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BBC returns to Morocco for season two filming of adventure series Atlantis
The BBC has returned to Morocco to film scenes for the second series of its historical family adventure series Atlantis. As with the first series, production was based in a retrofitted studio in Chepstow in Wales, but the team also…
Seychelles aim for Bollywood filming boost with direct Mumbai flights
The Seychelles in the western Indian Ocean want to secure more Bollywood film shoots with the launch of a new direct flight route to Mumbai. Dawn flights by Air Seychelles will leave Mumbai for the archipelago once mid-week and twice…
Kenya plans bespoke filming incentive to secure Angelina Jolie movie Africa
The Kenya Film Commission has reached out to Angelina Jolie in an effort to secure filming for her next project, Africa. Jolie will direct the movie based on the life of paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey, but South Africa currently offers better…
m ss ng p eces creates Urban-Knitter showcase in Santiago filming for 7Up Free
New York production company m ss ng p eces turned a Santiago town square into a colourful showcase for fashion brand Urban-Knitter as a tie-in with 7Up Free. The spot features Urban-Knitter’s Magda Sayeg relaxing with the rebranded drink as…
Filming in Peru with Location Manager Deborah McLauchlan
Deborah has lived most of her life in Peru and has spent 15 years working as a Location Manager, Line Producer and Field Associate Producer for productions coming into the country from the UK and the US. She is based…
Producers highlight need for Abu Dhabi studios alongside filming incentive
International producers on a familiarisation trip to Abu Dhabi have highlighted the need for studio facilities alongside the city’s 30% filming incentive. The city’s main production company, twofour54 intaj, offers 11 sound stages, the largest of which are around 7,000…
Drone movie Eye in the Sky doubles South Africa for global filming locations
A new film set in the secretive world of unmanned military drone strikes has finished filming in South Africa, doubling the country for locations around the world. Helen Mirren co-stars in Eye in the Sky, which follows a drone mission…
Mori Inc and Honda film OK Go I Won’t Let You Down promo near Tokyo
Mori Inc filmed near Tokyo for the new music video I Won’t Let You Down for US alt-rock band OK Go. Backed by Honda, the promo features an imaginatively-choreographed dance number with the band riding on Honda’s UNI-CUB personal mobility…
RCN Films shoots in Colombian national park for glass bottle maker O-I
RCN Films shot in Colombia’s Tayrona National Park for a new campaign for the glass bottle manufacturer O-I. The spot features a castaway on a blustery desert island whose attempts to cast a message in a bottle into the sea…
Fantasy movie sequel The Scorch Trials to film on location in New Mexico
Fantasy movie The Scorch Trials is set to film on location in New Mexico through to January next year. The film is the follow-up to recent hit teen movie The Maze Runner and will follow a group of young adults…