24 Jun 2016New images released exclusively by Entertainment Weekly from the new Star Wars movie, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story," show Stormtroopers in a familiar landscape. The film was, of course, partly filmed in Iceland.
7 Jun 2016The producers of the new Fast and Furious 8 film have released a 48-second video featuring footage from some of the scenes filmed in Iceland.
21 May 2016How much unspoiled nature should we preserve and what do we sacrifice for clean, renewable energy? Dreamland gradually turns into a disturbing picture of corporate power taking over small communities.
18 May 2016The Iceland Tourist Board has set up an interactive map of the best known locations for filming Hollywood movies and television series, including Game of Thrones, Fortitude, Interstellar, Batman Begins and Noah.
9 Apr 2016US director Steven Spielberg who directs the film version of Roald Dahl's immensely popular children's book the BFG (The Big Friendly Giant) was so adamant to have Icelandic actor Ólafur Darri Ólafsson star in the film that he didn't even need to audition.
11 Mar 2016Minister of Industry and Commerce, Ragnheiður Elín Árnadóttir has put forward a bill to change tax reimbursement for film in Iceland from 20% to 25% from January 1st 2017.
1 Mar 2016Actor Atli Óskar Fjalarson, who was recently named a Shooting Star at the Berlineale International Film Festival has now signed a contract with the Paradigm talent agency.
29 Feb 2016Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson, nominated for an Oscar for the second time this year for Best Musical Score lost out to master Ennio Morricone who won the award for the score to the film The Hateful Eight.
29 Feb 2016While labour costs remains competitive in Iceland, other types of expenditure are reaching the “pain threshold”, such as food, accommodation, cars and other transport.
29 Feb 2016Iceland's answer to the Oscars, the Edda awards, took place at a glittering ceremony last night at Reykjavik's Hilton Nordica hotel. The clear winner of the evening was Grímur Hákonarsson's Rams (Hrútar).
22 Feb 2016Scenes from Fast 8 – the latest instalment of the Fast and Furious movie franchise due for release in 2017 – are to be filmed near Iceland’s famous Mývatn lake.
