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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…
New Zealand film agencies create umbrella entity to boost production industry
Three of New Zealand’s film bodies have created a ‘virtual agency’ to bring them all closer together and boost the country’s production industry. The new agency, Screen NZ, could help New Zealand attract more big-budget productions like James Cameron’s Avatar…
Prosum Inc films in northern India following culture of Tibetan Buddhist monks
Seoul-based production company Prosum Inc has been filming documentary Becoming Who I Was on location in the Ladakh region of northern India at the foot of the Himalayas. The production follows a young boy who has been 'recognised' as ‘Rinpoche’,…
New Terminator movie starts filming on location in New Orleans
Filming on the new Terminator movie has started on location in New Orleans. Arnold Schwarzenegger returns to the franchise that first made him a movie superstar back in the mid-80s. The film will be the fourth sequel to James Cameron’s…
Cambodia: Exploring the growth of an international filming location
I am on my way to Cambodia to meet with the film commissioner Cédric Eloy and visit the country. With over one hundred international productions of all sizes having shot there in 2013, I am keen to see why Cambodia…
Supervising Location Manager James Lin on Captain America 2 and California filming
Marvel made the unusual step of bringing big-budget film production to California for its comic-book sequel Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Supervising Location Manager James Lin talks about the challenges of the shoot and California’s filmmaking future. Captain America: The…
Northern Ireland launches film tourism campaign with HBO and Game of Thrones
Northern Ireland is launching a new film tourism campaign that hinges on the spectacular international success of HBO’s Game of Thrones. The fourth series starts next week and the film tourism campaign will run in nine different countries through to…
The Tonight Show secures 30% filming incentive relocating to New York
Iconic entertainment programme The Tonight Show has been given a 30% filming incentive relocating to New York, a report suggests. The show has switched filming locations from Los Angeles where it had been based since the early 70s. New York-based…
New Orleans spinoff to crime procedural NCIS likely to film in Los Angeles
A New Orleans-set spinoff series of the long-running US crime drama NCIS (Naval Criminal Investigative Service) would likely film on location in Los Angeles. Limited New Orleans filming is scheduled for an upcoming NCIS story that will be a tester…
Coillte estate in Ireland showcases filming locations with new online portfolio
An online portfolio is showcasing filming locations in Ireland managed by the Coillte estate. Coillte is a state-sponsored organisation that manages around 450,000 hectares of mostly forest and woodland across the country. The showcase could help attract more productions on…