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Oman invites Bollywood filmmakers on location scouting trip
Oman, on the south-east coast of the Arabian Peninsula, has invited a group of Bollywood filmmakers on a location scouting trip. Filmmaker Ashwini Chaudhary, director Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan and film producer Anjum Rizvi have been enjoying their first visits…
Somesuch & Co films costumed character charge on New Zealand beach for Samsung
Somesuch & Co filmed a charge of costumed characters on location in New Zealand in a new spot for Samsung’s Smart TV. Fantasy horsemen, Roman soldiers, dragsters, chariots, a T-Rex and an airborne police unit race down a remote beach…
Tom Cruise films scorched-Earth sci-fi feature Oblivion on location in Iceland
Tom Cruise headed to Iceland to shoot scenes set in the war-scarred future of his new movie Oblivion. The film follows Cruise’s former Marine commander Jack Harper as he questions his mission on a future Earth ravaged by alien conflict.…
Marvel’s Captain America sequel starts filming on location in California and Ohio
Marvel’s superhero sequel Captain America: The Winter Soldier has started filming on location in Los Angeles, with shooting also planned for Cleveland, Ohio, and Washington, DC. Avengers Assemble filmed action sequences on location in Cleveland in 2011, doubling the city…
India filming locations: Scouting off the beaten track
India is an astounding, ever-changing, chaotic melting pot of ideas, religions, landscapes and history that contribute to its mind-boggling diversity. Perhaps this is why so many creative minds have been attracted to the sub-continent over the years? It is impossible…
Period fantasy Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell to film on location in UK and Canada
Period fantasy miniseries Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell will film on location in northern England and in Canada. The drama is set in an alternate 19th Century England around the time of the Napoleonic Wars, as two men reintroduce magic…
The Tonight Show and America’s Got Talent switch to New York filming locations
Flagship late-night TV programme The Tonight Show and hit entertainment series America’s Got Talent are to switch filming locations to New York. The Tonight Show has been filming in Los Angeles since the early 70s and America’s Got Talent will…
Film London gets funding boost to attract more TV location filming
Film London has been given a funding boost to help take advantage of the UK’s new TV location filming tax credit and attract more high-end television. The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has provided an extra GBP2 million to broaden…
Maltese Producer’s Creative Partnership expands operations to South Africa
The Malta-based Producer’s Creative Partnership (PCP) has expanded its operations to South Africa through an agreement with Cape Town’s Film Afrika. From here, PCP plans to increase co-productions between Europe and South Africa through existing treaties. “The attractiveness of South…
Historic TV drama Labyrinth doubles South Africa for medieval France
Historical TV drama Labyrinth filmed largely on location in South Africa, doubling the region for medieval France. The story focuses on a modern-day archaeologist puzzling over a mysterious French site, and a woman in medieval France protecting the secret of…