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Scotland anticipates film tourism boost as Outlander launch approaches
Scotland is anticipating a film tourism boost as the launch date approaches for TV miniseries Outlander. Based on novels by Diana Gabaldon, the show filmed on location near Glasgow and tells a time-travelling story that flits between World War II…
Carnival Films and BBC America to film historical miniseries The Last Kingdom
Carnival Films and BBC America are to co-produce new historical miniseries The Last Kingdom. Based on novels by Bernard Cornwell, the drama is likely to be similar in tone to Game of Thrones and Vikings, and will be set in…
Scotland plans film tourism boost with movie map of Edinburgh
Authorities in Scotland are planning to boost film tourism in Edinburgh with the launch of a movie map of the iconic city. Filming locations used in 21 different movies over the years in the Scottish capital feature on the map,…
Hungry Man films medieval Mentos antics on location at historic French chateau
Hungry Man filmed on location at a 12th Century castle in southern France for a new commercial for Mentos mints. Never Surrender offers a dash of Monty Python humour as a knight riddled with arrows is kept alive and ‘fresh’…
Terence Davies films period feature Sunset Song on location in Scotland
Filmmaker Terence Davies is shooting period feature Sunset Song in Aberdeenshire in Scotland. The film is based on the 1932 novel by Lewis Grassic Gibbon and tells the story of a young woman coming of age in Scotland as social…
BBC to film new series of crime drama Shetland on location
The BBC has announced that a new series of popular crime drama Shetland will film in 2015. Set and shot on the remote archipelago of Shetland off the north-east coast of the Scottish mainland, the drama series is adapted from…
Channel 4 in the UK to invest in international co-productions
Channel 4 in the UK has announced plans to invest in drama co-productions, both internationally and in Britain. Simon Maxwell has been appointed the channel’s first Head of International Drama. “These are exciting times for television drama,” said Maxwell: “Never…
True Detective producer advocates better filming incentives for Scotland
An Executive Producer on the US miniseries True Detective has advocated better filming incentives in Scotland. Edinburgh-born Richard Brown said that increasing the filming tax credits available in Scotland on top of the existing UK incentive could help boost the…
Location Scotland creates new LS Motion department
The Edinburgh-based full service production and location management company Location Scotland has announced the launch of new TV production department LS Motion. Client demand for moving image production alongside stills shoots in Scotland has resulted in a natural progression for…
Northern Film and Media in England lobbies for regional film fund
Northern Film and Media in England is lobbying local authorities to set up a film fund to help boost production in the region and build on the success of dramas series like Vera. Currently, the organisation can offer no more…