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North Carolina scales down filming incentive to grant programme in major change
North Carolina has downgraded its filming incentive from a tax credit to an annual grant in a development that will make it less appealing to shoots like Under the Dome and Sleepy Hollow. The move comes after months of production…
BBC America uses British Columbia filming incentives for TV drama Intruders
New BBC America TV drama Intruders shot on location in Vancouver, British Columbia, using the province’s filming incentives to double the city for Seattle. The series follows a secretive society that seeks refuge in the bodies of others as a…
Meg Ryan creates California valley town in Virginia with Tom Hanks filming Ithaca
Meg Ryan is doubling Virginia for California’s San Joaquin Valley filming for her family drama Ithaca. Ryan is directing and also starring with Tom Hanks. The feature is the latest high-profile production to come to Virginia following the Revolutionary War…
Crime drama NCIS New Orleans films on location on Navy destroyer in Baton Rouge
New crime drama NCIS: New Orleans is filming on location this week on a Navy destroyer in Baton Rouge. The USS KIDD Veterans Museum is a decommissioned World War II-era destroyer permanently stationed in Baton Rouge as a memorial to…
New Scottish film studio proposed for development in Straiton outside Edinburgh
A new film studio has been proposed for development in Straiton outside Edinburgh in Scotland. The GBP 40 million Pentland Studios would span nearly 30 acres and could help Scotland attract more productions on the scale of TV miniseries Outlander.…
Proposed California filming incentive boost clears latest hurdle with $400m fund
A proposed boost to California’s filming incentive programme has cleared the latest political hurdle on the way to becoming law. The increased tax credit was approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee with an annual fund of around USD 400 million.…
British Film Commission calls for industry feedback on England location filming plans
The British Film Commission and the government have called for feedback from the production industry on new plans to make filming easier in London and England. Currently, the plans will smooth the process enabling productions to create adapted stage space…
Dwayne Johnson TV sports drama Ballers secures filming incentive for Florida shoot
Dwayne Johnson’s upcoming TV sports drama Ballers has secured filming incentive support to shoot on location in Florida from November this year. Johnson previously filmed on location in the state for his Miami-based bodybuilding crime drama Pain & Gain. Florida…
Georgia location filming surges past a billion dollars for first time
Location filming in Georgia surpassed the billion-dollar mark in the 2013/14 fiscal year as the state attracted movies like Insurgent and the Hunger Games sequels. Nearly 160 productions filmed locally, spending USD1.4 billion, but the overall economic impact is estimated…
American Civil War TV pilot Point of Honor to film on location in Virginia
Television drama pilot Point of Honor will film on location in Virginia in the eastern US. Telling a story of family drama in the 1860s during the American Civil War, the production is the second period piece to come to…