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Michael Mann films cybercrime drama Blackhat in Far East and Los Angeles
Filmmaker Michael Mann shot his cybercrime movie Blackhat in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia and Los Angeles. Chris Hemsworth stars as a computer expert recruited to hunt an international gang of cyber criminals. “Michael Mann wanted to have a sense that…
TV drama Dominion to return to film Cape Town as future Las Vegas
Supernatural TV drama Dominion is in pre-production on its second season and will again film Cape Town in South Africa as a future Las Vegas. The drama is a TV version of the 2010 fantasy horror film Legion. “South Africa…
Bioscope Films shoots street race on location in Johannesburg for Toyota
Bioscope Films has shot a street race in Johannesburg, South Africa, in a campaign for the new Toyota Etios Cross. Urban Challenge pitches the vehicle and driver against BMX champion Siphiso ‘Skizo’ Nhlapa. “We shot in downtown Johannesburg in the…
South Africa filming incentives bring Homeland to Cape Town and boost industry
South Africa is enjoying surging popularity as an international filming hotspot. Location Manager Robert Bentley talks about the Cape Town shoot for US spy drama Homeland and how the series has doubled the South African city for locations around the…
Jude Law films underwater drama Black Sea on Russian submarine in Kent
Jude Law teamed with filmmaker Kevin Macdonald to shoot submarine thriller Black Sea partly on a real Russian sub in south-east England. The movie tells the story of a group of submariners searching for lost Nazi gold at the bottom…
Egg Films recreates Le Mans racing track filming in South Africa for Mazda
Egg Films of Cape Town recreated iconic French racing track Le Mans filming a new spot for Mazda in South Africa. The ad initially reverses its footage, showcasing the history of Mazda through the brand’s victory at Le Mans in…
Drone movie Eye in the Sky doubles South Africa for global filming locations
A new film set in the secretive world of unmanned military drone strikes has finished filming in South Africa, doubling the country for locations around the world. Helen Mirren co-stars in Eye in the Sky, which follows a drone mission…
Supernatural series Grimm captures forests and filming incentives in Oregon
Supernatural TV series Grimm is filming its fourth season in the show’s established home in Portland, Oregon. The production team was attracted partly by Portland’s forest locations that are appropriate for the story’s fairy tale origins, and also by Oregon’s…
Dystopian movie Young Ones films South Africa with VFX work in Ireland
New dystopian movie Young Ones doubled South Africa for a dusty US state in a future where the planet is ravaged by chronic drought. Visual effects work was completed in Ireland by Windmill Lane VFX of Dublin, under a co-production…
Milk & Honey Films opens new office for commercial servicing in Cape Town
Milk & Honey Films has opened a new office in Cape Town as the company seeks to expand its commercial servicing presence to South Africa. The firm’s international presence already includes Los Angeles, Buenos Aires, Prague and Shanghai. “Cape Town…