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Rowan Atkinson filming detective drama Maigret in Budapest
British comedy star Rowan Atkinson has started filming in Budapest for a new TV movie drama based on the fictional French detective Maigret. The character first appeared on-screen in the early 60s and was last portrayed by Michael Gambon in…
Star Wars franchise to return for filming on remote Irish island
The next Star Wars film is set to return to shoot scenes on Skellig Michael off the west coast of Ireland. A production team for Star Wars: The Force Awakens shot there last year and it seems the location is…
Film London announces familiarisation trip for Nordic TV producers
Film London will hold a five-day familiarisation trip for Nordic TV producers from the end of November. Individuals from Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland and Finland will be invited to tour London studio facilities and attend C21’s Content London conference. The…
Production spending in Scotland climbs to eight-year high
Production spending from film and TV shoots in Scotland rose to an eight-year high of GBP 45.2 million in 2014, according to new government figures. Movies shot in Scotland over the past few years include Michael Fassbender’s Macbeth and Jonathan…
Markenfilm and Lewis Hamilton shoot for Mercedes-Benz in Spain and Portugal
Markenfilm recruited Formula One World Champion Lewis Hamilton as one of their famous faces for a new Mercedes-Benz spot that filmed in Spain and Portugal. Inspiration follows a group of high-profile individuals putting Mercedes Benz SUVs through their paces. The…
Michael Fassbender filming videogame movie Assassin’s Creed in Malta
Michael Fassbender has started filming a long-awaited movie adaptation of the videogame franchise Assassin’s Creed in Malta. The production reunites Fassbender with director Justin Kurzel and co-star Marion Cotillard, all of whom worked together on the upcoming Macbeth. Assassin’s Creed…
New US drama series to film in Cuba
American drama series Cuba will film on location on the eponymous island nation. Cuba recently hosted the feature film Papa, shot as a Canadian-Cuban production, and earlier this year Conan O’Brien became the first talk show host in decades to…
Italian action drama Task Force 45 to film episodes on location in Malta
Italian action TV series Task Force 45 will film scenes for two different episodes on location in Malta. The Mediterranean island nation has had a busy year, standing in for Libya in Michael Bay’s new Benghazi feature, while Luc Besson’s…
Anne Hathaway to film Middle East-set TV drama The Ambassador’s Wife
Actress Anne Hathaway is set to star in new TV miniseries The Ambassador’s Wife. Based on a fictional novel by Jennifer Steil, the wife of a former British Ambassador to Yemen, the story will focus on the wife of an…
Spielberg’s The BFG films Giant’s Land plate shots on Skye in Scotland
Plate shots for the ‘Giant’s Land’ of Steven Spielberg’s film of Roald Dahl’s The BFG have been shot on the Isle of Skye in western Scotland. Skye is becoming more popular as a filming location and will appear in Justin…