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BBC to film on location in Manchester for miniseries From There To Here
New BBC miniseries From There To Here will star Philip Glenister and will film on location in and around Manchester in northern England. The story begins with the IRA bomb that struck the city in 1996, and spans four years…
Simon Pegg film Kill Me Three Times shoots on location in Western Australia
British actor Simon Pegg – star of Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol and more recently Edgar Wright’s The World’s End – is filming in Western Australia (WA) for feature Kill Me Three Times. The shoot is supported by…
Cinespace Chicago Film Studios growth may be spurred by new tax incentive
Expansion plans at Cinespace Chicago Film Studios in Illinois are set to benefit from a new property tax reduction being planned by the city’s Mayor. The studios were officially opened in mid-2011 and the facility is set to develop more…
Shah Rukh Khan films Happy New Year feature on location in Dubai
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan is filming his new feature Happy New Year on location in Dubai. Directed by Farah Khan, the movie is shooting extensively in luxury hotel complex Atlantis, The Palm on manmade island the Palm Jumeirah. Farah…
Guinness films new Surge commercial on location in Tahiti and Hawaii
Guinness filmed on location in Tahiti and Hawaii for its new spot Surge. The 20-second commercial captures the underwater drama of an ocean swell and draws a parallel with a surge of Guinness, in the process recalling the brand’s classic…
Filming on the Italian island of Capri with Location Manager Michela Giovinetti
Born in Naples, Michela studied film at Italy’s national film school the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. She entered the industry as a production manager, before moving into location management. She has been based on Capri in the Gulf of Naples…
Matthew McConaughey feature Dallas Buyers Club doubles Louisiana for Texas
Feature film Dallas Buyers Club, whose star Matthew McConaughey is being widely tipped for an Oscar nomination, filmed on location in New Orleans, doubling the Louisiana city for Dallas, Texas. The film tells the true story of a bigoted electrician…
Northern Ireland Screen chief predicts doubling of filming spend over four years
The head of Northern Ireland Screen has predicted that regional spending from all filming productions will double over the next four years. Northern Ireland has benefitted from direct production spending of GBP121 million since 2009. “Film and TV in the…
Filming on location in Wyoming with Michael J Emmer of Bridger Productions
Michael has been in the film industry since the mid-80s. He started out mainly as a Director of Photography and became a Director, Producer and then a Location Scout and Manager. His knowledge of Wyoming has been used extensively by…
Louisiana doubling for Kansas and Massachusetts in new filming projects
Louisiana is doubling for Kansas and Massachusetts in two separate productions. Charlize Theron is among the stars heading to Shreveport for new Kansas-set thriller Dark Places, while TV series Salem, based on the 17th Century witch hunts in Massachusetts, is…