/Press 02.05.23

WHAT INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTIONS HAVE RECENTLY BEEN SECURED TO FILM IN AUSTRALIA?

Since the Australian Government’s introduction of the Location Incentive grant, Australia has secured 41 international film and television productions to shoot throughout Australia. These are listed below.

Why all the international productions?

The Location Incentive grant is a merit-assessed grant, where funding may be offered up to 13.5% of a project’s Qualifying Australian Production Expenditure. This grant complements and is in addition to, the Government’s existing 16.5% Location Offset tax rebate. 

The Location Incentive grant total is AU$540 million for eligible projects commencing from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2027. Eligibility here.

To date, $433 million has been committed under the Australian Government’s Location Incentive, to attract 41 international productions to Australia. This will generate more than AU$3.28 billion in private investment, providing more than 22,200 employment opportunities for local cast and crew, and creating work for over 23,500 businesses that support these big productions. 

Find a full list of international productions attracted to Australia since 1999 in Ausfilm’s Filmography here.

How Australian state governments can support production

Australian State Governments also play a vital role in helping to attract these productions by providing screen tax rebates or grants to eligible international film and television projects. Indeed this is part of the eligibility criteria when applying for the Location Incentive grant, that state government support must be secured before applying for the Location Incentive grant.

INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTIONS ATTRACTED TO AUSTRALIA SINCE JULY 2020

Screen New South Wales 

1. TV series – God’s Favorite Idiot (Netflix)

2. TV series – Pieces of Her (Made Up Stories/Netflix)

3. Feature film – The Fall Guy (Universal Filmed Entertainment Group)

4. Feature film – Ten Pound Poms (Eleven Film/Stan/BBC)

5. Feature film – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (20th Century Studios)

6. Feature film – Anyone But You (Sony Pictures)

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7. Feature film – Blacklight  (US Producer Mark Williams & Australia’s Lightstream Productions)

8. TV series – La Brea Season 1 (Matchbox Pictures, NBCUniversal, Universal Television)

9. Feature film – Woody Woodpecker (Universal 1440 Entertainment)

10. TV series – La Brea Season 2 (Matchbox Pictures, NBCUniversal, Universal Television)

11. 12. & 13. TV Series – Untitled Universal Studio Group Projects (Universal Studio Group)

14. Feature film – Ricky Stanicky (Amazon Prime Video)

15. Feature Film – Sleeping Dogs (Nickel City Pictures)

South Australian Film Corporation

16. TV series – The Tourist (BBC One, Stan and Australian Producer Lisa Scott)

17. TV series – Stars on Mars (Fox Entertainment and Eureka Productions)

Screen Queensland

18. TV series – Australian Survivor Season 6 (Endemol Shine)

19. Feature film – Thirteen Lives (Imagine Entertainment)

20. Feature film – Spiderhead (Netflix)

21. TV series – Young Rock (Universal Television and Australian-based production company Matchbox Pictures, part of NBCUniversal International Studios)

22. TV series – Joe vs Carole (Universal Content Productions & Matchbox Pictures)

23. TV series – Irreverent (NBCUniversal International Studios & Matchbox Pictures)

24. TV series – The Wilds Season 2 (Amazon Studios/ABC Signature part of Disney Television Studios)

25. Feature film – Ticket to Paradise (Working Title/Universal Pictures)

26. TV series – Nautilus (Disney+/Moonriver TV/Seven Stories)

27. TV series – Australian Survivor Season 7 (Endemol Shine)

28. TV series – Young Rock Season 2 (Universal Television & Matchbox Pictures, part of NBCUniversal International Studios)

29. Feature film – Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (Legendary Entertainment)

30. Feature film – Wizards! (Plan B/See-Saw Films/A24)

31. Feature film – Land of Bad (Highland Film Group, Volition Media Partners and Broken Open Pictures)

32. TV Series – Apples Never Fall (Universal Studio Group)

33. TV Series – La Brea Season 3 (Matchbox Pictures, NBCUniversal, Universal Television)

INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTIONS ATTRACTED TO AUSTRALIA WHEN THE LOCATION INCENTIVE GRANT WAS INTRODUCED – MAY 2018

Screen New South Wales 

1. Feature film – Thor: Love and Thunder (Marvel Studios) 

2. Feature film – Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (Marvel Studios)

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3. TV series – Clickbait (Matchbox Pictures/NBCUniversal/Netflix) directed and written by Australian Tony Ayres 

4. TV series – Shantaram (Paramount Television/AppleTV/Anonymous Content)

5. TV series – Preacher Season 4 (Sony TV/AMC)

Screen Queensland

6. Feature film – Love and Monsters (Paramount Pictures)

7. TV series – Reef Break Season 1 (ABC Network – America)

8. Feature film – Godzilla vs Kong (Legendary Entertainment/Warner Bros.)