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Santa Clarita again defies California trend as filming figures increase
Santa Clarita, north of Los Angeles, has continued to defy the overall California trend by again posting a year-on-year increase in location filming days. The city is popular for both film and TV, and has been boosted in the past…
Michigan ends filming incentive months after Batman V Superman wrap
Michigan has ended its filming incentive programme. The news comes only a few months after superhero movie Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice wrapped principal photography in Detroit. However, the incentive itself had been in turmoil since the start of…
Star Trek 3 to film partly in Dubai
Star Trek Beyond, the third in the rebooted Star Trek franchise, will film scenes on location in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) later this year. The production is likely to be the biggest Hollywood shoot to have filmed…
Hollywood exec warns Louisiana filming incentive change could lose business
An executive at Twentieth Century Fox has warned that Louisiana’s filming incentive changes could alienate big-budget features. Fred Baron is Fox’s executive vice-president of feature production and has filmed the new Fantastic Four and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes…
Matt Damon’s The Great Wall becomes biggest US-China co-production
Upcoming fantasy epic The Great Wall features a cast led by Matt Damon and is the biggest US-China co-production ever made. Filmed on location in the Chinese city of Qingdao, the story posits that China’s Great Wall was in fact…
France and Lithuania agree co-production filming deal
Lithuania and France have signed a co-production filming agreement, the first such deal for Lithuania. Shoots organised under the terms of the deal will qualify for national filming incentives in each country. France is a major European production hub, particularly…
Magic Mike sequel prompts renewed focus on Savannah film crew pool
Channing Tatum's male stripper sequel Magic Mike XXL filmed partly in Savannah, Georgia, and the high-profile shoot has prompted a renewed focus on the city’s crew and actor shortage. Georgia’s production industry is based in Atlanta, but Savannah is also…
Unofficial Chariots of Fire sequel films in China and North America
An unofficial sequel to the classic British movie Chariots of Fire is filming in China, as well as the US and Canada. The Last Race tells the true story of athlete Eric Liddell, a medal winner at the 1924 Paris…
Luc Besson war drama The Lake to start filming Malta in July
New thriller The Lake is scheduled to start filming in Malta in July. Produced by French filmmaker Luc Besson and featuring Oscar-winner JK Simmons, the movie will follow Michael Bay’s 13 Hours as the latest high-profile movie to film Malta.…
Florida laments lack of Hollywood appeal as filming incentive boost is denied
Florida’s production industry is concerned about the state’s lack of big-budget Hollywood appeal since the latest efforts to boost the filming incentive failed last week. Movies like Dolphin Tale and its sequel have been successes but Florida’s filmmaking future is…