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TV co-production agreement made between the UK and South Africa
To provide television productions with more financial incentives for filming, the United Kingdom and South Africa have signed a co-production agreement to share their funding opportunities. The agreement will allow TV shows from either country to enjoy the incentives of…
LS Productions and Lucky Strike expand under new partnership
UK Production Service Company LS Productions and London-based Production Company Lucky Strike have decided to combine their resources in a new partnership that will utilise the strengths of each company. Lucky Strike’s familiarity with the British capital and LS’ national…
BBC’s The Replacement starts filming on location in Glasgow
Production began last Friday on the upcoming BBC psychological thriller The Replacement, shooting on location in Glasgow. The programme was commissioned by the BBC’s Polly Hill in December 2015 and will consist of three episodes of 60 minutes each. The…
MADAM hits up Central London for Pepsi commercial shoot
UK-based Production Service Company MADAM has utilised the best of Central London in a new commercial for the world-famous Pepsi soft drink. Spanish Production Company OVIDEO oversaw the project which filmed in a number of locations worldwide while MADAM was…
Roy Button OBE, Executive VP and Managing Director of Warner Bros. Productions, talks Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden and his long-running filming career
Now working as a major executive in the Warner Bros. Productions (WB) hierarchy, Roy got his start on some of cinema’s greatest films including Star Wars and Indiana Jones, and has since amassed a portfolio that few can compete with. We sat down…
Minnesota Governor increases funding for Snowbate incentive
Despite previous reports that Minnesota’s ‘Snowbate’ incentive programme was to be defunded, the state Governor Mark Dayton has signed a bill to supply the scheme with an extra USD4.5 million. Under the new bill, the Snowbate programme will now have…
Cannes: Sean Penn’s The Last Face shot in South Africa
The latest film directed by Sean Penn, The Last Face will compete at the Cannes Film Festival 2016 for the Palme d’Or award. Starring Charlize Theron, Javier Bardem and Jean Reno, this will be Penn’s first directorial effort since 2007s…
Cannes: Woody Allen’s Café Society filmed in New York and Los Angeles
Woody Allen’s latest film Café Society, which is set to open this year’s Cannes Film Festival was shot on location in New York City, Pasadena and Los Feliz. The film will stand as Allen’s fourteenth entry into the ‘Out of…
Location Manager Martin Zillger on The Man in the High Castle and scouting the Austrian mountains
Location Manager and founder of the zlocationz Production Compmany, Martin Zillger has seen his fair share of high profile projects. Operating mainly out of Germany and Austria, Martin has recently worked on Amazon’s original series The Man in the High…
New Star Trek TV series will be filmed in Toronto
CBS’ new Star Trek television series will now be filmed in Toronto despite initial reports that the production would be shot in Los Angeles. The yet-to-be-titled show will be the first of the Star Trek TV productions to film entirely…