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Filming incentive deal helps Virginia win historic war drama Turn from Georgia
A filming incentive deal helped secure new AMC TV war drama Turn for a location shoot in Virginia, rather than Georgia. The series stars British actor Jamie Bell and follows the spy ring that helped George Washington win America’s Revolutionary…
Captain Phillips and 12 Years a Slave among Oscar front-runners
Paul Greengrass’ modern piracy tale Captain Phillips and Steve McQueen’s historical drama 12 Years a Slave are among the Best Picture nominees for the 86th Academy Awards. David O Russell’s Massachusetts-filmed American Hustle is the overall front-runner with ten nominations.…
Joshua Tree films carousel spot on location in Romania for Kirloskar generators
Mumbai-based Joshua Tree filmed on location in a Romanian funfair to promote the longevity of generators made by Indian conglomerate Kirloskar. The spot shows a small girl riding a brightly-lit carousel in the dead of night and morphing into a…
George Clooney films World War II drama The Monuments Men in Germany
George Clooney filmed on location mainly in Germany for his World War II drama The Monuments Men. The movie tells the true-life story of a platoon of museum directors and curators who were sent into the European battlefield to safeguard…
The Weinstein Company to film Marco Polo miniseries at Pinewood Studios Malaysia
Internet TV network Netflix will build on the success of House of Cards with a miniseries based on the life of 13th Century traveller and writer Marco Polo. The Weinstein Company will produce the production that will film at Pinewood…
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit uses UK filming incentives to double Moscow
New spy thriller Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit used the UK’s generous filming incentives and doubled parts of London and Liverpool for Russia. The film is the latest reboot of the franchise featuring CIA agent Jack Ryan, who first appeared nearly…
New miniseries 24: Live Another Day to start London filming in February
Kiefer Sutherland’s new Jack Bauer action miniseries 24: Live Another Day will start filming on location in London in the next few weeks and will debut only a few months later in the spring. The production will be based at…
Filming New Zealand with top Unit Production Manager Brigitte Yorke
Brigitte Yorke studied at South Seas Film and TV School in Auckland and started as a runner in Wellington before working her way up to Unit Production Manager. She talks to The Location Guide about New Zealand’s changing industry and…
12 Years a Slave recreates antebellum south filming in Louisiana
Director Steve McQueen filmed in the Louisiana city of New Orleans for his award-winning drama 12 Years a Slave. The film tells the true story of Solomon Northup, a free black man living in New York in the 1840s, who…
Mark Wahlberg war film Lone Survivor doubles New Mexico for Afghanistan
Mark Wahlberg’s true-life Special Forces drama Lone Survivor chased a competitive filming incentive programme to double the mountains of New Mexico for Afghanistan. The film tells the story of a failed 2005 mission where Navy SEALs set out to capture…