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Harry Potter and Downton Abbey help boost England film tourism for 2014
Harry Potter and period drama Downton Abbey helped drive film tourism in England in 2014. Alnwick Castle in Northumberland, and the Dorset filming locations used for child murder drama Broadchurch, contributed to an overall spend of up to GBP 140…
Matthew McConaughey filming Civil War drama The Free State Of Jones in Louisiana
Oscar-winner Matthew McConaughey has started filming new Civil War drama The Free State of Jones on location in New Orleans, doubling the state for Mississippi. Louisiana is no stranger to historical features, having recently hosted Django Unchained and 12 Years…
TV drama Under the Dome likely to use half of annual North Carolina film fund
A new series of TV drama Under the Dome starts filming in North Carolina this week, and it's set to claim up to half of the state’s film fund for the year. Based on a story by Stephen King, the…
Second annual LMGA Awards honour Wild and The Grand Budapest Hotel
Reese Witherspoon’s Wild and Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel were the movie winners over the weekend at the Location Managers Guild of America (LMGA) Awards in Beverly Hills. Five hundred industry professionals and press attended the ceremony. Nancy Haecker…
China’s Wanda Studios Qingdao makes debut at AFCI Locations Show
The major new Chinese filming facility Wanda Studios Qingdao has made its debut at the AFCI Locations Show. Scheduled to open in mid-2017 in the Shandong Province of eastern China, the studios will be a subsidiary of Dalian Wanda Group…
Period drama Agnus Dei films in Poland
New period drama Agnus Dei has wrapped seven weeks of location filming in Poland. Based on a true story, the film is set in 1945 and follows a young intern with the French Red Cross helping repatriate French survivors of…
Michael Bay to film Benghazi drama 13 Hours in Morocco and Malta
Filmmaker Michael Bay is set to shoot the true-life rescue drama 13 Hours on location in Morocco and Malta. Set in the Libyan city of Benghazi, the film will tell the story of the 2012 terror attack on the city’s…
Massachusetts becomes latest US state to propose defunding filming incentive
The Governor of Massachusetts has proposed cutting his state’s filming incentive to free up funds for other sectors of the economy. Massachusetts has hosted movies like The Fighter and American Hustle, but its 25% filming incentive is one of several…
BBC dramas Luther and The Dresser start filming in London
The BBC has started filming in London for a new two-part special of the hit crime thriller Luther, while its period drama The Dresser is also shooting in the city. Idris Elba returns to the role of DCI John Luther,…
From Dusk Til Dawn second series starts filming Texas with Robert Rodriguez
A second season of From Dusk Til Dawn: The Series, created by Robert Rodriguez, has started filming on location in Austin, Texas. The drama is based on the 1996 vampire movie of the same name that Rodriguez also directed, and…