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Crime drama Banshee starts filming new season in Pittsburgh
Long-running US crime drama Banshee has started filming its new season on location in Pittsburgh. The city has in recent years featured in Tom Cruise’s vigilante drama Jack Reacher, and also stood in for Gotham in Christopher Nolan’s Batman sequel…
The Embassy films night-time stunt drive on streets of Cape Town for Pennzoil
Vancouver production company The Embassy took to the streets of Cape Town for a new stunt drive to promote US oil company Pennzoil. Airlift Drift features a Dodge Challenger Hellcat using the South African city as its night-time playground. The…
BBC to film third series of drama Shetland
The BBC will film a third series of its crime drama Shetland on location on the archipelago north of the Scottish mainland. Douglas Henshall will once again star as DI Jimmy Perez, whose new investigation involves a young man's disappearance…
New drama series Tatau films on Cook Islands and launches on BBC Three
New drama Tatau filmed on location on the Cook Islands and launched over the weekend on BBC3. The series follows two young Britons who find they have been given the power to see into the future by way of a…
Fast & Furious 7 films in Abu Dhabi
Fast & Furious 7 brings the motoring action franchise to Abu Dhabi for the first time, filming in multiple iconic locations and making use of the city’s 30% filming incentive. The production team spent two weeks filming in and around…
VisitScotland expo 2015 to promote Scottish filming locations
Upcoming travel trade show VisitScotland expo 2015 will include a three-day tour to promote Scotland’s filming locations to a small delegation from key international markets. A separate familiarisation trip will specifically promote the drama series Outlander to a German delegation.…
Kenneth Branagh films Cinderella in southern England and at Pinewood Studios
Kenneth Branagh’s new live-action version of Disney’s Cinderella filmed at Pinewood Studios near London and also on location across southern England. The film is the latest live-action fairytale feature from Disney and follows the success of Maleficent, which also filmed…
Stephen Poliakoff filming BBC drama Close To The Enemy in London and Liverpool
Stephen Poliakoff has started filming his new BBC period drama Close To The Enemy on location in London and Liverpool. The filmmaker previously shot his early-1930s drama Dancing on the Edge in West Midlands. Close To The Enemy is set…
Pinewood Studios to raise £30m to part fund London expansion plan
Pinewood Studios near London is set to raise nearly GBP 30 million to part-fund its major expansion plan. The company will place eight million shares and create new bank facilities to fund the first part of the three-phase Pinewood Studios…
TV series of YA fantasy story The Mortal Instruments to film in Toronto
A new TV series of the popular Young Adult (YA) fantasy novel franchise The Mortal Instruments will film in Toronto from this May as Shadowhunters. The Ontario capital got a production spending boost last year hosting Guillermo del Toro’s Crimson…