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Google Expeditions shoots VR film in Siberia
Google Expeditions, a programme that provides children with virtual reality school trips, have filmed their latest segment at Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia. Previous films within the programme include scenes from along the River Thames, the top of the Burj…
New Star Trek TV series will be filmed in Toronto
CBS’ new Star Trek television series will now be filmed in Toronto despite initial reports that the production would be shot in Los Angeles. The yet-to-be-titled show will be the first of the Star Trek TV productions to film entirely…
Abu Dhabi expands studio facilities with brand new backlot
As part of a collaboration between Production Service company twofour54, Broadcasting Company MBC (via their subsidiary O3 Productions) and Abu Dhabi Ports, the United Arab Emirates capital has expanded its local studio facilities with the implementation of the city’s first…
Tom Cruise films aerial stunt for Mission Impossible 5 at East Anglia RAF base
Tom Cruise has filmed an aerial stunt for Mission: Impossible 5 at an RAF base in East Anglia in the UK. The action franchise is now well known for daring physical stunt work, with Cruise scaling Dubai’s Burj Khalifa for…
Tom Cruise films scenes for Mission Impossible 5 on location in Vienna
Tom Cruise has spent the past few days in the Austrian capital Vienna filming scenes for the new Mission: Impossible movie. The film is set to continue the action franchise’s impressive stunt work, which last included high-rise work on the…
Bold and the Beautiful becomes first international soap to film in UAE
Long-running US daytime soap The Bold and the Beautiful has become the first international soap to film scenes in the United Arab Emirates. The show has been screening in the US since 1987 and is spending three days this week…
Andy Lau Hong Kong action film Switch helps promote Dubai
New action movie Switch, featuring Hong Kong star Andy Lau, shot partly on location in Dubai and could help promote the emirate city. Already a big hit in China, the film was originally brought to the United Arab Emirates through…
Supervising Location Manager Becky Brake: Filming with JJ Abrams and Star Trek
Becky Brake first worked with filmmaker JJ Abrams on his action TV drama Alias. She's since become a regular locations collaborator and talks to The Location Guide about big-budget location filming, the Mission: Impossible franchise and working on Star Trek…
Filming on location in Dubai with Filmworks CEO Tim Smythe
Tim has been working in feature films, documentaries and commercials for over 25 years, beginning in South Africa. He relocated to Dubai and set up Filmworks in 1998. The company has grown into one of the biggest and most reputable…
Dubai Film and TV Commission sets out plans in inaugural meeting
Dubai has set out plans to develop its filming industries with the inaugural meeting of its new Film and TV Commission. The emirate hosted Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol in 2010 and the commission is now under pressure to compete…