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Location Manager Steve Mortimore: Filming Brad Pitt’s World War Z
Steve Mortimore convinced Glasgow to host a zombie apocalypse and also secured a Navy ship for Brad Pitt’s upcoming World War Z. He talks to TLG about planning the end of the world and finding studio space for one of…
Steve Coogan films Alan Partridge movie on location on Norfolk pier
Comedy star Steve Coogan is filming a movie of his famous comedy character Alan Partridge on location on Cromer Pier in Norfolk on the east coast of England. Partridge is a tragically funny TV presenter and DJ who Coogan first…
Filming on location with Boomtown Productions
We are a Middle East-based company with our HQ in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and with offices in London in the United Kingdom and Cape Town in South Africa. We produce TV commercials, branded entertainment, feature films,…
Ricky Gervais films on location in Broadstairs for comedy drama Derek
Comedian Ricky Gervais filmed on location in Broadstairs on the south-east coast of England for his new TV series. Gervais stars in Derek, a comedy-drama that he also wrote and directed, and which is set in a small UK care…
Pinewood Studios starts work on new filming stage at London facility
Pinewood Studios has started work on a new stage at its facility outside London. The GBP7.5 million build will comprise a 30,000-square-foot stage and 15,000 square feet of production office and workshop space. It’s scheduled to be ready for autumn…
Ireland to boost location filming incentive to entice international producers
Ireland will boost its location filming incentive to further entice producers as international competition increases. From 2015 the Irish programme - known as Section 481 – will offer a 32% payment on qualifying payment, a 4% increase on the current…
Supervising Location Manager Terry Blyther doubles Budapest for Moscow in Die Hard 5
A Good Day to Die Hard is the latest in the iconic Bruce Willis action movie franchise. Supervising Location Manager Terry Blyther turned Budapest into Moscow for the fifth instalment, which sees Willis’ John McClane coming to the aid of…
Cardiff Film Unit set up as demand rises for location filming in Welsh capital
Cardiff council has set up a dedicated film unit to handle the rise in demand for location filming in the Welsh capital. The new unit will manage location filming in council-owned buildings and on city roads, and will also promote…
Galway Film Centre invites producers to scout regional filming locations
A group of producers has visited Galway in western Ireland to scout regional filming locations at the invitation of the Galway Film Centre. The ten producers spent two days visiting the city and nearby locations like the picturesque Inagh Valley…
Lack of filming incentives may force Guernsey-set story to shoot elsewhere
A feature adaptation of popular novel The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society may have to shoot elsewhere if local authorities cannot offer filming incentives to reduce production costs. The story is set during the German occupation of the…