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Economic impact of Edinburgh location filming grows more than 50%
Edinburgh hosted 361 separate productions in 2014, resulting in a local economic impact of nearly GBP 5 million, an increase of 53% on the previous year. Television drama Outlander filmed in the capital for 19 days. A revised Film Charter…
Danny Boyle and Michael Fassbender film Steve Jobs movie in San Francisco
Filmmaker Danny Boyle and star Michael Fassbender have started filming in San Francisco for a new movie about the late Steve Jobs, co-founder of technology giant Apple. The film will focus on backstage events at three of Jobs’ key product…
Disney adds Upper Hutt region of New Zealand to Pete’s Dragon filming locations
Disney has added the Upper Hutt region of New Zealand to the list of filming locations to be used in its remake of the 70s fantasy Pete’s Dragon. Production will be based at Stone Street Studios in nearby Wellington. “It…
New Mexico lawmaker to propose filming incentive change to boost TV
A New Mexico lawmaker is to propose a change to the state’s filming incentive that could boost TV production. Rep. Brian Egolf wants to remove TV shows from the spending cap on New Mexico’s incentive programme, which could attract more…
Scotland faces stiff competition to host filming for Highlands-set novel Seeker
Scotland will face stiff competition to host sci-fi story Seeker, which is set partly in the Scottish Highlands. The Young Adult novel will be published next month and Sony Pictures has already bought the movie rights as it eyes a…
Canada awards $1.2m to British Columbia to help boost creative industries
Government funding of CAD 1.2 million has been awarded to Creative BC to help boost British Columbia’s creative industries, including the film and TV sectors. Vancouver is one of Canada’s main production centres and has recently hosted Dawn of the…
Ridley Scott to exec produce American Civil War series filming in Virginia
Filmmaker Ridley Scott is an executive producer on a new Civil War miniseries that will film in Virginia. The state has hosted numerous Civil War productions in recent years, including Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-winning Lincoln and the TV drama Turn: Washington’s…
US pilot The Bastard Executioner to be latest historical drama to film Wales
The pilot for new US drama The Bastard Executioner will film in Wales. Written and executive produced by Kurt Sutter, creator of US biker drama Sons of Anarchy, the show will be the latest period project to film in Wales,…
ESPN to film with unmanned drones at Winter X Games in Colorado
American sports channel ESPN will use miniature drones this weekend to film the Winter X Games in Aspen, Colorado. The broadcaster has been given permission by agencies including the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which relaxed drone filming rules last year.…
Sean Bean to start filming The Frankenstein Chronicles in Northern Ireland
Former Game of Thrones star Sean Bean will start filming new ITV drama series The Frankenstein Chronicles next week. Northern Ireland will stand in for Regency London of the 1820s. “The Frankenstein Chronicles is an epic re-working of one of…