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Marvel’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier filming mainly in Los Angeles
Marvel’s superhero sequel Captain America: The Winter Soldier is shooting mainly on location in Los Angeles. Its production budget is too large to qualify for California’s filming incentive, but the decision was easier as the sequel is set in modern-day…
England’s Peak District hopes for film tourism boost with BBC’s The Village
Authorities in the Peak District region of central and northern England are hoping for a boost in film tourism after the area was used as a filming location for BBC TV drama The Village. The series charts the social history…
Bang Bang Films and B-Reel Films shoot urban romance in Madrid for Titan
Bang Bang Films and B-Reel Films headed to Spanish capital Madrid to shoot a quirky romance for major watch brand Titan. Tagged features a couple travelling around the city together when their watch straps become linked. Facing a tight production…
Pinewood Studios signs Joint Venture Agreement with Seven Stars Media in China
Pinewood Studios has signed a Joint Venture Agreement with Seven Stars Media, a global entertainment company based in China. Under the terms of the deal – called ‘Song Lin’ – Pinewood will look at business opportunities in China and provide…
Air New Zealand claims sales spur through Hobbit film tourism
Air New Zealand has said its online sales have grown since its marketing tie-ins with Peter Jackson’s first Hobbit film earlier this year. Film tourism first gave New Zealand a boost when the Lord of the Rings trilogy was released…
TV drama Da Vinci’s Demons creates 15th Century Italy filming on location in Wales
New TV drama Da Vinci’s Demons filmed its first season on location in and around Swansea in south Wales, doubling the region for 15th Century Italy. The show is a fictionalised account of the early life of Leonardo Da Vinci…
Sonny London races football fan from Brazil to Wembley for Heineken
Sonny London filmed on location in Brazil for new Heineken spot The Final. Finding himself with a ticket to the Champions League final at Wembley, a football fan makes an adventurous trip from remote Brazil to London to catch the…
India filming locations: Scouting off the beaten track
India is an astounding, ever-changing, chaotic melting pot of ideas, religions, landscapes and history that contribute to its mind-boggling diversity. Perhaps this is why so many creative minds have been attracted to the sub-continent over the years? It is impossible…
Period fantasy Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell to film on location in UK and Canada
Period fantasy miniseries Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell will film on location in northern England and in Canada. The drama is set in an alternate 19th Century England around the time of the Napoleonic Wars, as two men reintroduce magic…
On Screen Productions announces filming for new African documentary series
On Screen Productions, based in Kenya, will film a new TV documentary series for Africa Pay TV operator Zuku. From Here to Timbuktu will offer a portrait of 21st Century Africa and will initially film in regions including Ethiopia, Uganda…