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South Carolina improves location filming incentives package
South Carolina has improved its location filming incentives and made them permanent, rather than having to renew each year. An existing rebate on local wages has been increased to 25%, with an additional 5% available for South Carolina locals hired.…
BBC films TV drama Frankie at Bristol’s Bottle Yard production facility
The BBC’s new TV nursing drama Frankie filmed on location in Bristol in south-west England, using filming facilities at The Bottle Yard. A former winery and bottling plant, The Bottle Yard has been converted into a facility that offers 300,000…
Nicolas Cage supports call for Nevada location filming incentive
Actor Nicolas Cage has testified to lawmakers to support a formal location filming incentive that’s being considered for Nevada in the south-west US. The state does not currently offer any filming incentives, but a bill has been proposed that would…
Iron Man 3: Marvel and Robert Downey Jr film on location in North Carolina
Marvel’s superhero sequel Iron Man 3 filmed mainly on location in North Carolina, basing itself at EUE/Screen Gems Studios in Wilmington. The story pits Robert Downey Jr’s billionaire hero Tony Stark against The Mandarin. The production team scouted several major…
Los Angeles lowers cost of Grand Park location filming
Los Angeles County authorities have agreed to reduce the cost of location filming permits at the recently-opened Grand Park on a short-term basis. Prices have been lowered from USD20,000 a day per block of park space to USD5,000 a day,…
Pinewood Atlanta planned for US state of Georgia with joint venture agreement
Pinewood Studios is expanding to the US with a 40% stake in new production facility Pinewood Atlanta. The studio will be developed on 288 acres of land south of Atlanta, Georgia, through a joint venture agreement with independently-managed trust River’s…
Shoot and stay on location in Rajasthan in India with producer Dileep Singh Rathore
One of the great privileges of working at The Location Guide is the amazing people we all get to meet. A truly mixed international group of production professionals all with interesting backgrounds and great location stories to share. On a…
Nicholas Berglund films on location in Finland wilds for Finlandia Vodka stills shoot
Paris-based creative company Nicholas Berglund headed to the wilds of Finland to film a new stylised winter stills campaign for vodka brand Finlandia. Shooting took place in three locations in the south of the country, including an archipelago on the…
Filming on location with Unit Production Manager Stephen Marinaccio
Stephen Marinaccio entered the production industry in 1990 and by 2001 had become a Production Supervisor and was working with filmmaker James Cameron. Over the course of his career he has worked in more than a dozen different countries and…
Thomas Thomas Films shoots global locations for Blackberry commercial
Thomas Thomas Films shot locations around the world for the new Blackberry commercial Keep Moving. The spot features a series of snappily-edited vignettes showing individuals in profile as they move through their daily adventures with the help of the Blackberry…
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