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Eight part drama series The Halcyon commissioned by ITV
An eight part drama series from Left Bank Pictures titled The Halcyon, has been commissioned for filming by ITV. The show is scheduled to film in London and surrounding areas from April 2016. Left Bank’s previous work with ITV includes…
Fear The Walking Dead season two filming on location in Mexico
The second season of AMC’s popular spinoff series, Fear the Walking Dead has begun filming on location in Baja, Mexico. Production began December 3rd while its origin series, The Walking Dead has entered into its mid-season break and is set…
Velocity Films stages horse escape in Cape Town for Carling Black Label commercial
Production Company Velocity Films recently shot on location in Cape Town for a commercial for Carling Black Label. The commercial depicts a chase after a horse breaks free from a truck and goes running throughout the city streets of Cape…
Mimi Gjorgoska-Ilievska appointed as new Director of the Macedonian Film Agency
The Macedonian Film Agency has appointed Mimi Gjorgoska-Ilievska to be its new Director after a decision was issued by the President of the Government of the Republic of Macedonia. Mrs. Gjorgoska-Ilievska has an established reputation within the film industry, having…
Angelina Jolie seeks to improve the Cambodian film industry
Actress, director and humanitarian Angelina Jolie, in an effort to boost the currently failing Cambodian film industry will serve as the president of the honourary committee for this year’s Cambodia International Film Festival. Her interaction with the festival is expected…
India to launch Film Facilitation Office
The Indian government has announced that it will launch a Film Facilitation Office, designed to offer a single-window system for filmmakers and to downplay the bureaucratic process. The office will be run by the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC), in…
TLG talks to Brad Blackbourn about Spectre, and the potential of previsualisation
Previsualisation (known as previs to professionals) is at its core the use of a wide range of tools, from advanced technology to pencilled storyboards, to allow a production to understand the logistics of any planned scene. Despite being fairly new…
The FOCUS Summit
Our aim with FOCUS is to provide both an accessible exhibit where attendees can meet production companies from around the world, and an event dedicated to producers, senior production executives and creatives from all the screen industries. This is where…
The Hunger Games series boosts tourism to Atlanta’s Swan House
The number of tourists visiting Swan House in Atlanta has increased significantly since featuring in The Hunger Games film series. The house has featured in every film to date as the base of operations for the series’ main antagonist, Coriolanus…
Understanding how previsualisation got Spectre off the ground
IO Entertainment, the sole previsualisation company to work on Spectre have made a press release detailing the experience of working on such a high profile project and how their expertise were utilised in the film’s pre-production stages. Working across the…