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Slavery drama Underground films in Louisiana
Slavery drama Underground is among the latest TV series to film in Louisiana. The ten-part miniseries is one of several US productions tackling the issue of slavery in America before the Civil War of the 1860s. A remake of classic…
New Zealand tweaks filming incentive after year of boosted international shoots
New Zealand is to make its visual effects incentive more accessible to producers a year after the country’s overall filming incentive package was boosted. As an administrative change, Film New Zealand will be absorbed into the New Zealand Film Commission.…
Crime drama Banshee chooses Pennsylvania base for new season filming
American crime drama Banshee is counting the benefits of filming in Pennsylvania, with its first single-town base. The series previously shot in North Carolina where several different locations had to be used to create the show’s Pennsylvania setting. Banshee relocated…
Spike Lee’s Chi-Raq confirmed as first Amazon Original Movie
Spike Lee’s new film Chi-Raq will be the first Amazon Original Movie. Shot in Chicago, the film explores the black-on-black violence endemic in parts of the city. Chicago is a popular filming location and currently hosts Chicago Fire and Chicago…
TV drama TURN: Washington’s Spies to film third series in Virginia
Period war drama TURN: Washington’s Spies is set to film a third season on location in Virginia. Set during America’s Revolutionary War of the 1770s, the series is based on the true story of a clandestine group of spies who…
Dragon post-production facility in Wales to be re-launched as UK hub
Post-production specialist Dragon in Bridgend, South Wales, is to be re-launched next month as a UK technology hub with a major investment from the Welsh government. Dragon has provided technical services on acclaimed films including Hunger and Submarine. The company…
The Location Guide celebrates success at Cannes Lions Festival 2015
The Location Guide has marked a successful week at the Cannes Lions Festival. We hosted our annual Cannes Soiree fringe event, organised our Location Beach Lounge for the second year in a row and hosted aperitifs for the World Producers…
Nashville TV drama secures $10m filming incentive in Tennessee
Television drama Nashville has been given a filming incentive of USD 10 million to shoot on location in its namesake city in Tennessee. The series follows a middle-aged country music singer forced to team up with a young starlet to…
Veep switches filming locations and follows incentives to California
Long-running political comedy Veep has confirmed it is switching its filming location to California after four years doubling Maryland for Washington, DC. The show takes a satirical look at the workings of the US government from the offices of the…
Blood & Oil becomes first TV drama in ten years to film in Utah
New TV drama Blood & Oil is to become the first network series in nearly a decade to film on location in Utah. The western US state is not known as a production hub but in recent years has hosted…