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North Carolina scales down filming incentive to grant programme in major change
North Carolina has downgraded its filming incentive from a tax credit to an annual grant in a development that will make it less appealing to shoots like Under the Dome and Sleepy Hollow. The move comes after months of production…
Filming for World War I drama ANZAC Girls doubles South Australia for Gallipoli
Upcoming TV miniseries ANZAC Girls has filmed entirely on location in and around Adelaide in South Australia for a story set during the Gallipoli campaign of World War I. The drama focuses on the New Zealand and Australian nurses who…
BBC America uses British Columbia filming incentives for TV drama Intruders
New BBC America TV drama Intruders shot on location in Vancouver, British Columbia, using the province’s filming incentives to double the city for Seattle. The series follows a secretive society that seeks refuge in the bodies of others as a…
Hollywood calls for expanded film studio facilities in South Africa as interest grows
Hollywood has called on South Africa to expand the filming infrastructure in cities like Cape Town as interest grows in the country. Pirate drama Black Sails is among the high-profile productions currently filming in South Africa, from a base at…
Clive Owen films period medical TV drama The Knick on location in New York
Clive Owen and filmmaker Steven Soderbergh recreated New York as it looked at the turn of the 20th Century for period medical drama The Knick. Set in 1900, the ten-part miniseries tells the story of the medical staff at Brooklyn’s…
Scotland plans film tourism boost with launch of Outlander interactive map
VisitScotland is planning a nationwide film tourism boost with the launch of an interactive map tied to the launch of romantic time-travel miniseries Outlander. Webpage Outlander Scotland offers links to comprehensive Scottish history and culture tied to the drama’s filming…
Spark44 and Black Label Productions film David Beckham Jaguar campaign for China
Agency Spark44 and production company Black Label Productions has filmed a new Jaguar campaign for China with David Beckham. Filming took place in central London and at Goodwood Motor Circuit in southern England, and on Mallorca. Conceptualised and managed by…
Game of Thrones studio home in Belfast wins approval for new film stages
Titanic Studios in Belfast, Northern Ireland, has secured planning permission for two new film stages. Hit fantasy TV drama Game of Thrones is based at the existing facility and the additional studios will be developed at a cost of GBP14…
Film fixer Eric Brown: California very viable location for commercial producers
California is still a popular filming location for commercial shoots, despite steadily losing out on feature and TV drama production. Eric Brown runs Fixer Films and explains that commercials have not been as affected by California’s limited filming incentive as…
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles filming boosts New York with $55m spend
A reboot of action franchise Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has helped boost New York’s production industry with direct spending of more than USD55 million. The new film shot for over 70 days in New York City and spent USD30 million…