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Park Pictures builds Roman gladiator arena in New Zealand filming for Samsung
Park Pictures built a Roman gladiator arena near Auckland, New Zealand, for a new spot promoting Samsung’s curved Ultra High Definition TV. The ad features a father and son facing a gladiator charge in the Roman arena as the curved…
Bollywood action movie Bang Bang wraps Abu Dhabi location filming
Bollywood action movie Bang Bang has wrapped several weeks of location filming in Abu Dhabi. The production was a partnership between Fox Star Studios and twofour54 of Abu Dhabi’s Media Zone Authority, and was the first Bollywood shoot to come…
Florida suffers blow as authorities fail to boost filming incentive fund
Florida’s production industry faces an uncertain future as authorities have failed to boost its formal filming incentive. The state offers a base filming tax credit of 20%, but a lack of available cash in the fund means Florida is struggling…
Cannes 2014: Netherlands launches new film commission and production incentive
The Netherlands has launched a new film commission and a 30% production incentive. Announced in Cannes, the Netherlands Film Commission will promote the country’s production industry internationally, while the filming incentive has a fund of EUR20 million. Movies and feature-length…
Black Hand Cinema doubles Lisbon for Rio de Janeiro in new Shakira promo
Los Angeles-based Black Hand Cinema filmed on location in the Portuguese capital Lisbon for Shakira’s new video Dare (La La La). The city was chosen as a double for Rio de Janeiro and the track itself is part of the…
New Godzilla movie builds San Francisco on location in Vancouver
Legendary Pictures built San Francisco on location in Vancouver for Gareth Edwards’ new adaptation of monster movie Godzilla. British Columbia also doubled for settings including Japan and the Philippines, while Hawaii stood in for the Marshall Islands in the western…
Homeland co-creator calls for more US TV productions to film Israel
The Israeli co-creator of hit US terrorism drama Homeland has called for more US productions to film in international locations including Israel. Gideon Raff is currently working on new US dramas Tyrant and The Dig, both of which are shooting…
Bollywood action movie Bang Bang to film scenes on location in Abu Dhabi
Bollywood action movie Bang Bang will spend nearly a month filming on location in Abu Dhabi. Loosely based on Tom Cruise’s 2010 action comedy Knight and Day, the movie will use the Emirate city’s 30% filming incentive. India’s Fox Star…
Japanese firm Wasa Be films at Grand Central Terminal in New York for Toshiba
Japanese production company Wasa Be filmed at the iconic Grand Central Terminal (GCT) in New York City for a new spot promoting Toshiba’s LED lights. Toshiba installed the station’s LEDs late last year and has a special relationship with the…
BBC filming adaptation of biblical Noah tale on location in Morocco
Red Planet Pictures is filming a new version of the biblical Noah story on location in Morocco for the BBC, just as Darren Aronofsky’s Noah has proven a global hit. The Ark will star David Threlfall and is being made…