The long-awaited fourth season of BBC’s Sherlock returned to London earlier this year, using a multitude of locations throughout the city for its season premiere. Despite usually being filmed in London, Sherlock took a brief detour to Bristol and The Bottle Yard Studios last year for its Christmas special.
Andi Mack, a new children’s TV series from Terri Minsky, has shot on location on Main Street, Magna. Scheduled to air in 2017 on the Disney Channel, the production changed the quiet Main Street into a busy hangout for local youth.
The past decade has seen massive changes in the economic model of commercial media production. The technology has revolutionised production capacity and affordability. New mediums on the internet, such as YouTube and now Facebook video have transformed the audience, its expectations and make-up.
James Wan’s Aquaman will now be filmed in Australia’s Gold Coast, after an unspecified incentive deal was reached between Warner Bros. and the Queensland Government. The production is expected to bring in a local spend of AUS100 million, creating at least 600 new jobs in the process.
2016 has definitely been a captivating year for some, but here at TLG it will be remembered for the incredible amount of growth the company has endured as we continue to work with professionals from all over the world.
Finding Your Feet, a new British comedy from Richard Loncraine (Ruth & Alex) is about to finish its London shoot before moving on to Rome. Production began back in early October with the feature taking up residence at Twickenham Studios and is expected to remain in London for another week.
The Last Witness, a UK-Poland co-production starring Alex Pettyfer (I Am Number Four, Magic Mike, The Butler) and Michael Gambon (Harry Potter, Sleepy Hollow) has finished its principal photography in the UK. Carol Harding will produce while President of Film Poland, Krzysztof Solek and Alex Pettyfer will co-produce.
A new webseries by Marie-Claire Mascotte and Rebecca Davey entitled Running With Violet, has begun filming in St. Petersburg, Florida. The production will shoot at the Loews Don CeSar Hotel before moving to other locations within the Tampa area. Comprising of six episodes, the series will debut in February 2017 exclusively on YouTube.
Filming is about to begin on Otto Bathurst’s Robin Hood: Origins, with the production’s first port or call being the Croatian city of Dubrovnik. Crew were on location earlier this week to construct a small town down by the beach in an attempt to recreate Nottingham.