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Spinal Tap director Rob Reiner uses Utah filming incentives for new movie
Filmmaker Rob Reiner, famous for classic comedies like This Is Spinal Tap and The Princess Bride, will get filming incentive support to shoot his new independent movie in Utah. Moab in eastern Utah is a popular filming location and has…
New Queensland VFX incentive attracts Harrison Ford’s The Age of Adaline
Visual effects work for Harrison Ford’s upcoming romantic drama The Age of Adaline will be completed partly in Brisbane, Australia, using Queensland’s new visual effects incentive. The film follows Blake Lively as a 29-year-old woman who stops ageing after surviving…
Robot drama Chappie films Johannesburg as Cape Town considers studio future
South African filmmaker Neill Blomkamp shot on location in Johannesburg for his new sci-fi feature Chappie. The movie looks set to boost South Africa’s production profile, but the country faces a challenge providing the studio facilities to meet growing international…
Jury announced for Berlin fashion Film Festival as closing date approaches
The entry window for film submissions to this year’s Berlin fashion Film Festival (BfFF) closes on 20 March next week. The festival celebrates branded video content focussing on fashion, lifestyle and luxury, and the festival has announced its jury for…
Somesuch uses New Zealand vistas filming epic running spot for Asics
Somesuch filmed on location in New Zealand for a new spot promoting Asics’ running footwear. Entitled It's a Big World. Go Run It, the spot shows runners responding to a rallying call and jogging across cities, through forests and across…
Radical Media films swarming mechanics in California for new Audi spot
Radical Media filmed in and around Los Angeles for a new Audi spot built around swarming mechanics in scenes that recall the zombies of World War Z. The ad shows an Audi being chased by rogue mechanics as the motorist…
BBC films Jimmy McGovern penal colony TV drama Banished near Sydney
RSJ Films and See-Saw Films shot partly on location near Sydney for the BBC’s new period drama series Banished, devised and written by Jimmy McGovern. The story is inspired by the establishment of the British First Fleet’s penal colony in…
Fifty Shades Of Grey filming helps boost production on Vancouver’s North Shore
Filming for the movie version of the wildly popular erotic novel Fifty Shades Of Grey helped boost production on Vancouver’s North Shore last year. The shoot included stage work at North Shore Studios, as well as location filming across the…
Norwegian conspiracy drama Mammon films scenes on location in Istanbul
Successful Norwegian TV drama Mammon has filmed scenes on location in Istanbul for its second series. The show follows a journalist whose life collapses around him when he uncovers evidence of corporate fraud. “We filmed in the historical peninsula in…
Finnish film commissions prepare for Berlinale location filming lunch
Finland’s film commissions and The Location Guide have organised a lunch at Berlinale tomorrow (6 February) to promote Finland’s production industry among location professionals in Germany. The Berlinale is one of the world’s top film festivals. Johanna Karppinen is head…