Nova Scotia government is adding CAD23.6 million to the Nova Scotia Film and Television Production Incentive Fund, nearly doubling the size to CAD48.6 million. Some of the major productions currently shooting in Nova Scotia is drama anthology The Sinner, Canadian legal drama Diggstown.
Primetime Emmy winner Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer) is directing Rebecca Banner’s acclaimed 2016 Black List screenplay in Rhode Island. The independent feature film will showcase the state’s varied landscapes.
The Amber Spyglass, the third and final novel in Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy has been adapted into an eight-part series for the BBC and HBO. Like the two previous series, production is based at Wolf Studios Wales.
NCIS: Hawai’i is the third NCIS spinoff series. NCIS: Los Angeles, which is still in production, and NCIS: New Orleans, which has been wrapped its seventh and final series in 2021. NCIS: Hawai'i joins a number of long-running series that shoot on the pacific islands.
Independent TV production company Hartswood Films (Dracula, Sherlock) are the first to use the brand new Farnborough Studio developed by Stage Fifty. The two soundstages will house dramas The Devils’ Hour for Amazon Studios and Inside Man for BBC and Netflix.
The Croatian port cities of Rovinj and Rijeka stood in for Italy's Amalfi coast where action sequences were filmed. The Hitman’s Bodyguard sequel The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard also shot in Italy, the UK, Slovenia and Sofia, Bulgaria.
More than one hundred extras are involved in the three-day shoot for a Whisky brand.
The Production Guild of Great Britain (PGGB) has appointed Michael Beavan as its new Director of Partnerships & Projects. The new role is part of the expansion of the PGGB.