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Will Smith films sci-fi epic After Earth on location in US and Central America
Will Smith and director M Night Shyamalan travelled across the US and to Central America to film their sci-fi epic After Earth. Set a thousand years in the future, Smith and his real-life son Jaden star as father-and-son team Kitai…
UK filming incentives win Hollywood favour over US locations for summer movies
Reliable and generous location filming incentives in the UK helped secure some of this summer’s biggest movies over California and the wider US. Brad Pitt’s zombie drama World War Z and action sequel Fast & Furious 6 are among this…
Legendary East makes co-production filming deal with China Film Co
Legendary East, producer of films including the Dark Knight trilogy, has made a co-production deal with China Film Co, the country’s largest producer and distributor. Signed in Beijing, the agreement means the two companies will co-produce films for both Chinese…
Johnny Depp movie Transcendence films in New Mexico doubling for California
Johnny Depp’s new movie Transcendence is filming partly in New Mexico, doubling Albuquerque for Berkeley in California. Depp previously filmed The Lone Ranger in the south-west state and his new movie is directed by star cinematographer Wally Pfister. Part of…
California loses summer movies as Hollywood chases better filming incentives
California lost most of this summer’s biggest movies to locations with better filming incentives. While Iron Man 3 filmed mostly in North Carolina and White House Down shot in Montreal, Star Trek Into Darkness was the only major summer feature…
Fast & Furious 6 stunt location filming doubles Glasgow for London
Action sequel Fast & Furious 6 takes the franchise to the UK but filmed many of its London-set scenes in Glasgow. Shooting took place in mid-2012 at a time when production activity in London was more restricted because of the…
Bonnie and Clyde TV miniseries films gangster tale on location in Louisiana
A new TV miniseries telling the story of infamous Great Depression gangsters Bonnie and Clyde has filmed on location in Louisiana. Bonnie and Clyde: Dead and Alive also doubled the state for various Mid-West locations, including Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri and…
Tampa Bay pushes to host new Florida-set feature from Ben Affleck
Tampa Bay & Company in western Florida is pushing to host location filming for Ben Affleck’s next directing project following his success with Argo. Live by Night will be an adaptation of a Dennis Lehane novel that unfolds partly in…
Yukon-set Discovery Channel TV miniseries films on location in Alberta
Discovery Channel has built a film set near Calgary in Alberta, western Canada, for its new TV miniseries Klondike. The region is doubling for Dawson City in the northern province of Yukon and the show is based on the Klondike…
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…