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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…
Clive Owen films period medical TV drama The Knick on location in New York
Clive Owen and filmmaker Steven Soderbergh recreated New York as it looked at the turn of the 20th Century for period medical drama The Knick. Set in 1900, the ten-part miniseries tells the story of the medical staff at Brooklyn’s…
Miner drama The 33 first international movie to get Colombian filming incentive
True-life feature The 33 has become the first international movie to get a payment from Colombia’s new filming incentive programme. The movie recounts the story of 33 miners who were trapped down a mine shaft in Chile for 69 days…
Ron Howard films the Canary Islands for historical drama In the Heart of the Sea
Filmmaker Ron Howard shot partly on location on the Canary Islands off the coast of Morocco for his historical true-life survival tale In the Heart of the Sea. Location Manager Christian McWilliams talks to The Location Guide about doubling the…
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.…
Michael Fassbender to film The Light Between Oceans in New Zealand and Australia
Irish actor Michael Fassbender will join Rachel Weisz to film drama The Light Between Oceans on location in New Zealand and Australia. Set on a remote Australian island in the years following World War I, the story follows a couple…
Spark44 and Black Label Productions film David Beckham Jaguar campaign for China
Agency Spark44 and production company Black Label Productions has filmed a new Jaguar campaign for China with David Beckham. Filming took place in central London and at Goodwood Motor Circuit in southern England, and on Mallorca. Conceptualised and managed by…
Great Guns creates riot in Kiev filming Santigold music video
Great Guns created its own riot in Ukrainian capital Kiev for a music video for singer-songwriter Santigold. Produced for the compilation album Beats of the Beautiful Game, Kicking Down Doors shows a face-off between protestors and riot police being diffused…
Historical drama Clavius to film in Malta with Joseph Fiennes and Tom Felton
Historical drama Clavius will film partly on location in Malta with British actors Joseph Fiennes and Tom Felton. Set in the early 1st Century AD, the story follows an agnostic Roman Centurion who sets out to locate the body of…
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…