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Big Rebates Lure International Shoots to Iceland as Productions Contend With Active Volcanoes

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Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor In the middle of a lava field on the Southern Peninsula of Iceland, the crew of “The Fires” is setting up the next shot.

In the production village, producer Grímar Jónsson and other crew members are taking a coffee and pastry break in an RV near a picture car on a truck bed in what appears to be a crater.

A few hundred feet away, as steam from the famous Blue Lagoon rises in the distance, a makeup artist fights the gusting wind to touch up the lead of the volcano romance disaster movie.

The striking setting is par for the course in the island country that has seen a surge in production since its already healthy 25% production rebate was increased two years ago to 35% for qualified larger productions. “The Fires,” with a 28-day shoot, is the most recent project to wrap in the small country, which has been attracting some big names including HBO’s “True Detective: Night Country” in 2023, and this year, CBS Studios/BBC historical series “King and Conqueror” and Lasse Hallström’s Nordic noir “The Darkness,” also for CBS Studios. “The Fires” has a modest-sized crew — certainly much smaller than its director, up-and-coming helmer Ugla Hauksdóttir oversaw when she was shooting FX’s large-scale series “Alien: Earth” earlier this year.

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