Gabriella Geisinger
Locations editor, UK-based
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NewsStudio Babelsberg appoints ex-Warner Bros exec Joerg Bachmaier as CEO
Bachmaier succeeds Andy Weltman, who oversaw the integration of Studio Babelsberg into the global Cinespace Group.
News‘Children Of The River’ team on being the first Italy-Japan co-production treaty project
Acclaimed Japanese director Lisa Takeba is working with Italian producer Parsifal Reparato. “Everyone is curious to know we proceed, how it works.”
NewsApple TV+’s ‘Sunny’ starring Rashida Jones cancelled after one season (exclusive)
The mystery drama from A24 was filmed in Japan.
NewsApple TV+’s ‘Monarch: Legacy Of Monsters’ and Josef Kubota Wladyka feature land Japan incentive funds
Further titles to secure funding include upcoming Apple TV+ series ‘Neuromancer’.
FeaturesPrime Video’s ‘The Rings Of Power’ showrunners reveal how the move from New Zealand to UK impacted season two
Showrunners and executive producers JD Payne, Patrick McKay, and co-executive producer Lindsey Weber reveal how they maintain cohesion across multiple continents
FeaturesHow Baltasar Kormakur recreated multiple time periods in Japan, Iceland, and London for ‘Touch’
‘Touch’ follows Icelandic widower Kristofer who travels to Japan to find the woman he met and fell in love with in London 50 years before.
NewsCooper Hoffman joins Olivia Wilde in Gregg Araki’s ‘I Want Your Sex’ for Black Bear
Production is set to commence in Los Angeles in October.
News‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning’, ‘Oppenheimer’, ‘Ripley’ among 2024 Location Managers Guild Awards winners
Location managers Sue Quinn, Bill Bowling receive individual honours.
NewsMichaela Coel teams with BBC, HBO, A24 on drama series ‘First Day On Earth’
The 10-part series is made in association with A24
News‘Pride And Prejudice’ inspired ‘Unmarriageable’ set for 2025 shoot in Pakistan
Based on Soniah Kamal’s novel, Sadia Ashraf wrote the script and will direct alongside James McMillan.
NewsJapan’s Wowow launches international production service division
‘Tokyo Vice’ executive producer Kayo Washio will oversee Wowow Bridge.
NewsAustralia raises location incentive to 30% to attract international film and TV productions
Projects that started shooting from July 1, 2023 can apply.
NewsAmazon MGM and Skydance’s ‘Balls Up’, starring Mark Wahlberg and Paul Walter Hauser, to film in Queensland
Peter Farrelly is directing.
NewsZeki Demirkubuz’s ‘Life’ wins best film at Mediterrane Film Festival
Further winners included Mahdi Fleifel’s ’To a Land Unknown’ and Brandt Andersen’s ‘The Stranger’s Case’.
NewsNeon, Dark Castle, Films Boutique execs discuss fickle buyers and picky audiences
”A name brand director always helps,” said Neon’s Jeff Deutchman, of what he looks for in an acquisition.
FeaturesThe personal touch made all the difference to the second series shoot of ‘Tokyo Vice’ in Japan
The show’s creative team reveal how filming series two was “night and day” compared to series one
NewsPFX Group takes over VFX department of Germany’s Cine Chromatix
Cine Chromatix’s credits include All Quiet On The Western Front.
FeaturesBirds of paradise, palm trees, banana leaves: How ’Griselda’’s production designer evoked 1980s Miami
Knut Loewe eschewed the stereotypical pinks for a broader colour palette.
News‘The Count Of Monte Cristo’ to open Mediterrane film festival; full line-up revealed
The full line-up has been revealed including 15 films in competition, featuring Yorgos Lanthimos’ ’Kinds Of Kindness’
FeaturesHow the ‘True Detective: Night Country’ production team doubled Iceland for Alaska
Producer Mari Jo Winkler and production designer Dan Taylor reveal the details that went into creating a fictional Alaskan town