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Perhaps no other film this Oscar season achieved quite as much as much visually as the cozy, understated 1970s period drama, The Holdovers. The film follows a group of high-school boys left behind at their boarding school during Christmas break, withering under the watchful eye of their most unpopular teacher, played by the always-wonderful Paul […]

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Italian film and TV orgs will hold an emergency press conference in Rome next week to discuss the damage being done to their sectors by uncertainty over the future of direct funding and tax credits. The meeting on April 5 in Rome’s Cinema Adriano will gather the members of 14 professional bodies including filmmakers’ org 100 […]

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Georgia’s legislative session is a wrap, burying with it a tortured bill on state film and television production tax credits — to the relief of Hollywood, indie producers and Georgia sound stage owners. “Georgia is open for business and continues as a premier destination for film and television production. After much study and debate, the General Assembly […]

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Like Trilith and Tyler Perry Studios before it, Doraville’s Assembly Atlanta has incorporated non-AI backlots alongside vast soundstages to create the illusion of backdrops from around the world beneath the Georgia sun. Assembly Studios’ “lights, camera, action” phase officially kicked off last fall, following two years of planning and construction and owner Gray Television’s $400 […]

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Ryan Gosling is continuing a stellar 2024 with the launch of a new production banner. Gosling will run General Admission with longtime film executive Jessie Henderson, with the duo signing a three-year, first-look film deal with Amazon MGM Studios. Under the pact, Amazon will have a first look at General Admission narrative features, some of which […]

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Tim Clawson, Head of Worldwide Production and Post at Amazon MGM Studios, is leaving the company after nearly five years. Clawson is looking to “get closer to the action” with his next move. Read his memo to staff below. He joined the company in 2019 as head of production strategy from HBO, where he was […]

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 “Dead Man’s Wire,” a $13 million feature-length film directed by Werner Hertzog and set to star Academy Award winner Nicholas Cage, is being produced in Kentucky with support of a state incentive program. Cabinet for Economic Development staff determined that a total eligible tax incentive amount for this film is nearly $4 million; Kentucky initiated […]

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Plans to build one of the largest film studios in Europe has been given the green light on Monday, paving the way for thousands of jobs across northeast England. The development, Crown Works Studios, is part of a continued push by the UK to expand its dominance as the leading production hubs for Hollywood Studios. […]

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A DISRUPTIVE AI matchmaking platform has secured over $416,000 in investments from Scottish-based Equity Gap angel syndicate, Scottish Enterprise and an Innovate UK grant. My SMASH Media targets the global content streaming market and matches content creators like script writers with buyers using industry knowledge combined with AI matchmaking to anticipate industry trends. Following its […]

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Investment in movie production in France rose 13.6% in 2023 to $1.45B (€1.34B), according to an annual report published by the country’s National Cinema Centre (CNC) on Monday. Deadline reported today that the CNC said that $1.19B of the $1.45B investment hailed from France-based backers, in their third highest contribution after 2016 and 2021. The body, which oversees funding and support […]

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