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Filming on location in Taiwan with the Taipei Film Commission
The Taipei Film Commission spearheads Taiwan’s burgeoning production industry. Taiwan lies east of the Chinese mainland and while the country already offers filming incentives, it wants to expand its international experience. Producers filming in Taipei can access incentive support from…
Supply & Demand films Italian invasion of colonial North Carolina for Fiat
Supply & Demand headed to North Carolina in the eastern US to film a new Fiat campaign set during America’s colonial days. Italian Invasion features colonial villagers hastily preparing for a dose of impromptu European glamour as a fleet of…
Georgia plans regional location filming boost with Atlanta Film Office
A dedicated state film office has been confirmed for Georgia in the south-east US. Authorities have recognised the need for a single, centralised agency to help co-ordinate shoots like locally-filmed zombie drama The Walking Dead as the state’s production industry…
Wefilm continues Heineken Dropped campaign filming in Cambodia
Dutch production company Wefilm has continued Wieden+Kennedy’s Dropped campaign for Heineken by filming on location in Cambodia. Greek dancer Stavros was dropped in the Cambodian jungle with a giant rubber-duck boat for company and challenged to find his way home.…
The Hero films testing television in Panama City with Dwayne Johnson
Reality TV series The Hero filmed on location in Panama City for its first-season run. Hosted by action movie star Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, the show puts a group of contestants through a series of physical and moral challenges as…
Jake Scott and RSA Films double Uruguay for Cuba in new Bacardi campaign
RSA Films and director Jake Scott doubled Uruguay for a period Cuba in a new series of spots for Bacardi. The ¡Vivimos! campaign recreates the experiences of revolutionary underground leader Emilio Bacardi during the Cuban Wars of Independence at the…
Historic epic White Rajah scouts filming locations in Malaysia
Filming locations have been scouted in the Malaysian state of Sarawak for new historical epic White Rajah. Sydney-based producer Rob Allyn is working on the story of Englishman James Brooke, who became the first White Rajah of Sarawak in the…
Dubai plans production hub with new studio space and informal filming incentives
Dubai set up a film and TV commission in mid-2012 and the city plans to establish itself as the Middle East's central production hub. The emirate lacks a formal filming incentive but has faith in an informal and fully customisable…
Nashville TV series to continue filming on location in Tennessee for second season
Television drama series Nashville will get filming incentive support to continue filming on location in its namesake city in Tennessee for its second season. The show follows a fading Nashville singer forced to team up with a young starlet to…
Man of Steel films Superman adventure on location in Illinois and British Columbia
Man of Steel tells Superman’s origin story as the baby Kal-El is sent from Krypton to Earth and then, as an adult, is pitted against the ruthless General Zod. Director Zack Snyder filmed on location across British Columbia in western…