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Dubai Film and TV Commission hosts advertising and film finance workshop
Dubai Film and TV Commission has hosted a two-day workshop on advertising and film finance for media professionals based in the United Arab Emirates. Held in Dubai Studio City, the workshop was designed to help local producers boost their businesses.…
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…
Wes Anderson films in eastern Germany for The Grand Budapest Hotel
Director Wes Anderson filmed on location in eastern Germany for his new feature The Grand Budapest Hotel. Set mainly between the First and Second World Wars, the story follows the quirky exploits of Ralph Fiennes' hotel manager and his lobby…
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.…
New TV drama Hieroglyph to recreate ancient Egypt filming in New Mexico
New TV drama series Hieroglyph will recreate ancient Egypt filming on location in New Mexico. The show will be based at Albuquerque Film Studios and could help further boost the state's profile after the success of Breaking Bad. Hieroglyph will…
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…
RoboCop remake films on location in Toronto doubling for a future Detroit
Jose Padilha’s big-budget remake of iconic action crime drama RoboCop filmed largely on location in Toronto, doubling the Canadian city for a futuristic Detroit. Like Paul Verhoeven’s original, the film tells the story of a maimed police officer resurrected as…
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…
Alberta to build new film studio in Calgary
A new film studio is to be built in the city of Calgary in Alberta, Canada, and could help attract more shoots on the scale of the recent Klondike. The new facility will offer two sound stages of 20,000 square…