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Author of acclaimed novel The Luminaries chooses New Zealand for series filming
A miniseries based on Booker Prize-winning novel The Luminaries should film on location in New Zealand, the author has said. Eleanor Catton’s novel is set in 1866 during the Otago Gold Rush of southern New Zealand and she wants the…
Pirate drama series Black Sails films on location at Cape Town Film Studios
Pirate drama Black Sails filmed on location at Cape Town Film Studios in South Africa, doubling the region for the Bahamas. Set in 1720, the series is pitched as a prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic pirate novel Treasure Island…
The Avengers sequel to film second-unit footage on location in South Africa
Marvel will shoot second-unit footage on location in Johannesburg in South Africa for its upcoming superhero sequel The Avengers: Age of Ultron. Filming will last two weeks for the movie that will bring together Marvel’s biggest superhero stars for a…
BBC filming in Yorkshire for Michael Palin drama and comedy Still Open All Hours
The BBC is filming on location in the Yorkshire region of northern England for two new productions. Actor and presenter Michael Palin will star in drama series Remember Me and comedy series Still Open All Hours will film on location…
New TV tax credit helps boost UK’s international location filming for 2013
Shoots for international shows like Elementary accounted for most of the TV spending in the UK in 2013 as a result of the new TV tax credit, according to the British Film Institute. Just over GBP230 million was spent by…
Breaking Bad producer to film TV ballet drama Flesh and Bone in New York
Breaking Bad producer Moira Walley-Beckett will film her new TV drama Flesh and Bone on location in New York. The series will tell the story of troubled young woman Claire, who wins a place at a prestigious New York ballet…
British Columbia doubles for California filming Broadchurch US remake
Locations in Victoria in British Columbia are doubling for the fictional northern Californian town of Gracepoint in the US remake of hit British drama Broadchurch. British actor David Tennant once again stars as the lead detective in the story of…
Action fantasy I, Frankenstein films on location in Melbourne
New action fantasy movie I, Frankenstein filmed on location in Melbourne, Australia. Based on a graphic novel, the film follows Frankenstein’s monster in a dystopian city 200 years after he was created in the events of Mary Shelley’s original book.…
Filming on location in Spain and Portugal with producer Peter Welter Soler
Peter Welter Soler is a producer with production service company Fresco Film, which covers Spain and Portugal. Locations and permitting flexibility are major factors drawing productions to Spain and Portugal, while the weather in places like Malaga are also an…
Screen Yorkshire gets extra funding of £7.5m to fund regional filming
Screen Yorkshire in northern England has secured an extra GBP7.5 million in funding from the European Regional Development Fund. The money will help fund productions filming on location in the area, which recently have included the Birmingham-set period gangster series…