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Sequel to hit Mall Cop comedy gets first Nevada filming incentive payment
Sony Pictures’ comedy sequel Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 has become the first movie to win approval for Nevada’s new filming incentive. The original Paul Blart: Mall Cop filmed in Massachusetts and was a huge hit so the sequel could…
Filming on location with Production Manager and Line Producer Adrian Pegg
Adrian began his career in theatre before joining BBC Television in 1983 and becoming a Production Manager in the corporation’s light entertainment and comedy divisions. His experience included working as Production Manager on the iconic British sitcom Only Fools and…
Cable channel Syfy to film TV event series Ascension on location in Montreal
Cable channel Syfy will film TV miniseries Ascension in Montreal, Canada. The series will follow a murder investigation on a vast interstellar space mission launched at the height of the Cold War. X-Men: Days of Future Past has been among…
Warner Bros Television films Constantine comic book pilot on location in Atlanta
Warner Bros Television is filming the pilot for a Constantine TV series in Atlanta, Georgia. The pilot is based on the DC Comics character John Constantine, an occult conman-turned-detective who in the comics originates from Liverpool, England. Constantine was made…
History Channel could film in south-west US for new Western miniseries Texas Rising
The History Channel could film in the south-west US for its new Western miniseries, tentatively titled Texas Rising. Featuring a cast led by Bill Paxton and Brendan Fraser, the drama will be History's second Western after Hatfields & McCoys, which…
AICP President and CEO Matt Miller on the US commercial filming industry
Matt Miller spent five years with the Association of National Advertisers before joining the Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP). He set to work developing the day-to-day structure and this April will mark his twentieth year with the organisation as…
BBC to film Jimmy McGovern historical TV drama Banished on location in Australia
The BBC will start filming new historical TV drama Banished on location near Sydney, Australia, in the next few weeks. McGovern’s seven-part drama is loosely based on real events and tells the story of Britain’s first Australian penal colony in…
Filmmaker Alexander Payne to receive honorary award at LMGA event
Filmmaker Alexander Payne will receive The Eva Monley Award at the Location Managers Guild of America (LMGA) Awards in Los Angeles on 29 March. Director of Photography Haskell Wexler and Commercial Location Scout Scott Dewees will also get honorary awards.…
HBO Asia filming second scripted series Grace on location in Singapore
Cable network HBO Asia is filming horror miniseries Grace on location in Singapore. The production is being co-produced by HBO Asia and Singapore-based production company Infocus Asia, with additional support from the Media Development Authority of Singapore. Grace is the…
New filming facility for Miami as city makes deal with EUE/Screen Gems Studios
Miami is to get a new film studio facility through an USD11.5 million deal between city authorities and EUE/Screen Gems Studios. The Miami Entertainment Complex (MEC) could help attract productions on the scale of the long-running spy drama Burn Notice,…