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India and Spain sign location filming agreement to boost regional production
India and Spain have signed a location filming agreement designed to boost production in each respective country. Neither nation offers a formal filming incentive programme but the deal is intended to improve how they share their filmmaking and artistic resources.…
The Sweet Shop films on location in Shanghai for Volkswagen Beetle
Shanghai is the setting for a new Volkswagen spot from The Sweet Shop. Senior Rebels features an elderly couple trying to recapture their youth as they buy flashy trainers, spray graffiti and skateboard. It ends in an inspiring encounter with…
Glasgow doubles for San Francisco and London in epic Cloud Atlas shoot
Glasgow has doubled for both San Francisco and London in an epic shoot for sci-fi drama Cloud Atlas. Co-directed by Tom Tykwer and sibling filmmakers Andy and Lana Wachowski, the film's multiple stories span millennia. Base camp for the production…
Corey Rich Productions uses miniature helicopters on Pakistan peaks for Mammut
Corey Rich Productions used miniature RC (remote-controlled) helicopters to film a climbing expedition in the remote peaks of Pakistan for alpine clothing brand Mammut. Corey Rich directed the trip in the Karakoram mountain range. Climbers David Lama and Peter Ortner…
Game of Thrones Belfast studio officially opens new stages
Titanic Studios in Belfast have officially opened two new sound stages. Fantasy TV series Game of Thrones is based at the facility – which encompasses Paint Hall Studio - and the GBP8.3 million extension makes it one of the larger…
CFP-E and APA holding annual meeting in Hungarian capital Budapest
The Commercial Film Producers of Europe (CFP-E) and the UK’s Advertising Producers Association (APA) will be in Budapest this Friday (12th October 2012) for the CFP-E’s annual meeting. Delegates will be guests of CFP Hungary, one of the organisation’s newest…
TLG scouts Iceland with Dark Knight Rises and Bourne Location Managers
Wind buffets us at the edge of civilisation. We’re exploring the remote heights of an Icelandic glacier and the elements are angry. Our car rocks from side to side but the glacier ignores us. Ilt Jones is braving a photo.…
Far-Eastern Change: Myanmar Opens Up
Burma is emerging from the darkness. After decades of isolation and repression, the country of Myanmar (aka Burma) in South-East Asia is opening up. Politically, socially and economically a new age is dawning, with opportunities and challenges in equal measure.…
Sonny/Premiere Heure stage 007 action on location in Prague for Coke Zero
Prague is the setting for 007-inspired stunt action in a new spot for Coke Zero from Premiere Heure and Sonny. Unlock The 007 In You shows a young man harnessing the spirit of James Bond as he chases a bored…
Filming on location at the Biltmore Estate in North Carolina
The Biltmore Estate is in the mountains of Asheville, North Carolina, in the eastern US and was built by George Washington Vanderbilt. It’s America’s largest privately-owned home and has welcomed an impressive number of film, TV and commercial shoots over…