The expansion at Shepperton Studios in Surrey is now open and Amazon MGM Studios and Netflix are in occupation. The state-of-the-art development will add to Shepperton’s world-class amenities and provide an additional 17 sound stages, 548,000 sq ft of production and...
The production will have the largest total qualified expenditures in the history of the California Film and Television Tax Credit Program.
European Film Commissions Network (EUFCN) member film commissions had the opportunity to submit one location from a feature film or a TV series shot in their territory and released between Oct. 3rd 2022 and Sept. 11th 2023. The Location Award Jury selected the five...
This is an establishing shot of the hotel where Hazel Grace Lancaster (Shailene Woodley) and Gus Waters (Angel Elgort) stay while on their trip to Amsterdam. The Fault in Our Stars is an American coming of age romance film directed by Josh Boone, based on the novel of...
In this scene, Danny Ocean (George Clooney), Rusty Rusty (Brad Pitt) and the rest of Ocean’s team arrive at their hotel in Asterdam in preparation for a big heist they hope will pay off their debt to Terry Benedict (Andy Garcia). Ocean’s Twelve is the second...
In this scene, Jamie Tartt (Phil Dunster) is forced into taking a training run while the team is in Amsterdam. He makes the best of it by taking his coach and mentor Roy Kent (Brett Goldstein) to the location of the Skinny Bridge from the James Bond movie, Diamonds...
In this scene of A Bridge Too Far, a German soldier (Lex van Delden) returns from an attempt to surrender to the Allied forces, but has to tell his Lieutenant (Maximillion Schell) that the enemy said, “No, thank you.” A Bridge Too Far is an epic war film directed by...
East End Studios, located in Sunnyside, Queens has begun construction. Just minutes from Midtown Manhattan via the 59th Street Bridge, Sunnyside will feature three large 37’ clear state of the art stages and one purpose-built flex 27; clear stage. The flex stage...
Netflix announces ‘Too Much’, a new rom-com series created by multi award-winning writer, director, producer and actor Lena Dunham (Girls/Catherine Called Birdy) and her husband Luis Felber. The series will begin shooting in the UK in 2024. Megan Stalter (Hacks) will...
Flemish Economy Minister doubles budget; Screen Flanders invests three million in 14 new projects. Due to the high demand and high quality of the submitted dossiers, Flemish Minister of Economy Jo Brouns has doubled the 1.5 million euros budget initially allocated to...
In this scene, Nathan Drake (Tom Holland) wipes down a table at a New York City bar as he makes small talk with a patron before stealing a diamond bracelet off her wrist. "Uncharted", originally set to be released on December 18, 2020, faced delays due to the COVID-19...
In this scene, Deputy Kovacs (Jeff Goldblum) weaves his way through the Kunst Museum in an effort to elude J.G. Jopling (Willem Dafoe), a henchman, and also the man who killed his cat - sent by Madame D’s (Tilda Swinton) evil son and heir, Dmitri (Adrian Brody). The...
Location Flashback: Verzasca Dam, Gordola, Ticino, Switzerland, James Bond, Pierce Brosnan
While Netlfix new film, "Heart of Stone" is shot throughout Europe, it opens with a dizzying sequence that begins in a glamorous casino and ends with Gal Gadot’s special agent parachuting off a 3,000-foot cliff after a high-speed ski chase that was filmed at the...
Angelina Jolie is set to return to Hungary 13 years after she directed her Golden Globe nominated debut feature film "In The Land of Blood and Honey." This time she will be in front of the camera, portraying the legendary opera singer Maria Callas in Chilean director...
Grindelwald, a village in Switzerland’s Bernese Alps, is a popular gateway for the Jungfrau Region, with skiing in winter and hiking in summer. It’s also a base for mountain-climbing up the iconic north face of Eiger Mountain. In this scene, With Anakin Skywalk’s...
Oberalp Pass is a high mountain pass at an elevation of 2,044 meters (6,706 feet) above sea level, located on the border of the cantons of Graubunden and Uri in Switzerland through the Swiss Alps. In this scene, James Bond (Sean Connery) keeps his distance while...
Despite its beauty, excellent food, and history, which dates back to 1400 BC, the port city of Trieste is one of the relatively lesser-known Italian destinations. By the second century BC, Trieste was under the control of the Romans, whose emperor Augustus built its...
The Venice Film Festival’s opening film “The Commander” by Edoardo De Angelis, “Enea”, by Pietro Castellitto and “Finalmente l’alba” by Saverio Costanzo, are in the main category competing for the Golden Lion. “Three films shot in Cinecittà in competition at the...
The Dolder Grand opened in 1899 as the Dolder Grand Hotel & Curhaus, and offers 175 luxurious rooms and suites, world-class restaurants, a spa, and an art collection that includes originals from Takashi Murakami and Salvador Dali. In this scene, after helping Mikael...
“Sandman” season 2 starring Tom Sturridge, was seen shooting at Durdle Door in Dorset last month, shutting down the popular beach for a few days in the middle of the busy tourist season. During filming, secrecy was a priority and the project was only given a code name...
New espionage thriller “The Day of the Jackal”, the contemporary reimagining of Frederick Forsyth’s classic novel, is set to start filming in Budapest. The series follows a professional assassin who is contracted by a French paramilitary dissident to kill French...
Earlier the month, Morocco’s Minister of Youth, Culture and Communication, Mohamed Mehdi Bensaid, visited the filming location of "Gladiator 2" movie in Ouarzazate, following a recent minor fire at the studio. The small fire that broke out was quickly contained by...
Earlier this month, Kualoa Ranch, which is a film location, tourist attraction, nature reserve and working cattle ranch, created an awareness promotion on Instagram offering free LEGO® sets from the 30th anniversary collection. LEGO® Jurassic World kits feature...
Backward Glance at Mexican Animation
TFV first met Nomin Erdine last March at AFCI Week in Los Angeles, where she sat down to record a podcast with Eric Mika, President and Publisher of The Film Verdict (now available). The establishment of the Mongolian National Film Council was made possible through...
The director of ‘If Only I Could Hibernate’ on script labs, working with children and bringing Mongolian cinema to Cannes.
No one could have predicted that just five years after cinemas reopened in Saudi Arabia in 2018, the Kingdom would become a hub for entertainment. In fact, as part of HRH Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud’s Saudi Vision 2030, there will be at least 300 theaters...
TFV first met, Carlota Guerrero Manager at Catallunya Film Commission. in March at AFCI Week in Los Angeles, where she sat down to record a podcast with Eric Mika, President and Publisher of The Film Verdict (now available on spotify). Catalonia hosts an average of...
TFV first met Bega Metzner last March at AFCI Week in Los Angeles, where she sat down to record a podcast with Eric Mika, President and Publisher of The Film Verdict (now available). Born and raised in New York City by her director father and photographer mother, Bega...
ROAA Media Ventures, Saudi Cultural Development Fund and MEFIC Capital disclosed that they have come together to establish a Film Investment Fund for the Kingdom. The agreement was announced during an exclusive industry breakfast hosted by Saudi Cultural Development...
Italy and China, two ancient lands far away from one another, have historic ties going back centuries. It is generally believed that Marco Polo, a Venetian, was the first Westerner to explore China and chronicle his journey. In more recent times, Italian filmmaker...
TFV first met Tristan Albrecht last March at AFCI Week in Los Angeles, when he sat down to record a podcast with Eric Mika, President and Publisher of The Film Verdict (now available on Spotify). “Filming in Valais feels like home, or perhaps even better!” says Mr....
The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture – aptly named Ithra, for ‘enrichment’ in Arabic – is Saudi Arabia’s leading center for all things creative and cross-cultural. Ithra opened its doors to the public in 2018 as an ambitious Aramco initiative to empower and...
By Caren Davidkhanian Led by Roberto Stabile, Italian Screens was launched jointly by Italy’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Cinecittà for the Directorate General for Cinema and Audiovisual of the Ministry of Culture, and the Academy of Italian Cinema and David di...
The expansion at Shepperton Studios in Surrey is now open and Amazon MGM Studios and Netflix are in occupation. The state-of-the-art development will add to Shepperton’s world-class amenities and provide an additional 17 sound stages, 548,000 sq ft of production and...
The production will have the largest total qualified expenditures in the history of the California Film and Television Tax Credit Program.
European Film Commissions Network (EUFCN) member film commissions had the opportunity to submit one location from a feature film or a TV series shot in their territory and released between Oct. 3rd 2022 and Sept. 11th 2023. The Location Award Jury selected the five...
This is an establishing shot of the hotel where Hazel Grace Lancaster (Shailene Woodley) and Gus Waters (Angel Elgort) stay while on their trip to Amsterdam. The Fault in Our Stars is an American coming of age romance film directed by Josh Boone, based on the novel of...
In this scene, Danny Ocean (George Clooney), Rusty Rusty (Brad Pitt) and the rest of Ocean’s team arrive at their hotel in Asterdam in preparation for a big heist they hope will pay off their debt to Terry Benedict (Andy Garcia). Ocean’s Twelve is the second...
In this scene, Jamie Tartt (Phil Dunster) is forced into taking a training run while the team is in Amsterdam. He makes the best of it by taking his coach and mentor Roy Kent (Brett Goldstein) to the location of the Skinny Bridge from the James Bond movie, Diamonds...
In this scene of A Bridge Too Far, a German soldier (Lex van Delden) returns from an attempt to surrender to the Allied forces, but has to tell his Lieutenant (Maximillion Schell) that the enemy said, “No, thank you.” A Bridge Too Far is an epic war film directed by...
East End Studios, located in Sunnyside, Queens has begun construction. Just minutes from Midtown Manhattan via the 59th Street Bridge, Sunnyside will feature three large 37’ clear state of the art stages and one purpose-built flex 27; clear stage. The flex stage...
Netflix announces ‘Too Much’, a new rom-com series created by multi award-winning writer, director, producer and actor Lena Dunham (Girls/Catherine Called Birdy) and her husband Luis Felber. The series will begin shooting in the UK in 2024. Megan Stalter (Hacks) will...
Flemish Economy Minister doubles budget; Screen Flanders invests three million in 14 new projects. Due to the high demand and high quality of the submitted dossiers, Flemish Minister of Economy Jo Brouns has doubled the 1.5 million euros budget initially allocated to...