With just a month to go until the start of one of the most anticipated cinema celebrations of the year, the 2023 instalment of the Cannes Film Festival has announced its official lineup. The festival’s director made the announcement on 13 May alongside incoming festival president Iris Knobloch. As Swedish filmmaker and two-time Palme d’Or […]
With serpentine lakes and daunting rivers, Apple TV’s The Essex Serpent is not for the thalassophobic. Leading the way to tackle the waterscapes of Maldon’s Blackwater river and beyond, Marine Department leant its logistics and training experience to the production. The Location Guide spoke to marine coordinator Jonjo Stickland to find out a bit more.
Announced on 27 September 2022, the Foxtel Group has been established as the sole destination for WWE content in Australia. A multi-year deal has been struck between the two companies, with streaming service BINGE set as the source of entertainment from January 2023.
The filming locations for Denis Villeneuve’s second instalment of award-winning science fiction film Dune have been revealed. Some familiar, and others new territory to be explored, filming will take place in Abu Dhabi, Budapest, Jordan, and Italy. The production will be released from Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Entertainment, scheduled for November 2023.
Warner Bros. Pictures has confirmed that director Matt Reeves is scripting a sequel to The Batman. Reeves and Dylan Clark will return to produce the project, with actor Robert Pattinson once again set to star as the Caped Crusader. Confirmation of a forthcoming sequel took place at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, when the film’s director […]
Filmmakers and creatives from all over the globe are rallying together in response to the crisis in Ukraine. An extensive range of options are emerging for those who wish to make a contribution. In the spirit of solidarity, we have selected a variety of schemes and initiatives from the film, media and creative industries that […]
Officials have confirmed that the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival will remain an in-person event. Although the European Film Market (EFM) – which typically runs alongside the Berlinale – is now taking place as fully virtual event, organisers have told the global film community that the core festival will continue as planned from 10th to […]
A delicate cocktail of production ingredients were needed for the latest video with cookware specialists Anolon X. To bring the campaign to life, founder of Illuminator agency John Reid turned to kaboom productions and James Lovick, a director known for weaving artful tabletop shots into visual narratives. Since kaboom’s headquarters are in the US and […]
The Czech Republic’s Culture Minister Lubomír Zaorálek has transferred an extra EUR12 million, or CZK300 million, to the State Cinematography Fund in an attempt to attract new film projects to the country. Drawing from state budget reserves, the 2021 budget for national production incentives has now grown from EUR31.5 million to EUR43.5 million, or the […]
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