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Milk VFX to work on Sherlock and Beowulf from new Cardiff studio
Boutique visual effects company Milk is set to open a new studio in Cardiff and will start work on the upcoming Christmas special of Sherlock and ITV’s Dark Ages fantasy Beowulf. The company will also work on the new series…
BBC signs agreement to support Northern Ireland filming industry
The BBC has signed an agreement to support Northern Ireland’s production sector by making closer ties with Northern Ireland Screen. Northern Ireland is known internationally as the home of Game of Thrones and the BBC films locally for crime drama…
Emma Thompson filming war drama Alone in Berlin on location in Germany
Emma Thompson and Brendan Gleeson are filming on location in Germany for the World War Two movie Alone in Berlin. The film will shoot partly in the town of Görlitz on the German/Polish border, which was the main location for…
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.…
Somesuch creates colourless city filming in Ukraine for new Dulux campaign
Somesuch filmed on location in Kiev in the Ukraine for a new campaign for paint manufacturer Dulux. Set in a future city devoid of colour, the spot follows a worker discovering a hidden group of rebels intent on delivering a…
Eagle Rock Studios Atlanta gets official opening for Georgia filming
New filming facility Eagle Rock Studios Atlanta has officially opened in the US state of Georgia. The studio offers multiple sound stages across two separate sites and could help Atlanta appeal to more productions like The Walking Dead and the…
BBC relocates Dragons’ Den filming to Space Project hub in Manchester
The BBC is relocating its long-running show Dragons’ Den to the new Space Project production hub in eastern Manchester. More than 55,000 sq ft of stage space is available to producers in the new facility, plus 10,000 sq ft of…
Malta to make China filming agreement as production spending soars for 2014
Malta has announced a production agreement with China is close and that the Maltese industry saw a huge increase in international spending in 2014. Transformers director Michael Bay is among the high-profile filmmakers planning a Malta shoot in the near…
Ryan Reynolds comic book movie Deadpool to film Georgia Viaduct in Vancouver
Ryan Reynolds’ new comic book movie Deadpool will film partly on location on the Georgia Viaduct, a major twinned bridge in central Vancouver. The movie is a solo outing for the comic book hero Reynolds first played as a supporting…
Kenya Film Commission to launch new film festival and market
The Kenya Film Commission is partnering with the French embassy in Kenya to launch the Kalasha International Film & TV Festival & Market in October. Taking place in Nairobi, the festival will focus on films and TV shows that showcase…