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Location Advisor: The Marriott Mayfair Hotel in Bangkok
A highly experienced line producer from a respected production service company recently said to me: “You know when the shoot is going well when the only complaint from the visiting foreign producer is some minor issue about the hotel, catering…
TV spy drama The Blacklist doubles Long Beach for Washington DC
A new TV spy drama is filming in Long Beach in eastern New York this weekend, doubling the location for the streets of Washington, DC. Shooting will include special effects, stunt work and vehicle collisions. “It’s set in DC, so…
Filming on location in Greenland with Mads Pihl of Destination Arctic Circle
Mads moved to Greenland from Denmark with his wife six years ago, leaving behind an academic career and profession as a social anthropologist. He now works for Destination Arctic Circle, which is one of five regional Destination Management Organisations in…
Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios reaches out to Bollywood filming industry
Pinewood Iskandar Malaysia Studios (PIMS) has been reaching out to the film industry in India. The aim is to encourage more Bollywood productions to use the new facility – scheduled to open in May 2013 – while also potentially boosting…
Welcome to the Punch shoots in sleek Canary Wharf filming locations
Crime feature Welcome to the Punch spent weeks filming on location throughout London and shot action sequences around Canary Wharf in the Square Mile. Eran Creevy’s movie pitches cop against criminal in the Isle of Dogs region of East London.…
New BBC drama Atlantis sets up studio space near Chepstow in Wales
The BBC’s new drama series Atlantis is setting up studio space in a former supermarket storage building near Chepstow in Wales. Doctor Who and long-running medical drama Casualty are based at the BBC’s Roath Lock studio facility in nearby Cardiff.…
Creative Scotland criticises downsizing of Edinburgh location filming team
Creative Scotland has criticised a decision to reduce the number of staff who promote location filming in Edinburgh. Marketing Edinburgh promotes the Scottish capital to the world but announced it will be reducing the size of its locations team. Producers…
Namibia Film Commission disputes Mad Max 4 location filming damage claim
The Namibia Film Commission has disputed claims that Mad Max: Fury Road damaged desert landscapes during its shoot last year. George Miller’s sequel filmed on location in the Namib Desert, but an environmental report accuses the production of causing permanent…
China tours Dubai studio facilities ahead of possible location filming deal
A Chinese delegation has toured studio facilities in Dubai as they consider a formal production tie with the Middle Eastern city. Representatives from the China State Administration of Radio, Film & Television (SARFT) toured Dubai Media City and Dubai Studio…
Bleu Arc chases cheaper European production costs filming in Budapest
Hong Kong-based production company Bleu Arc chose a Budapest location shoot for Chinese clothing brand Youngor when the city offered cheaper production costs. The original plan to film around Oxford University in England proved too expensive. One day of filming…