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Filming in Luxembourg with location scout Christian Pannrucker
Christian got his first taste of the film industry as an apprentice on a German TV channel in 2000. Additional TV and film experiences led him to study unit and location management at Cologne’s Koelner Filmhaus. He’s been a location…
Brad Pitt brings zombie plague to UK filming locations with World War Z
Brad Pitt’s zombie drama World War Z shot extensively across UK filming locations and turned Glasgow into Philadelphia for an urban shoot of unprecedented scale. The production also used Malta as a double for Israel and turned a helicopter ship…
Wales could expand local filming crew base with funding boost
A funding boost for creative industries training in Wales could prompt growth in the country’s specialist filming crew base. Creative Skillset Cymru’s Skills for the Digital Economy Programme has won additional funding of GBP500,000 to help launch new training courses…
Wieden+Kennedy begins Heineken Dropped campaign filming in Alaska
Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam has launched its new Heineken Dropped digital campaign filming on location in Alaska. Amsterdam-based Wefilm dropped sun-loving Spanish waiter Rikar in the wintry US state with the challenge of embracing his inner traveller to find his way home.…
Hawaii eyes Jurassic Park sequel with location filming incentive boost
Hawaii is hoping to broaden its appeal to films like the delayed Jurassic Park 4 by boosting its filming incentive programme. Places like Honolulu with larger populations will now offer filming tax credits of up to 20% (up from 15%),…
Sky period TV drama Moonfleet to film in Ireland doubling for Dorset
Satellite broadcaster Sky will work with Element Pictures and Company Pictures to film a two-part television adaptation of period smuggling tale Moonfleet on location in Ireland. The novel was published in 1898 and is set in Dorset in the south…
Will Smith films sci-fi epic After Earth on location in US and Central America
Will Smith and director M Night Shyamalan travelled across the US and to Central America to film their sci-fi epic After Earth. Set a thousand years in the future, Smith and his real-life son Jaden star as father-and-son team Kitai…
Cannes Soiree Partner 2013: Elements Production Services
Elements Production Services has joined The Location Guide as a partner for our Soiree at the Cannes Lions Festival. The production service company was set up in 1999 in New Delhi and specialises in commercials, photo shoots and TV shows.…
Godzilla to shoot monster chaos filming on location in Hawaii
Gareth Edwards’ new feature version of Godzilla will film monster chaos on location in Hawaii in the next few weeks. The movie has been based in Vancouver but will shoot scenes on the Hawaiian islands of Oahu and Kauai. “They'll…
Cannes Soiree Partner 2013: Camino Media
Camino Media has joined The Location Guide as a partner for our Soiree at the Cannes Lions Festival. The firm was first set up in Madrid in 1997 as a television production company and has developed expertise in film and…