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French health body creates foggy ambience filming on location near Barcelona
Scantily-clad young people spent a day frolicking on a Spanish hillside for a commercial from French organisation INPES, which promotes sexual health. The Chase uses a voiceover to describe who's attracted to whom, before they’re chased by a collection of…
New Conan the Barbarian film brings swords and sorcery to Bulgaria
Marcus Nispel’s remake of Schwarzenegger fantasy classic Conan the Barbarian has filmed across Bulgaria. Namibia and Croatia were both considered as filming locations for a few scenes, but practicality meant that Bulgaria ended up hosting the full shoot. The filming…
Sylvester Stallone’s Expendables sequel to film on location in Bulgaria
Bulgaria’s Nu Boyana Film Studios has announced that Sylvester Stallone will be heading to Bulgaria to film the sequel to The Expendables. It marks a change from the first film, which was shot largely in New Orleans and Brazil, with…
The Premier Education & Networking Event Returns To Europe
The Association of Film Commissioners Cineposium 2011 is shaping up to be the event that will provide indispensible tools for film commissions to meet the needs of what promises to be a demanding future. Each year, Cineposium has proven to…
Marvel’s Captain America doubles Manchester and Liverpool for New York City
Period cars and decor came to Manchester and Liverpool for the filming of Marvel’s comic book adaptation Captain America: The First Avenger. Much of the film was shot in the UK, with Stanley Dock in Liverpool and Dale Street in…
From Transformers to Louis Vuitton: Filming on location in Cambodia
It’s frequently said that not much doubles for South East Asia, apart from the Asian South East. One very cheap and cheerful emerging option for all your Vietnamese, Philippine, Thai, Lao, Indonesian and Malaysian needs is Cambodia, as Transformers and…
On the Continental Divide: Filming Istanbul
Istanbul evokes Agatha Christie mysteries, sinister strangers trawling the souks and over-friendly carpet sellers. A little cynical perhaps, but I was surprised to find Istanbul has morphed into the Capital of Cool. I was surprised to find an innovative hub…
TLG talks to Dark Knight and Clash of the Titans Executive Producer Kevin de la Noy
When you're the Executive Producer on films with budgets that routinely hover around the USD150 million mark, you expect to get a lot of messages. For the first 20 minutes I spend with Kevin de la Noy on a wet…
AICP survey reveals higher US spending but fewer foreign filming trips
A survey for the Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP) shows a spending rise in 2010, as well as the highest number of location shoot days in three years. Also, the appetite among US production companies for filming abroad has…
Croatia prepares 20% filming tax rebate for December 2011 launch
December 2011 will see the launch of a 20% filming tax rebate in Croatia if the Croatian Audiovisual Centre has its way. If the launch goes ahead as planned, competition in Eastern Europe will reach new levels, with Croatia already…