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Pompeii films on location in Toronto and boosts billion-dollar Ontario industry
Big-budget feature Pompeii, set days before the eruption of Vesuvius in Roman Italy in 79 AD, is filming on location in Cinespace Film Studios in Toronto, Ontario. The Canadian province's other recent high-profile shoots include remakes of Total Recall and…
Irish leader discusses location filming opportunities with Steven Spielberg
Ireland’s Prime Minister, known as the Taoiseach, has met with Steven Spielberg in Los Angeles to discuss Irish location filming opportunities. Enda Kenny confirmed that Ireland’s filming incentive programme will remain flexible. “[Mr Spielberg] is genuinely aware of the potential…
3D Everest ascent feature Beyond the Edge filming on location in New Zealand
A 3D feature recounting Sir Edmund Hillary’s famous 1953 ascent of Mount Everest with Tensing Norgay has started filming on location in New Zealand. Beyond the Edge will film mainly in the Mount Cook region of the Southern Alps, but…
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.…
London boroughs using cloud-based software to ease location filming plans
Cloud-based software is helping ease the process of location filming in the majority of London’s boroughs. FilmApp is designed to streamline location filming applications and connect Location Managers and Producers with the relevant organisations and resources. First launched in 2007,…
Stephen King TV pilot Under the Dome films on location in North Carolina
Television pilot Under the Dome has started filming on location in North Carolina. The Stephen King story follows a small town’s struggles when a huge transparent dome inexplicably seals it off from the outside world. Filming will take place partly…
Reno Tahoe Studios could boost location filming in Nevada
Reno Tahoe Studios has opened in Reno, Nevada, in the south-west US, and could help boost location filming in the area. Set up by the Reno-Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority (RSCVA), the facility offers six stages and office space spanning…
Radical Media stages Holi festival on location in India to David Bowie lyrics
Radical Media used David Bowie’s lyrics from Sound and Vision to stage the distinctive Holi festival on location in Jaipur in northern India. The scenes are the finale of a new spot promoting the Sony Xperia Z smartphone as two…
Irene rallies Roman army filming on location in Morocco for Orange
Paris-based production house Irene rallied Roman soldiers in Morocco for a new spot promoting the Livebox Play TV decoder from Orange. Director Xavier Giannoli’s ad features a TV viewer interrupting a Roman leader’s battle cry in a remote desert. Irene…
Filming on location in Cape Town
I am on a lovely ‘Caribbean’ beach surrounded by clear water, tall palm trees, smooth white sand, huge boulders, wooden huts and a picturesque village. I would be tempted to take a swim or lie down to sunbathe were it…