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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…
Gotham City on-screen: Location filming options for James Gordon TV drama
New Fox TV drama Gotham will explore the early career of James Gordon, the detective who eventually helps Batman with his fight against Gotham City’s super-villains. Filming locations for the series will need to offer tax incentives and film-friendly production…
Historical action drama Pompeii films on location in Toronto
Historical action drama Pompeii recreated the eponymous ancient Roman city filming on location in Toronto, Canada. The film tells the story of a slave-turned-gladiator struggling to save the aristocratic woman he loves against the backdrop of Pompeii's infamous volcanic eruption.…
BBC drama Shetland returns for new series filming on the Scottish archipelago
In March 2014 the BBC is screening a new series of drama Shetland, named for the remote archipelago north of the Scottish mainland where it's filmed and set. Douglas Henshall stars as a detective working in the small island communities.…
House of Cards to return for third season filming on location in Maryland
Hit drama series House of Cards will return for a third season and will continue filming on location in Maryland. The high-end political drama doubles Baltimore for Washington, DC, and made history in 2013 for becoming the first series to…
Author of acclaimed novel The Luminaries chooses New Zealand for series filming
A miniseries based on Booker Prize-winning novel The Luminaries should film on location in New Zealand, the author has said. Eleanor Catton’s novel is set in 1866 during the Otago Gold Rush of southern New Zealand and she wants the…
New Orleans spinoff to crime procedural NCIS likely to film in Los Angeles
A New Orleans-set spinoff series of the long-running US crime drama NCIS (Naval Criminal Investigative Service) would likely film on location in Los Angeles. Limited New Orleans filming is scheduled for an upcoming NCIS story that will be a tester…
Pirate drama series Black Sails films on location at Cape Town Film Studios
Pirate drama Black Sails filmed on location at Cape Town Film Studios in South Africa, doubling the region for the Bahamas. Set in 1720, the series is pitched as a prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic pirate novel Treasure Island…
Cinespace Chicago Film Studios plans extensive back lot filming facility
Cinespace Chicago Film Studios in Illinois has revealed more details of its plans to develop an extensive back lot facility. The studio wants to create standing exterior sets for international cityscapes, as well as more generic interior sets such as…
Filming on location with commercials producer Laurie Boccaccio
Laurie Boccaccio has 15 years of experience as a commercials producer, working mainly for top production company MJZ. She talks to The Location Guide about her experiences filming around the world. “I have been so fortunate to see and work…