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Everest movie films on location in Nepal
New drama feature Everest is filming on location partly in Nepal with Baltasar Kormakur as director. The film is based on the true story of separate expeditions that were scaling Everest on the same day in 1996 when a rogue…
The Lego Movie uses visual effects incentives filming in Australia
New family comedy feature The Lego Movie was produced in Sydney by digital studio Animal Logic. A combination of computer-generated imagery and advanced stop-motion animation was used to realise the production, which has been a huge box-office hit. Australia offers…
The Location Guide partners with LMGA for Los Angeles awards event
The Location Managers Guild of America (LMGA) has announced a nominations shortlist for its inaugural awards event. On 29 March 2014 the ceremony will take place at the Writers Guild Theatre in Beverly Hills, with The Location Guide as a…
Gunn Report 2013 reveals most awarded commercial production companies
Biscuit Filmworks has taken the top spot for the most awarded commercial production company in the world for the first time in The Gunn Report 2013. The report also lists categories including the most awarded directors and agencies. Tim Godsall…
Moonlighting films footballer Didier Drogba in Turkey and Kenya for Windhoek Lager
Moonlighting doubled filming locations in Turkey for Africa in a new spot for Windhoek Lager that also involved shooting in Kenya and South Africa. The Journey shows football star Didier Drogba being inspired to dribble a ball across African landscapes…
Drama miniseries The Kettering Incident to film on location in Tasmania
New miniseries The Kettering Incident will film on the Australian island state of Tasmania, south of the country’s mainland. The eight-part AUD15 million production will be written by Tasmanian writer Victoria Madden and will be the highest-profile shoot in the…
Ken Ziffren is new ‘film czar’ for Los Angeles
Ken Ziffren has been appointed the new ‘film czar’ for Los Angeles, faced with the task of boosting location filming in the city. Ziffren is an experienced entertainment attorney and succeeds Tom Sherak, who tragically died of cancer in January…
Film Florida report outlines state-wide benefits of filming incentive
A new report from Film Florida has outlined how the state has benefited from the filming incentive programme that has attracted films like Dolphin Tale. According to the study, Florida makes a minimum of five dollars in investment for each…
Jurassic World and Terminator 5 filming on location in New Orleans
Dinosaur sequel Jurassic World and sci-fi sequel Terminator: Genesis will be among the big-budget productions filming in New Orleans over the coming months. A reboot of superhero franchise Fantastic Four is scheduled to film in Baton Rouge. Louisiana Entertainment released…
Spike Jonze combines Los Angeles and Shanghai to film future romance Her
Filmmaker Spike Jonze combined cityscapes in Los Angeles and Shanghai to create the near-future urban setting of his oddball romance Her. The film follows a lonely writer who develops a strange relationship with an artificially intelligent operating system. Jonze worked…