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Editor’s Weekly
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows is out now in cinemas and filmed mostly in the UK, despite a plot that jumps over much of mainland Europe. Over in North America the US state of Ohio is campaigning for stronger…
Steven Soderbergh’s Haywire benefits from Film Dublin Partnership on location in Ireland
Steven Soderbergh’s added an all-out action movie to his eclectic CV. Haywire showcases the physical skills of real-life mixed martial artist Gina Carano, who in the film plays a black ops operative chased by Government agents. Several chase sequences were…
Editor's Weekly
Good news for the UK this week as the location filming tax relief scheme was renewed through to 2015. Also in Europe Julia Wülker of the FilmFernsehFonds Bayern gave us an insight into the Bavarian filming locations used for The…
British Columbia hosts Mission: Impossible but can’t prevent production slide
British Columbia (BC) - and Vancouver in particular - has a reputation as a global production hub and recently hosted Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, but a new report shows overall production in the province has slipped this year. The…
Colin Farrell and Jessica Biel wrap Total Recall location filming in Toronto
The remake of Schwarzenegger sci-fi classic Total Recall has wrapped in Toronto with stars Colin Farrell and Jessica Biel. The major shoot at one point shut down central arterial road Lake Shore Boulevard for nearly a full working week, according…
Editor's Weekly
Guinness re-asserted itself as a brand this week with an epic rain-soaked battle shot in Hungary. South Africa and New Zealand formed a co-production agreement that could boost both of these global production hubs, and there was news from two…
Tom Cruise and Superman could boost Canada’s 2011 screen industry income
Canada’s film and TV industries made almost CAD7 billion for the national economy in 2010, according to figures from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Major projects like Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol and a new Superman film could lift the figure…
Multi-coloured band films click-to-win music video on location in California
Consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble has journeyed to the California desert for a special music video promoting its detergent brand Cheer. Australian band Strange Talk was sent to Adelanto near Los Angeles to perform their single Climbing Walls for…
William F White Centre launches to meet increased location filming needs in Toronto
Location filming in Toronto has never been more popular and veteran Canadian equipment provider William F White (WFW) has responded by opening a new CAD20 million facility in the city. The new complex covers nearly 31,500 square metres – double…
TLG talks to Canadian Location Manager Scott Alexander
Scott was born in Red Deer in Alberta, Canada. He moved to Burlington, Ontario, when he was 11, and studied business at university. In 1998 he applied for a location PA position on the TV series Due South and has…