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Larry David film Clear History doubles Boston for Martha’s Vineyard locations
Comedian Larry David has filmed his new cable feature Clear History mostly on location in and around Boston, doubling the region for the affluent island of Martha’s Vineyard in southern Massachusetts. “People who know the Island well will know we…
Filming in the Canary Islands with location scout Yanira de Armas-Tosco
The Canary Islands are a popular filming location for big-budget Hollywood productions. Location scout Yanira de Armas-Tosco explains how the islands off the Atlantic coast of Morocco double for global locations. Major studio films are regular visitors to the islands…
Hallmark cancels Colorado TV shoot for Vancouver filming incentives
Hallmark has cancelled plans to film a period TV miniseries on location in Colorado. When Calls the Heart will instead shoot in Vancouver, where it will have access to British Columbia's filming incentives, as well as an existing period town…
Warp Films on location in Kent for gun spree TV miniseries Southcliffe
Warp Films shot on location in the market town of Faversham in Kent, south-east England, for TV drama Southcliffe. The miniseries follows a journalist who returns to his hometown in the aftermath of a deadly mass shooting to try and…
Filming historic Holland with location scout Harriet Sanders
Harriet was born and raised in Holland, and has lived in New York, Beijing, Surinam and Havana. She originally trained as a sculptress and art teacher, but fell into location scouting in the 90s when a photographer asked her for…
Fantastic Four cancels Vancouver shoot for Louisiana filming incentives
An upcoming reboot of superhero franchise The Fantastic Four has cancelled plans to film on location in Vancouver. Twentieth Century Fox has instead opted to shoot in Louisiana, following the recent renewal of the southern state’s generous 30% filming tax…
Hugh Jackman doubles Australia for Japan filming on location for The Wolverine
Superstar actor-producer Hugh Jackman filmed comic-book follow-up The Wolverine largely on location in Australia with director James Mangold. New South Wales filming locations doubled for Japan and the production based itself at Fox Studios in Sydney. While limited location filming…
Jane Campion TV crime drama Top of the Lake films in southern New Zealand
New Zealand filmmaker Jane Campion filmed new crime drama Top of the Lake on location in the Otago region of New Zealand’s South Island. The seven-part BBC miniseries follows a detective investigating the disappearance of the pregnant daughter of a…
Hallmark TV filming finds challenges on location in Colorado
Hallmark Channel and production company Frontier Productions have faced some challenges finding suitable filming locations in Colorado for a new period miniseries. The team behind When Calls the Heart announced a location shoot in Telluride, south-west Colorado, a few weeks…
Shreveport crew training could boost filming in northern Louisiana
Shreveport in north-west Louisiana plans to launch more crew training programmes to help boost the region’s production industry. Louisiana is one of America’s main production hubs but filming tends to focus on New Orleans and state capital Baton Rouge in…