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Warner Bros Studios Leavesden prepares to host two-day BSC Expo
Warner Bros Studios Leavesden in north-west London will host the British Society of Cinematographers (BSC) Expo later this month. A host of the latest technologies and products will be exhibited for production industry professionals on 24 and 25 January. Delegates…
BBC starts filming new Doctor Who series with Peter Capaldi in Cardiff
The BBC has started filming the new series of sci-fi hit Doctor Who on location in Cardiff with new star Peter Capaldi. More than ten million UK viewers watched Matt Smith’s popular three-year tenure end as he regenerated into Capaldi…
Stink Digital films 720-degree footage in Portugal for Miru contact lens brand
Stink Digital filmed on location in the Douro Valley region of northern Portugal in a new spot for Japanese contact lens brand Miru. The production used an adapted remote-controlled OctoCopter camera rig to create a 720-degree view of balloons drifting…
New version of BBC comedy The Office to film on location in Czech Republic
A new version of the BBC’s now-classic comedy The Office is to film on location in the Czech Republic. Comedians Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant created the original show - which Gervais also starred in - and the Czech production…
Broadchurch miniseries remake to film in British Columbia with David Tennant
An American remake of the acclaimed British miniseries Broadchurch is scheduled to start filming this month in the Greater Victoria region of British Columbia. Like the original UK series, Gracepoint will tell the story of the impact of a child…
ABC Studios to film fairy tale TV pilot Galavant on location in UK
American network ABC Studios will film the pilot for its new musical fairy tale TV show Galavant on location in the UK. In doing so, it will be the first US-produced pilot to be shot in the UK since the…
Success of new BBC Sherlock series could boost London film tourism
The continuing success of the BBC’s modern-day detective series Sherlock could help boost film tourism in London. Nearly ten million UK viewers watched the opening third-series episode broadcast on 1 January 2014 and the series starts in the US later…
Dwayne Johnson to film disaster feature San Andreas on location in Australia
Action star Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson will film big-budget disaster movie San Andreas on location in Queensland, doubling the Australian state for California. Johnson will play a helicopter pilot searching for his daughter in the aftermath of an earthquake that…
The Dead Lands filming in New Zealand as NZ-UK co-production
New feature The Dead Lands is filming on location in and around Auckland, New Zealand, as a New Zealand-UK co-production. Described as a “Maori action epic”, the film will chart a revenge story and will showcase the Maori martial art…
Mad Max 4 finishes filming with location work near Sydney
George Miller’s new dystopian sequel Mad Max: Fury Road finished filming recently with a location shoot just outside Sydney in Australia. Much of the film was shot on location in Namibia, which offered the right sun-blasted post-apocalyptic visuals needed for…