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Bond actor Ben Whishaw officially opens new Q Stage at Pinewood Studios
Bond actor Ben Whishaw has officially opened the new ‘Q’ Stage at Pinewood Studios near London. The new stage offers 30,000 square feet of floor space and 15,000 square feet of additional production facilities. Pinewood is the historic home of…
Extreme cold prompts Fargo miniseries to break Calgary filming early
Extreme cold in the Canadian city of Calgary has prompted filming on the new Fargo miniseries to break early for Christmas. The ten-part series is based on the Coen Brothers’ Oscar-winning 1996 film and was hit by temperatures lower than…
UK government opens up filming incentive programme and boosts visual effects
The UK government has opened up its filming incentive programme and has introduced support for visual effects. Chancellor George Osborne’s enhancements to the filming incentive included reducing the minimum production spend needed to access the tax credits. Productions will now…
MJZ films Dutch rollercoaster to capture football excitement for Carlsberg
MJZ filmed on a rollercoaster in Holland for a new Carlsberg commercial celebrating the rush of football. The spot turns the rollercoaster into a visual metaphor as players, fans, stewards and commentators alike experience the highs and lows of the…
Kaufman Astoria Studios in New York City opens new filming back lot
Kaufman Astoria Studios in the New York City borough of Queens has opened a new street back lot. The new facility spans 34,800 square feet over a fully blocked-off and de-mapped stretch of the borough’s Astoria district and is the…
Coronation Street unveils new filming location redesigned for high-definition
Producers of the long-running UK soap Coronation Street have unveiled the show’s new set on Salford Quays just outside Manchester. The set has been two years in the making and the show will shift from Granada Studios in central Manchester…
Norway and Netherlands agree documentary filming co-production deal
Norway and the Netherlands have agreed a deal that will see the two countries co-produce a series of documentaries over the next two years. Six new productions will be made, split between minority Dutch and minority Norwegian shoots. “This is…
High-end TV: How the small screen became big business
Business is booming for television production and countries around the world are clamouring for a piece of the action. High-end television shows with movie-scale production values are commanding large audiences, but what impact does this have on local industries and…
Angelina Jolie shifts location filming of Unbroken to Sydney
Angelina Jolie has shifted location filming of her World War II feature Unbroken to Sydney in New South Wales (NSW), having completed scenes in Queensland. The film tells the story of US airman Louis Zamperini who survived weeks adrift at…
Film London increases available filming space as TV tax credit boosts demand
Film London has made 1.25 million square feet of additional filming space available in the English capital. The move is a response to heightened demand since the launch of the UK’s TV tax credit earlier this year, a move that…