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Los Angeles to waive filming fees for TV pilots shooting on location
Los Angeles is set to waive city fees for TV drama pilots filming locally. The resolution has been co-authored by recently-elected Mayor Eric Garcetti in a bid to reverse the city’s runaway production trend. “When we support TV pilots being…
Tom Hanks films piracy drama Captain Phillips in Malta and Virginia
Tom Hanks and director Paul Greengrass filmed Malta and the military facilities of Virginia in the US for modern piracy drama Captain Phillips. The movie tells the true story of Captain Richard Phillips, whose merchant ship the Maersk Alabama was…
MediaMonks Films makes raincloud in Barcelona filming for Geox footwear
Dutch production company MediaMonks Films shot on location in Barcelona for a wet test for Geox Amphibiox footwear. The campaign involved drenching a brave test subject with artificial rainclouds as he explored the city, to test how the shoes cope…
Los Angeles location filming increases nearly 10% in third quarter of 2013
Location filming in Los Angeles increased by nearly 10% in the third quarter of 2013 compared to the same period last year, the city has announced. Feature production rose by nearly 20% between July and September, while commercial filming went…
Andy Lau Hong Kong action film Switch helps promote Dubai
New action movie Switch, featuring Hong Kong star Andy Lau, shot partly on location in Dubai and could help promote the emirate city. Already a big hit in China, the film was originally brought to the United Arab Emirates through…
Park City Film Studios breaks ground in Utah
Construction has begun on Park City Film Studios near Salt Lake City in Utah with a ground-breaking ceremony. Over the course of a staged development, the studio will eventually offer a main 45,000-square-foot sound stage and a smaller divisible 15,000-square-foot…
The Weinstein Company and BBC agree production deal on War and Peace
A production deal has been agreed between the BBC and The Weinstein Company on a new TV production of the epic Tolstoy novel War and Peace. First published in 1869, the book is set in early 19th Century Russia but…
Anglo-French murder mystery The Tunnel films on location in East Kent
New Anglo-French murder mystery The Tunnel filmed on location throughout East Kent in the UK. Adapted from Scandinavian murder mystery series The Bridge, the story begins with a body found midway through the Channel Tunnel. Co-producers Kudos Film and Shine…
Dubai assesses benefits of Shah Rukh Khan film Happy New Year
Dubai is assessing the benefits of hosting location filming for Shah Rukh Khan’s feature Happy New Year, which recently became the first movie to shoot almost entirely in the emirate city. Figures from the Dubai Film and TV Commission suggest…
New York hosts location filming for international sitcom Brooklyn Taxi
New international sitcom Brooklyn Taxi has started filming on location in New York. Based on a French-language movie called Taxi that filmed in Marseille in the late 90s, the new show is the first foreign production to qualify for New…