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Bryan Cranston uses local filming incentive for The Infiltrator in Florida
Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston's new movie is using a local filming incentive to shoot scenes in Tampa Bay, Florida. True-life crime feature The Infiltrator is filming mostly in the UK, but will get a small local filming incentive for…
Japanese Godzilla confirmed for filming as Hollywood prepares US sequel
A new Japanese version of Godzilla is to be made by Toho Studios since the success of last year’s US remake revealed a continued appetite for the classic monster. The new film will be made by renowned Japanese filmmakers Hideaki…
Adam Sandler and Guillermo del Toro boost Ontario location filming for 2014
Adam Sandler’s big-budget comedy Pixels and Guillermo del Toro’s gothic horror Crimson Peak helped boost international production spending in Ontario in 2014. Del Toro returns to Canada having also shot his 2013 monster movie Pacific Rim at Pinewood Studios Toronto.…
Political thriller The Truth Commissioner starts filming in Belfast and Dublin
New feature The Truth Commissioner will spend the next five weeks filming on location in Belfast and Dublin, and other parts of the Republic. Belfast is home to Game of Thrones and Dublin hosts shows including Vikings and Ripper Street.…
Hawaii’s Big Island gets TV filming boost but struggles to attract movies
Hawaii’s Big Island got a production boost in 2014 hosting the TV game show Wheel of Fortune, but the county still failed to attract any large-scale features. Recent movie productions like Battleship, Jurassic World and Godzilla have shot in other…
Tim Burton to film new movie partially on location in Florida’s Tampa Bay
Filmmaker Tim Burton will spend a couple of weeks shooting his new movie in the Tampa Bay region of Florida’s Gulf Coast after local filming incentives were created for him. Burton’s adaptation of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children will…
Hollywood studios make film deals with Kodak
Six of the major Hollywood studios have agreed to keep buying film stock from Kodak. Despite the broad industry preference for digital production, several of this year’s Oscar nominees were shot on film, including Boyhood, Foxcatcher, Interstellar and The Imitation…
Florida studio developers eye Miami-Dade site for film stages and water tanks
Developers in Florida are looking at a site in Miami-Dade County to build a new large-scale studio. The facility would offer nearly a dozen sound stages and multiple water tanks, and could help the city attract more productions like Miami-filmed…
BBC launches period drama Wolf Hall with Mark Rylance and Damian Lewis
Wolf Hall was filmed for the BBC mainly in western England using The Bottle Yard Studios in Bristol as a base. Adapted from Hilary Mantel's novel, Mark Rylance stars as Thomas Cromwell, who became a key player in the court…
Jurassic World filming delivers big spending boost for Kauai County in Hawaii
Hawaii location filming for Jurassic World had a big impact on the US state’s production industry. The dinosaur sequel was shot partly on the island of Kauai County north-west of Honolulu and producers spent around USD 3 million locally. Jurassic…