Production News
Sonny London races football fan from Brazil to Wembley for Heineken
12 Apr 2013 by Nick Goundry
Sonny London filmed on location in Brazil for new Heineken spot The Final. Finding himself with a ticket to the Champions League final at Wembley, a football fan makes an adventurous trip from remote Brazil to London to catch the big game. More ...
Somesuch & Co films costumed character charge on New Zealand beach for Samsung
11 Apr 2013 by Nick Goundry
Somesuch & Co filmed a charge of costumed characters on location in New Zealand in a new spot for Samsung’s Smart TV. Fantasy horsemen, Roman soldiers, dragsters, chariots, a T-Rex and an airborne police unit race down a remote beach as a TV viewer decides which show he’d like to watch. More ...
Tom Cruise films scorched-Earth sci-fi feature Oblivion on location in Iceland
10 Apr 2013 by Nick Goundry
Tom Cruise headed to Iceland to shoot scenes set in the war-scarred future of his new movie Oblivion. The film follows Cruise’s former Marine commander Jack Harper as he questions his mission on a future Earth ravaged by alien conflict. More ...
Stink pitches superhero against lava monster on location in Uruguay for Vigorsol
1 Apr 2013 by Nick Goundry
Stink pitched superhero Captain Ice against a lava monster on the streets of Montevideo in Uruguay for chewing gum brand Vigorsol. The spot shows the daring superhero stocking up on supplies of the gum to help fuel his fresh breath and defeat the giant beastie. More ...
Historic TV drama Labyrinth doubles South Africa for medieval France
29 Mar 2013 by Nick Goundry
Historical TV drama Labyrinth filmed largely on location in South Africa, doubling the region for medieval France. The story focuses on a modern-day archaeologist puzzling over a mysterious French site, and a woman in medieval France protecting the secret of the Holy Grail from crusaders. More ...
Jack the Giant Slayer creates fantasy kingdom on location in Norwich Cathedral
26 Mar 2013 by Nick Goundry
Bryan Singer’s epic fairytale fantasy Jack the Giant Slayer filmed on location in the UK, with studio bases at Elstree in Hertfordshire and Longcross in Surrey. Norwich Cathedral in eastern England was also used for interior scenes involving one of the story’s castle locations. More ...
3D Everest ascent feature Beyond the Edge filming on location in New Zealand
20 Mar 2013 by Nick Goundry
A 3D feature recounting Sir Edmund Hillary’s famous 1953 ascent of Mount Everest with Tensing Norgay has started filming on location in New Zealand. Beyond the Edge will film mainly in the Mount Cook region of the Southern Alps, but there will also be a second-unit trip to Everest itself. More ...
Major futuristic TV drama Defiance films on location in Ontario
19 Mar 2013 by Nick Goundry
New big-budget science-fiction TV drama Defiance filmed on location in Ontario, doubling it for the American mid-West. Set 40 years in the future, the story focuses on a lawman running a dystopian St Louis – renamed 'Defiance' – against a backdrop of alien invasion. More ...
BBC builds train for The Lady Vanishes filming on location in Hungary
18 Mar 2013 by Nick Goundry
Hungary doubled for Croatia, Italy and England in the BBC’s TV movie adaptation of classic Hitchcock drama The Lady Vanishes. The story focuses on a young socialite struggling with a mysterious disappearance on board a train during a trip in the Balkans. More ...
MJZ films on location in California’s San Pedro Harbor for Oreo life raft comedy
15 Mar 2013 by Nick Goundry
MJZ headed to San Pedro Harbor in Los Angeles to film a new comedy spot for Oreo cookies. Life Raft shows two shipwreck survivors lost at sea and arguing about whether the cookie or creme is the best part of an Oreo, before an imaginary helicopter offers a rescue. More ...
