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Game of Thrones to keep filming in Northern Ireland for fifth season
Game of Thrones will keep filming on location in Northern Ireland for its fifth season, the Northern Ireland Executive has confirmed. Cable network HBO has announced it will make at least two more seasons of the fantasy drama, which has…
Philippines politician pushes for formal filming incentive to boost tourism
A politician in the Philippines has pushed for a formal filming incentive to attract more productions on the scale of Manila-filmed spy thriller The Bourne Legacy. The ‘Fostering Investment through Local and International Movies (FILM) Act’ calls for a points-based…
Stink films globally for Coca-Cola 2014 FIFA World Cup campaign in Brazil
Production company Stink filmed on location around the world for Coca-Cola’s new marketing campaign for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. One World, One Game features football fans in the Amazon, Palestine, Japan and Romania being gifted passes to…
Cambodia: Exploring the growth of an international filming location
I am on my way to Cambodia to meet with the film commissioner Cédric Eloy and visit the country. With over one hundred international productions of all sizes having shot there in 2013, I am keen to see why Cambodia…
Homeland switches filming locations from North Carolina to South Africa
Terrorism drama Homeland will switch filming locations from North Carolina to Cape Town in South Africa for its fourth season. The award-winning series has been based in Charlotte from the beginning but producers have said they always planned to shoot…
BBC fantasy drama Atlantis starts filming second season on location in Wales
The BBC and Urban Myth Films have started shooting a new series of family fantasy drama Atlantis on location in south Wales. Filming is taking place at a retrofitted studio facility in Chepstow, east of Cardiff. “It was a delight…
Oklahoma extends location filming incentive through to 2024
Oklahoma in the mid-western US has had its filming incentive programme extended through to mid-2024. The Oklahoma Film Enhancement Rebate will continue to offer USD5 million a year and recently helped attract the Oscar-nominated feature August: Osage County. Producers filming…
Tom Hardy and Ridley Scott to film period TV drama Taboo in the UK for BBC
Actor Tom Hardy will partner with filmmaker Ridley Scott on Steven Knight’s new eight-part period miniseries Taboo, which will film in the UK. Scott will be an executive producer on the drama set in 1813 that will star Hardy as…
Los Angeles Mayor appeals for Late Show filming to relocate from New York
The Mayor of Los Angeles has appealed for the Late Show to relocate from New York to the West Coast following veteran host David Letterman’s retirement announcement. Mayor Eric Garcetti has appealed directly to CBS boss Les Moonves to consider…
Gaumont International Television to film Pablo Escobar miniseries Narcos in Colombia
Gaumont International Television has announced a miniseries based on the life of infamous Colombian drug trafficker Pablo Escobar. Filming for Narcos will take place on location in Colombia and will reunite key talent from the hit Rio-set Elite Squad movies.…