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Welcome to the Punch shoots in sleek Canary Wharf filming locations
Crime feature Welcome to the Punch spent weeks filming on location throughout London and shot action sequences around Canary Wharf in the Square Mile. Eran Creevy’s movie pitches cop against criminal in the Isle of Dogs region of East London.…
Sleepy Hollow TV pilot films on location in North Carolina
A TV pilot based on Washington Irving's 19th Century short story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is filming on location in the Charlotte region of North Carolina. Tim Burton turned the story into a gothic horror in 1999 with Johnny…
Blink Productions films Three’s dancing pony on location on Shetland
Blink Productions headed north of Scotland to Shetland to film a dancing Shetland pony in a celebration of silliness for the Three network. The spot features the tiny pony showing off its dance moves on a scenic cliff top. Global…
ECU Productions dodges Cairo demonstrations on location for Vodafone
Cairo-based ECU Productions dodged political demonstrations in the Egyptian capital to film a new spot for Vodafone. The commercial shows a group of energetic shopkeepers tagging each other along their street. “Most of the commercial was shot in Cairo’s downtown…
50th Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition films on Easter Island and Antarctica
Sports Illustrated (SI) travelled around the world to shoot stills for the 50th anniversary of its high-profile Swimsuit Edition. Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean was among the more unusual locations and the publisher also became the first to organise…
RSA Films shoots Damian Lewis Jaguar short on location in Chile’s Atacama Desert
RSA Films has shot a crime drama short for the new Jaguar F-Type in Chile’s remote Atacama Desert. Desire tells the story of Damian Lewis’ Clark, a driver who runs into trouble when delivering the new Jaguar in a dusty…
Location Manager Steve Mortimore: Filming Brad Pitt’s World War Z
Steve Mortimore convinced Glasgow to host a zombie apocalypse and also secured a Navy ship for Brad Pitt’s upcoming World War Z. He talks to TLG about planning the end of the world and finding studio space for one of…
Ricky Gervais films on location in Broadstairs for comedy drama Derek
Comedian Ricky Gervais filmed on location in Broadstairs on the south-east coast of England for his new TV series. Gervais stars in Derek, a comedy-drama that he also wrote and directed, and which is set in a small UK care…
South Africa National Parks increases location filming fees for 2013
South Africa National Parks (SANParks) has increased its location filming fees by an average of 10% for 2013. The price hikes are the result of the organisation’s first location filming review in several years and apply with immediate effect across…
Pittsburgh-set Hatfields & McCoys TV pilot chases filming incentives elsewhere
Limited funding for Pennsylvania’s filming incentive programme means the pilot episode for a Pittsburgh-set Hatfields & McCoys TV series is scouting alternate East Coast locations. Pennsylvania’s programme is capped at USD60 million a year and cannot accept new applications until…