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Michigan awards location filming support to local Dogman feature
A low-budget feature called Dogman has been awarded incentive support in Michigan. It will spend just over USD380,000 and get a payment of slightly more than USD155,000. Inspired by Michigan folklore, the film tells the story of a wolf-like animal…
California seizes on good-news filming report after New York steals pilot season
New York City may be more popular for TV in the upcoming pilot season, but a new report suggests California's tax credit scheme is successful. The figures, announced from the set of TV show Body of Proof, were collated by…
Kansas re-launches filming incentive following suspension of two years
Kansas has re-launched its filming incentive after it was suspended for two years to reduce public spending. Eligible projects can claim a 30% non-refundable, non-transferable tax credit on their Kansas production spend, and the scheme applies to features, commercials and…
Michigan Production Alliance launches ad supporting tax incentives
Ramping up its campaign to hold on to the state’s filming incentives, the Michigan Production Alliance has launched an ad parading hundreds of local filming professionals to emphasise how Michigan has benefitted from the scheme. Keep It Rolling is airing…
Sam Raimi’s Oz: The Great and Powerful first film at Raleigh Studios Michigan
Oz: The Great and Powerful, the new feature from Sam Raimi, will film at Michigan’s Raleigh Studios with production likely to start in August 2011. The film is the first to shoot at the new studios and could be the…
The Avengers starts filming in New Mexico with time also scheduled for Ohio and NYC
Superhero epic The Avengers has started filming in Albuquerque, New Mexico, uniting Marvel’s biggest characters into a single film. Over the next few months production is also scheduled for Cleveland, Ohio, and New York City. John R Kasich, Governor of…
The Avengers rejects Michigan for Ohio location filming over incentives uncertainty
In a high-profile case of incentives uncertainty scaring off major film productions, upcoming feature The Avengers has rejected a planned location shoot in Michigan for a better deal in Ohio. The film will also shoot in New Mexico and New…
TLG talks to Bill Bowling about the changes to the Locations Trade Show
I’m meeting a man I don’t know. This doesn’t happen very often. It’s nerve-wracking, especially here. I’m at the famous Urth Caffe, on Melrose. The sun is shining and movie movers and shakers, or those who would like to be,…
US state filming incentives in flux but to what long-term impact?
The November mid-term elections in the US resulted in various gubernatorial changes across the country and with the changing of the guard come changing opinions towards state filming incentives. New Mexico is among the highest-profile cases. New Governor Susana Martinez…
December location filming in LA rises 37%
The number of productions filming on location in Los Angeles during December 2010 rose by 37% compared to the same month in 2009, according to figures from FilmLA. Despite launching a tax credit of up to 25% for qualifying productions…