ALBUQUERQUE — Albuquerque’s scenic West Mesa could soon be home to a major film and television production hub. The Mesa Film Studios (MFS) development site is on City-owned property along Atrisco Vista Blvd. The first phase of the project has an estimated capital investment of $57 million on a 60-acre site. In the first year […]
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LOS ANGELES, CA – MAY 2, 2024 – Stagerunner, the global soundstage marketplace and production news platform founded by Jason Fisher, today announced a partnership with Alex Rabinowitz’s Pop Culture Brain to launch short-form video channels on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube. In the agreement, Stagerunner will launch short-form video channels with content created by Rabinowitz […]
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In another push to lure more movie and television production away from California, construction on UNLV’s large studio project in southwest Las Vegas could begin as early as 2027, the university announced Tuesday. The UNLV Research Foundation said the groundbreaking for the 34-acre Nevada Studios Campus at the Harry Reid Research and Technology Park could happen in […]
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Fort Lauderdale, FL on Wednesday formally announced a partnership to build a movie studio on the 60-acre site of the former Wingate Road municipal incinerator dump, with the hopes of increasing jobs in the area. Connecticut entertainment company Infinite Reality will be the primary tenant. Mayor Dean Trantalis said the city was first approached in […]
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EXCLUSIVE: Tuesday, April 30. Bungalow Projects, a development firm founded by Susi Yu and Travis Feehan to create film and TV production studios, has bought a Red Hook development site for $34 million. Bain Capital Real Estate provided funds for it to purchase at 145 Wolcott Street, in Brooklyn, where Bungalow plans to build a […]
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Three new virtual production stages are being built now in Fort Worth by Trilogy Studios, the result of a partnership between Fort Worth-based Trinity Broadcasting Network and Seattle-based Optic8. The stages aim to cater to “the growing demand for premium virtual production facilities in the film, television, and commercial markets,” Trilogy Studios said. The first […]
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Vice Media Group has announced a new creative structure for its global production business now dubbed Vice Studios Group, which will oversee five premium production entities: Pulse Films, UnTypical, Vice Studios LatAm, Vice Studios Canada and a news documentary unit. Vice Studios Group will be led by the newly elevated Jamie Hall in London and Danny Gabai in Los Angeles as Co-Presidents. […]
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1888 Studios is coming to life. The sprawling film and television studio on a 70 acres site Bayonne, New Jersey will be the largest ground-up movie studio complex in North America. Formerly a Texaco oil storage facility, the 1.5 million square foot facility will be named after the year Thomas Edison filed a patent for […]
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IATSE negotiators are bracing for the next phase of contract negotiations with Hollywood’s major studios and streamers after the conclusion this week of talks with all 13 West Coast local union on the craft-specific aspects of a new master contract. On Monday, IATSE and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers will shift the focus […]
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After two blockbuster years, Ontario’s film productions took a hit in 2023 because of lengthy writer and actor strikes in the U.S. Figures to be released Friday show while the sector gave the provincial economy a $1.8 billion boost last year, it was down more than 40 per cent when compared to $3.1 billion in 2022. […]
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