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New TV series Olympus to film gods and monsters in London and Vancouver
New TV series Olympus will film on location in London and Vancouver. Cable channel Syfy has ordered the series that will be set in an ancient world of gods and monsters. Reunion Pictures and Olympus TV in association with Great…
Channel 4 and Xbox Entertainment Studios to film sci-fi drama Humans in UK
Channel 4 and Microsoft’s Xbox Entertainment Studios will film new sci-fi drama miniseries Humans on location in the UK. Set in a parallel present, the story focuses on a busy father who buys an artificial ‘Synth’ servant to help him…
JWT India splices amateur cricket games filming dynamic new Nike spot
Agency JWT India filmed in cities across the country to create a striking new spot for Nike. Make Every Yard Count took thousands of split-second clips from amateur cricket games across India to create a single 80-second match extract. To…
Channel 4 in the UK to invest in international co-productions
Channel 4 in the UK has announced plans to invest in drama co-productions, both internationally and in Britain. Simon Maxwell has been appointed the channel’s first Head of International Drama. “These are exciting times for television drama,” said Maxwell: “Never…
Tom Hardy and Ridley Scott to film period TV drama Taboo in the UK for BBC
Actor Tom Hardy will partner with filmmaker Ridley Scott on Steven Knight’s new eight-part period miniseries Taboo, which will film in the UK. Scott will be an executive producer on the drama set in 1813 that will star Hardy as…
Northern Ireland Screen gets large funding increase to boost location filming
Northern Ireland Screen has received a funding increase from the government of more than 50% to help boost the region’s production industry over the next four years. Funding of nearly GBP43 million will help Northern Ireland build on the international…
Fargo miniseries braves freezing Alberta winter filming on location in Calgary
A new miniseries based on the Coen Brothers’ 1996 feature film Fargo braved the icy Canadian winter shooting on location in Calgary, Alberta. Although based in the same world as the Coens’ Oscar-winning crime drama, the miniseries tells a different…
True Detective producer advocates better filming incentives for Scotland
An Executive Producer on the US miniseries True Detective has advocated better filming incentives in Scotland. Edinburgh-born Richard Brown said that increasing the filming tax credits available in Scotland on top of the existing UK incentive could help boost the…
Joss Whedon apologises for Avengers 2 disruption as Marvel films Seoul
Filmmaker Joss Whedon has apologised to residents of the Korean capital Seoul as Marvel’s superhero sequel The Avengers: Age of Ultron starts filming in the city. Whedon said that the film should help present Seoul in a way not necessarily…
Historical drama New Worlds films on location at The Bottle Yard Studios in Bristol
Historical miniseries New Worlds filmed on location in and around Bristol in south-west England and was based at the city’s Bottle Yard Studios. Set during the Restoration period of the 1680s, the drama follows the lives of four young people…