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Brad Pitt and Marc Forster to double Glasgow for Philadelphia in World War Z
Glasgow will double for Philadelphia in late August 2011 when Brad Pitt and director Marc Forster arrive for the filming of zombie thriller World War Z. The production will use city centre locations like George Square and Cochrane Street, and…
Kellogg scouts global filming locations and chooses Mauritius beach for Special K ad
A beach in Mauritius was eventually chosen as the setting for a new commercial for Kellogg’s breakfast cereal Special K, after a globe-trotting scout. The spot promotes the company’s online slimming plan and shows a group of women showing off…
Michigan Production Alliance launches ad supporting tax incentives
Ramping up its campaign to hold on to the state’s filming incentives, the Michigan Production Alliance has launched an ad parading hundreds of local filming professionals to emphasise how Michigan has benefitted from the scheme. Keep It Rolling is airing…
TLG talks to Exec Producer Nigel Wooll about Ridley Scott, Roman Polanski and Madonna
If you want to hear about why Ridley Scott is the most talented director ever, where to find ‘royal palace’-calibre stately homes, the new Millennium Film Finance Corporation and Egyptian camel-wrangling, then you’d enjoy a chat with feature film Executive…
Wit likely to triumph over scale at Cannes Lions
The effects of the global recession were less obvious last year. In 2011, however, the lack of striking location filming in commercials that are likely to be part of this year’s Cannes Lions festival suggests budgets are being watched more…
Philadelphia: TLG visits the home of Rocky and The Sixth Sense
Sharon Pinkenson has been Executive Director of the Greater Philadelphia Film Office (GPFO) for 19 years and has transformed Philly into a regular movie maker’s destination. Sharon markets her city and its surrounding area, while co-ordinating all things production-related. Today…
Steven Spielberg’s Terra Nova commits to season-long filming in Queensland
Big-budget TV series Terra Nova, which has Steven Spielberg onboard as an Executive Producer, has committed to filming a complete first season on location in Queensland. Footage was filmed in the tail-end of 2010 mostly for the show’s pilot. The…
The Caribbean as a location for filming
We tend to see the Caribbean as one country or a small group of islands whose names we are all familiar with. But in fact there are more than 7,000 islands in this long arc that runs from Florida to…
Mitsubishi uses 360-degree camera on World’s Most Dangerous Road in Bolivia
For its latest ad campaign vehicle manufacturer Mitsubishi chose to test the All-Wheel Control system on its Outlander vehicles on the Yungas Road in Bolivia, which has a reputation for being the World’s Most Dangerous Road. Part of the action…
Sam Raimi’s Oz: The Great and Powerful first film at Raleigh Studios Michigan
Oz: The Great and Powerful, the new feature from Sam Raimi, will film at Michigan’s Raleigh Studios with production likely to start in August 2011. The film is the first to shoot at the new studios and could be the…