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Australia delays Location Offset rise and launches new $20m filming incentive
Australia has delayed a rise in its Location Offset and has instead launched a new filming incentive worth AUD20 million. Specific details are scarce but the new fund is designed to boost international interest in Australia as a filming location.…
Steven Spielberg planning Kashmir film project through DreamWorks Studios
Steven Spielberg is developing a feature through DreamWorks Studios that is partly set in Kashmir. He won’t direct the project, but it will be produced in conjunction with DreamWorks’ partner in India. “We have finalised a script for a movie…
Skunk films runaway train rescue on location in Romania for Jameson Whiskey
Skunk doubled Romania and the Bulgarian coast for 19th Century Northern Ireland in a new spot for Jameson Whiskey. Iron Horse features John Jameson rescuing a cargo of whiskey barrels and women from a runaway train before it plunges over…
London boroughs using cloud-based software to ease location filming plans
Cloud-based software is helping ease the process of location filming in the majority of London’s boroughs. FilmApp is designed to streamline location filming applications and connect Location Managers and Producers with the relevant organisations and resources. First launched in 2007,…
Sam Raimi praises Michigan film industry as Oz the Great and Powerful bows
Sam Raimi has praised the Michigan film industry ahead of the release of his epic new movie Oz the Great and Powerful. The film shot at the former Raleigh Michigan Studios – now called the Michigan Motion Picture Studios -…
Bleu Arc chases cheaper European production costs filming in Budapest
Hong Kong-based production company Bleu Arc chose a Budapest location shoot for Chinese clothing brand Youngor when the city offered cheaper production costs. The original plan to film around Oxford University in England proved too expensive. One day of filming…
Blink Productions films Three’s dancing pony on location on Shetland
Blink Productions headed north of Scotland to Shetland to film a dancing Shetland pony in a celebration of silliness for the Three network. The spot features the tiny pony showing off its dance moves on a scenic cliff top. Global…
New York filming productions to be allowed assault weapons despite state ban
Productions filming on location in New York will most likely still be allowed to have assault weapons on set for filming purposes, despite the guns recently being banned. Governor Andrew M Cuomo has sought to clarify the law surrounding prop…
Filming on location in Cape Town
I am on a lovely ‘Caribbean’ beach surrounded by clear water, tall palm trees, smooth white sand, huge boulders, wooden huts and a picturesque village. I would be tempted to take a swim or lie down to sunbathe were it…
50th Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition films on Easter Island and Antarctica
Sports Illustrated (SI) travelled around the world to shoot stills for the 50th anniversary of its high-profile Swimsuit Edition. Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean was among the more unusual locations and the publisher also became the first to organise…