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Kevin Macdonald makes feature film How I Live Now on location in Wales
Kevin Macdonald filmed his new feature How I Live Now on location in Wales with rising star Saoirse Ronan. Adapted from a novel by Meg Rosoff, the film tells the story of a New York teen sent to live with…
New England Studios targets film production boost in Massachusetts
New England Studios has opened for business in Devens, near Boston in Massachusetts. The studio managers plan to use the facility to drive a location filming boost in the state and attract more productions on the scale of David O…
Brad Pitt tank film Fury doubles English countryside for wartime Germany
Brad Pitt’s new World War II tank drama Fury is filming on location in south-east England, doubling the region for wartime Germany. David Ayer is directing Pitt as an Army sergeant in charge of a Sherman tank that penetrates behind…
Queensland formally announces filming for Angelina Jolie’s Unbroken
Queensland in north-east Australia has formally announced that Angelina Jolie will be filming her World War II feature Unbroken on location in the state. Jolie’s second directorial effort will film partly at Village Roadshow Studios near Gold Coast. Based on…
Scotland compiles location shortlist for new film studio
Four different sites in Scotland are reportedly being assessed as possibilities for the development of a film studio. Scotland is a popular filming location but the government is under pressure to develop large-scale studio facilities to secure the production industry’s…
Entertainment firm plans new film studio for upstate New York
A California firm has announced plans to develop a film studio in the town of Schenectady in upstate New York. Pacifica Ventures wants to spend nearly USD70 million on filming facilities on a site formerly used by the American Locomotive…
Fantasy feature The Moon and the Sun to film on location in Australia
New fantasy film The Moon and the Sun will film on location in Victoria, Australia, in 2014. The movie is based on a novel from Vonda McIntyre and tells a story of King Louis XIV of France capturing a mermaid…
Filming Detroit: Attracting the big hitters of Hollywood to an iconic city
Detroit set an unwanted record in mid-2013 as it became the largest city in the US to file for bankruptcy protection. Since then, the iconic Michigan metropolis has hosted Michael Bay’s Transformers: Age of Extinction, while Zack Snyder’s Batman Vs…
Wanda Group in China unveils plans for new film studio in Qingdao
The Wanda Group in China has unveiled plans for a major new film studio in Qingdao in the north-east of the country. An investment of about USD8.2 billion is planned to deliver a 10,000-square-metre studio complex and 19 smaller stages,…
BBC fantasy drama series Atlantis films on location in Morocco
The BBC has filmed parts of its new fantasy drama series Atlantis on location in Morocco. Filming took place at the Atlas Film Studios near the city of Ouarzazate in the centre of the country, which has previously hosted films…