The Telegraph writes that “the long-awaited film adaptation of Philip Pullman's best-selling trilogy of novels, His Dark Materials, has been lured from Prague to be shot at Shepperton studios, in the wake of Gordon Brown's [British Chancellor of the Exchequer] new tax credits for high-budget blockbusters.” Taxes on film productions have recently soared in the UK. Read more.
Movie Lured Back to Britain
May 29, 2006
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Hmm…I was hoping that some of it could be shot in Oxford…hmm whatever…
ummm…yeah, Oxford, London, and Svalbard, at least for TNL/GC.
In my reply letter from Pullman (sent in July 2004, Weitz was still original director) he said the Chris Weitz had been location seeing in Svalbard…what happened there?
This is studio shooting they're talking about…it doesn't really matter where it's shot since it's all indoors in built sets. It could be shot in Australia and it wouldn't make a difference. The only difference here is monetary.
This doesn't indicate anything as far as on location shooting goes.
Although of course that does mean that they will have more spare cash to lavish on the rest of the production.
And it also means if they shoot the studio stuff in the UK then the below the line crew will be local, which just adds another disticnt layer of Englishness to it.
Good to hear :laughing: