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Far-Eastern Change: Myanmar Opens Up
Burma is emerging from the darkness. After decades of isolation and repression, the country of Myanmar (aka Burma) in South-East Asia is opening up. Politically, socially and economically a new age is dawning, with opportunities and challenges in equal measure.…
Filming on location at the Biltmore Estate in North Carolina
The Biltmore Estate is in the mountains of Asheville, North Carolina, in the eastern US and was built by George Washington Vanderbilt. It’s America’s largest privately-owned home and has welcomed an impressive number of film, TV and commercial shoots over…
Atlanta film studio awarded public money to help with expansion
Public money will assist expansion plans for a studio in Atlanta, Georgia. EUE/Screen Gems Studio in the city’s Lakewood neighbourhood has been awarded nearly USD500,000 towards the USD3.3 million needed to develop two more sound stages. Brian McGowan is President…
Hunger Games sequel chooses Georgia over North Carolina filming locations
Lionsgate will film Hunger Games sequel Catching Fire largely on location in Georgia and Hawaii. It’s a disappointment for North Carolina, which hosted the first film and made around USD60 million from the extensive shoot. Part of the reason for…
Greater Fort Lauderdale in Florida prepares for Iron Man 3 location shoot
Marvel’s superhero sequel Iron Man 3 will be filming in Greater Fort Lauderdale near Miami, Florida, from October 2012 after several months spent in North Carolina. The shoot comes a year after Tom Cruise’s high-profile Rock of Ages recreated Los…
California community removes palm trees to appeal as generic small-town USA
A farming town in Southern California has cut down its palm trees to make it feel more like generic small-town America. The changes in Fillmore aren’t for a specific production but in the past the palm trees have lost the…
Filming in Naples with Location Manager Andrea Valerio Santarelli
Andrea is a Location Manager working in the southern region of Italy. He works on commercial film productions and photo shoots. What can you tell me about the region that you cover? Campania is a region celebrated for its climate,…
Epic BBC drama The White Queen commits to Bruges location shoot
An epic TV costume drama from the BBC will film on location in Bruges in Belgium. The White Queen will be a ten-hour miniseries and literary adaptation telling the story of three women caught up in the War of the…
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…
Filming on the USS Lexington aircraft carrier in Texas
The USS Lexington is a World War II-era decommissioned aircraft carrier based in Corpus Christi in southern Texas. It functions as a floating museum in Corpus Christi Bay and is also available as a filming location. Commissioned in 1943, the…