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Pompeii films on location in Toronto and boosts billion-dollar Ontario industry
Big-budget feature Pompeii, set days before the eruption of Vesuvius in Roman Italy in 79 AD, is filming on location in Cinespace Film Studios in Toronto, Ontario. The Canadian province's other recent high-profile shoots include remakes of Total Recall and…
TV spy drama The Blacklist doubles Long Beach for Washington DC
A new TV spy drama is filming in Long Beach in eastern New York this weekend, doubling the location for the streets of Washington, DC. Shooting will include special effects, stunt work and vehicle collisions. “It’s set in DC, so…
Proposed Arizona location filming incentive faces stiff opposition
A new location filming incentive programme put forward for Arizona faces stiff opposition locally. The state’s previous incentive expired in 2010 and wasn’t renewed so a Tucson senator is proposing a new 20% rebate with a USD70 million annual fund…
Disney supports New Mexico’s proposed ‘Breaking Bad’ TV filming incentive
A top Disney production executive has voiced her support for New Mexico’s proposed ‘Breaking Bad’ TV filming incentive. The programme would increase the state’s TV location filming tax credit from 25% to 30%. Mary Ann Hughes is Vice President for…
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 to be New York’s largest location filming shoot
Superhero sequel The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is set to become the largest production to film entirely in New York. Filming will take place on location throughout the state, as well as in three separate studio facilities in Brooklyn and on…
Skunk films runaway train rescue on location in Romania for Jameson Whiskey
Skunk doubled Romania and the Bulgarian coast for 19th Century Northern Ireland in a new spot for Jameson Whiskey. Iron Horse features John Jameson rescuing a cargo of whiskey barrels and women from a runaway train before it plunges over…
BBC’s Top Gear filming supersonic car on New Zealand’s 90 Mile Beach
The BBC’s Top Gear team is filming a supersonic car sequence this week on location in New Zealand. Ninety Mile Beach lies north-west of Auckland on the country’s North Island and the production team will be in the area for…
London boroughs using cloud-based software to ease location filming plans
Cloud-based software is helping ease the process of location filming in the majority of London’s boroughs. FilmApp is designed to streamline location filming applications and connect Location Managers and Producers with the relevant organisations and resources. First launched in 2007,…
Creative Scotland criticises downsizing of Edinburgh location filming team
Creative Scotland has criticised a decision to reduce the number of staff who promote location filming in Edinburgh. Marketing Edinburgh promotes the Scottish capital to the world but announced it will be reducing the size of its locations team. Producers…
Western New York loses Kevin Costner’s Draft Day over filming incentives
Western New York has lost the chance to host Kevin Costner’s new baseball feature Draft Day because Ohio offered better location filming incentives. Despite intense negotiations in New York, the production will make script changes and save about USD3.5 million…