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The Amazing Spider-Man 2 films entirely on location in New York
Filming took place on location in New York for The Amazing Spider-Man 2, with studio work at Gold Coast Studios and Grumman Studios on Long Island. The film follows Peter Parker’s relationship with Gwen Stacy as the villainous Electro targets…
Origin Pictures films period drama Jamaica Inn on location in Yorkshire for BBC
Origin Pictures filmed the BBC’s adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s novel Jamaica Inn mostly in Yorkshire in northern England. Set in Cornwall, south-west England, in 1821, Jamaica Inn tells the story of a young woman who becomes embroiled with smugglers…
Mammoth Screen to film BBC period drama Poldark in Bristol and Cornwall
Mammoth Screen will film new period drama Poldark on location in Bristol and Cornwall in south-west England for the BBC. Company Pictures recently filmed at The Bottle Yard Studios for Channel 4’s period miniseries New Worlds. Poldark is based on…
New action drama series The Librarians to film on location in Oregon
Cable channel TNT will film drama series The Librarians on location in Oregon in the Pacific Northwest. The miniseries will follow on from a successful TV movie franchise in the vein of Indiana Jones that follows an ancient organisation of…
New York Governor calls for the Late Show to continue filming on East Coast
The Governor of New York Andrew M Cuomo has called for long-running chat programme the Late Show to continue filming on location in New York City when current host David Letterman retires in 2015. Comedian and satirist Stephen Colbert is…
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…
New TV series Olympus to film gods and monsters in London and Vancouver
New TV series Olympus will film on location in London and Vancouver. Cable channel Syfy has ordered the series that will be set in an ancient world of gods and monsters. Reunion Pictures and Olympus TV in association with Great…
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…
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…
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…