an airport bar, a more resourceful guy uses a friend’s lipstick on a…
Marvel’s Captain America doubles Manchester and Liverpool for New York City
Period cars and decor came to Manchester and Liverpool for the filming of Marvel’s comic book adaptation Captain America: The First Avenger. Much of the film was shot in the UK, with Stanley Dock in Liverpool and Dale Street in…
TLG talks to Dark Knight and Clash of the Titans Executive Producer Kevin de la Noy
When you're the Executive Producer on films with budgets that routinely hover around the USD150 million mark, you expect to get a lot of messages. For the first 20 minutes I spend with Kevin de la Noy on a wet…
Ireland and Luxembourg sign filming co-production deal
A filming agreement has been signed between Ireland and Luxembourg that will enable official co-productions to access resources and financial incentives in each respective country. The signing took place over the weekend at the Galway Film Fleadh, a six-day film…
HBO’s Game of Thrones returning to Northern Ireland for season two location filming
Hit fantasy drama Game of Thrones, produced by HBO, will return to Northern Ireland for a second season of location filming from late July. As with the first series, the production will be based at Belfast’s Paint Hall Studio, with…