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Australia delays Location Offset rise and launches new $20m filming incentive
Australia has delayed a rise in its Location Offset and has instead launched a new filming incentive worth AUD20 million. Specific details are scarce but the new fund is designed to boost international interest in Australia as a filming location.…
Revolver uses helicopter drone to film surfing Santas in Queensland for Aldi
Production company Revolver has used a remote-controlled drone helicopter to film surfing Santas on location in Queensland, Australia, for retailer Aldi. The spot celebrates Australian Christmas as the Santas enjoy the country’s festive sun. Revolver filmed the Santas in the…
Australia under pressure to raise location offset for David Fincher and Brad Pitt
Australia is under pressure to increase its location offset for filmmaker David Fincher and star Brad Pitt. The pair are set to work together again on Disney’s 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, but the studio wants a more generous location…
Australia loses new Wachowski feature to sweeter UK filming incentive
Australia has lost out on the Wachowski siblings' new feature partly due to its less competitive filming incentives. Andy and Lana Wachowski, responsible for the Matrix trilogy and Cloud Atlas, will be filming their new sci-fi film Jupiter Ascending in…
International location filming falls sharply in Australia in 2011/12
International location filming in Australia fell sharply in 2011/12, with no big-budget productions shooting in the country. Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby qualified as an Australian production and may have had to film elsewhere without the Producer Offset. Figures from…
Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine doubles Sydney suburb for streets of Tokyo
Hugh Jackman’s X-Men spin-off The Wolverine has been doubling a suburb of Sydney for the streets of Tokyo. Parramatta in Greater Western Sydney has had street signs and vehicle number plates switched for Japanese equivalents as part of the film’s…
Filming in South Africa with Moonlighting’s Shayne Brookstein
Shayne started out as a receptionist 15 years ago for a local director-based company and was co-ordinating jobs within a month. As Head of Production at Moonlighting Commercials, Shayne oversees all projects, from budgeting and prep to shooting, and manages…
Australian studio considers future as Mad Max films on location in Namibia
George Miller’s dystopian sequel Mad Max: Fury Road is now filming on location in Namibia. The feature project has been off and on for several years and was originally scheduled to film on location in Australia, but freak weather conditions…
Ausfilm calls for filming incentive boost as The Wolverine arrives in Sydney
Ausfilm has called for a boost to Australia’s location filming incentives with the arrival in Sydney of X-Men spin-off The Wolverine. Australia has been short on big-budget international filming productions in the last few years and the country is keen…
Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman film The Railway Man on location in Queensland
Oscar winners Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman are filming The Railway Man on location in Queensland. The project travels to Australia having already spent several weeks filming in Edinburgh and North Berwick in Scotland. The feature tells the true story…