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Lone Ranger Western town set removed from New Mexico after filming
An Old West town set specially built by Disney in New Mexico for the filming of The Lone Ranger has been completely removed. Locals were keen to keep the set in place, but legal and practical issues led to Disney…
Location Manager Douglas Dresser: Filming with Tarantino and M Night Shyamalan
Douglas Dresser’s career in location management goes back to the early 90s and hit television drama Renegade. Over the years he has worked several times with Quentin Tarantino and most recently with M Night Shyamalan on After Earth. After Earth…
Stephen Poliakoff drama Dancing on the Edge films on location at Ragley Hall in England
Stephen Poliakoff’s new drama miniseries Dancing on the Edge has filmed partly on location at Ragley Hall in central England. Screening on BBC2 in the UK, the series follows a young journalist who promotes a black jazz band in early…
Location Manager Michael John Meehan: Making water work on film
Michael John Meehan got his break as Location Manager on Peter Weir's Witness in 1985. Over the years his areas of expertise have become more specialised. He talks to TLG about the challenges of working with water in film production.…
TFC Film escapes Old West bandits on location in Spain for new Fuji Xerox spot
Tokyo-based TFC Films shot on location in Spain’s Tabernas Desert for a new Western-themed commercial for Fuji Xerox. In Big Picture a local artist paints a scenic landscape on the wall of an isolated town in the Old West to…
New England Studios warns against filming incentive cap for Massachusetts
New England Studios has urged the Governor of Massachusetts to resist introducing a cap on the annual state filming incentive. The company plans to open a new studio in Devens in a matter of months to help attract more productions…
Polish-Norwegian Salt project films on location in Polish salt mines
A new audiovisual project has filmed on location in Polish salt mines near Krakow. Salt is a Polish-Norwegian co-production telling the fantastical tale of a girl growing up in a sandcastle as her parents crystallise into salt. Combining live-action footage…
Location Manager Janice Polley: Filming with Michael Mann and Tony Scott
Janice Polley got her industry break working as a producer’s assistant on classic boxing sequel Rocky IV in the early 80s. She talks to TLG about shooting Los Angeles with Michael Mann and action filming with the late Tony Scott.…
Django Unchained: Location Manager Wise Wolfe films Louisiana with Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino has headed back in time once again for Django Unchained, his ‘Southern Western’. Location Manager Wise Wolfe talks to TLG about fighting the weather on location and recreating the slave plantations of 1850s Louisiana. Django Unchained tells the…
Oscar-nominated short Buzkashi Boys films on location in Afghanistan
Short film Buzkashi Boys shot on location in Afghanistan and its tale of life in the capital Kabul secured it an Oscar nomination. It's set against a backdrop of the Afghan national sport buzkashi, a version of horse polo played…