The incident occurred Saturday during a second unit action sequence for ‘The Pickup’ that had previously been rehearsed, per an Amazon spokesperson. An accident on the set of an upcoming heist film starring Eddie Murphy and Keke Palmer has injured several crew-members, Stagerunner has confirmed. The incident happened on the set of Amazon MGM Studios’ upcoming film The Pickup, which […]
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Lionsgate Television has signed Gary Goodman to a new multi-year deal to continue as EVP of Worldwide Production, heading up production of the studio’s slate of premium scripted series as well as its East Coast television production facilities in Yonkers, NY, Atlanta, Georgia and opening soon in Newark, New Jersey. Goodman is a 17-year Lionsgate veteran, […]
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James Cameron has backed a new UK film studio and said it could act as a base for his technology training center, but the £750M ($927M) Marlow Film Studios still requires a planning greenlight and is proving controversial in its local area. According to the Financial Times, the triple Oscar-winner has written to Buckinghamshire Council in support of […]
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Shreveport was buzzing with excitement on the steps of Government Plaza as members of the city council and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson gathered to symbolically sign the lease for the former Millennium Studios. Mayor Tom Arceneaux declared April 18, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson day as well as gave him the key to the city. This […]
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The dual Hollywood strikes are history, but production has been slow to return in Los Angeles, especially for television projects. The city and county’s film office said today that local on-location filming declined by 8.7% the first quarter, recording only 6,823 shoot days from January through March. The quarterly report from FilmLA cites a double-digit loss of television production […]
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Plans have been lodged with South Dublin Co Council for what will be the country’s largest film studio campus, ‘Dublin Fields’. Dublin based company, Lens Media Ltd is seeking a ten year planning permission for the construction of the ‘Dublin Fields’ Media Park which is to include six sound stage buildings that comprise 11 internal […]
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Netflix (NFLX)’s new film chief has already ushered in some structural changes to the streamer’s film strategy, indicating that the company no longer needs to prove itself as a top filmmaker. Under Dan Lin’s leadership, Netflix plans to increase the quality and range of its films to suit its audience of 260 million. According to The New York Times, […]
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LONDON — Total revenue (including hardware, software and cloud processing) associated with the Virtual Production (VP) market is forecast to reach over $1.1bn in 2028, up from $138.7m in 2023, thanks to widespread use in filmmaking and new use cases in corporate and education settings, according to Omdia‘s new ProAV Vertical Solutions – Virtual Production 2024 Analysis. “The prominence of virtual production has […]
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A new Film Studio in Carteret just got a financial boost from New Jersey through a $4.7 million state grant. It’s part of a $1 billion, 10-acre redevelopment project, according to Carteret Mayor Daniel J. Reiman. The project includes a 1.2 million-square-foot movie production studio complex called “Carteret Stages.” Five grants totaling $9.5 million were […]
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A new film and TV studio funded via a portion of a £24M ($30M) government investment has become the latest to launch in the UK. Stirling Studios will generate more than 4,000 jobs across several industries in 25 years, according to an independent economic impact assessment. The founders are calling Stirling “among the biggest film studio […]
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