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Downton Abbey producers to film BBC crime drama miniseries in New Zealand
Carnival Pictures, the company behind the hit period drama Downton Abbey, is to film a new crime drama miniseries on location in New Zealand for the BBC. The series will shoot in Rotorua on the North Island and has been…
Ecosse Films recreates 1660s London in southern England for The Great Fire
Ecosse Films headed to southern England to rebuild parts of London as they appeared in the 1660s for ITV’s ambitious new miniseries The Great Fire. The drama tells the story of the devastating fire that destroyed great swathes of the…
AFCI announces board of directors for 2015
The Association of Film Commissioners International (AFCI) has announced its board of directors for 2015. The organisation is a non-profit educational association that represents over 300 film commissioners on six different continents. Serving two-year terms as new board members from…
Under the Dome to continue filming in North Carolina despite incentive downgrade
Popular drama series Under the Dome will remain in North Carolina for its third season, despite an imminent downgrade in the state's filming incentive. Based on a story by Stephen King, the show follows a town's struggles when a giant…
Boomtown Productions films exotic sights for Sri Lanka Tourism
Boomtown Productions, based in the United Arab Emirates, has filmed across Sri Lanka for a new series of promotional shorts for Sri Lanka Tourism. Designed to boost high-end Arab visits, the films show holidaymakers exploring scenic parts of the country.…
China plans $163m in annual filming grants for movies shooting at Qingdao studio
China is planning to launch an annual film grant programme worth about USD 163 million for movies that shoot at the Qingdao Oriental Movie Metropolis. Plans for the USD 8.2 billion studio on China’s east coast were announced by the…
Cut Media films Danny Macaskill biking short The Ridge on Skye in Scotland
Cut Media headed to Skye in Scotland’s Inner Hebrides to film a new mountain-biking short with rider Danny Macaskill. The Ridge follows Macaskill’s efforts as he cycles across his native isle and scales the Inaccessible Pinnacle on a mountain known…
Filming for Batman TV prequel Gotham recreates grittier New York City
New York has been re-imagined as the grittier metropolis of the late 1970s and early 1980s for the Batman TV drama prequel Gotham. The show has filmed on location in the city but makes efforts to drain modern New York…
Northern Ireland launches film tourism campaign for Dracula Untold
Tourism organisation Discover Northern Ireland has launched a new web page promoting the local filming locations used in the action drama Dracula Untold. The movie filmed in and around Belfast, and also further west in places like the Giant’s Causeway.…
Homeland producers praise South Africa filming locations as new season debuts
The producers of terrorism drama Homeland have praised their new South Africa filming locations as the show begins its fourth season. Homeland was based in North Carolina for three seasons but switched to South Africa shortly before the US state…