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Boardwalk Empire producer praises New York filming incentives after Emmy wins
A producer of HBO’s hit drama Boardwalk Empire has praised New York’s filming incentive programme and stated that without it the show would be filming elsewhere. The Prohibition-era gangster series has filmed four seasons and this weekend won five Emmys.…
Technicolor to open new visual effects studio on location in Montreal
Technicolor is set to open a new visual effects studio in Montreal, Quebec, through its subsidiary MPC (Moving Picture Company) in the coming weeks. Bryan Singer’s X-Men: Days of Future Past is among the movies the firm is already working…
Maine officials to push for more generous filming incentives
Officials in Maine in the north-east corner of the US are to push for a sweetened filming incentive programme. The state offers a limited series of small filming rebates and tax credits for productions that spend at least USD75,000 locally,…
Serial killer drama Dexter ends after years filming California as Miami
Serial killer drama Dexter is coming to an end after years spent filming Long Beach in California as South Florida. The show told the story of Dexter Morgan, a Miami-based police forensics expert who spent his free time secretly tracking…
Emmys spotlight popular Washington DC setting but filming goes elsewhere
Five popular TV series set to dominate this weekend’s Emmy awards have Washington DC settings but were all filmed elsewhere in the US. Washington does not have a reputation as a particularly film-friendly city due to the lack of a…
BBC fantasy drama series Atlantis films on location in Morocco
The BBC has filmed parts of its new fantasy drama series Atlantis on location in Morocco. Filming took place at the Atlas Film Studios near the city of Ouarzazate in the centre of the country, which has previously hosted films…
Mayor of Los Angeles under pressure to appoint city film czar
Eric Garcetti, the Mayor of Los Angeles, is under continuing pressure to appoint a so-called ‘film czar’, whose job it will be to boost the city’s production industry. Los Angeles has a problem with runaway productions and the film czar…
Wefilm concludes Heineken Dropped campaign filming in Poland and Philippines
Dutch production company Wefilm travelled to Poland and the Philippines to film the latest entries in Wieden+Kennedy’s Dropped digital campaign for Heineken. The Poland episodes involved skydiving with clowns and the team stranded itself on a desert island in the…
New Hampshire considers filming incentive
New Hampshire in the north-east US is considering launching a filming incentive to attract middle-budgeted movies. Authorities are concerned they are missing out on direct production spending and tourism dollars as one of only a handful of US states that…
Guinness films new Surge commercial on location in Tahiti and Hawaii
Guinness filmed on location in Tahiti and Hawaii for its new spot Surge. The 20-second commercial captures the underwater drama of an ocean swell and draws a parallel with a surge of Guinness, in the process recalling the brand’s classic…