Building a soundstage in an existing New York City building isn’t easy. It requires double-height ceilings, significant soundproofing and a lot of new electrical lines to power cameras and lights. But in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts decided it wanted to build a sprawling, 46,000-square-foot soundstage facility named after director Martin […]
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Warner Bros. is redeveloping its studio presence in Burbank, demolishing much of the historic Ranch Lot Studios, which is home to many well-known outdoor sets, to make way for soundstages in what developers are calling the “largest studio development in the country.” Located a mile north of the studio’s main 100-acre lot in Burbank, the […]
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Miramax may have found its new leader. Jonathan Glickman, the former MGM executive, is in talks to join Miramax as its CEO, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. He would step in for former CEO Bill Block, who departed last year after a six-year run. Glickman served as motion group president at MGM for nine years, where under his […]
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The New Mexico Film Office announced this week that a Tyler Perry production will film around Las Cruces, New Mexico. This is the second production to announce filming in the area this week. The movie, “Tyler Perry’s Joe’s College Road Trip,” has not announced filming dates as of yet. However, the production plans to employ […]
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Filming in the Los Angeles area has officially returned, but last year’s dual Hollywood strikes affected filming in the area led to historically low filming in the area. According to the most recent report from FilmLA, which issues permits for on-location shoots in the city and county of L.A., there were 5520 days of filming […]
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Masters of the Air is a new Second World War drama that began streaming on Apple TV+ yesterday. With an all-star cast, including Oscar-nominated Elvis star Austin Butler, Saltburn actor Barry Keoghan and current Doctor Who Ncuti Gatwa, the series also features Hollywood royalty behind the scenes. Executive producers Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks have reunited to tell the story of “The Bloody Hundred” 100th Bomb Group, […]
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A production coming to Oregon with an in-state spend of $1 million dollars or more doesn’t have to hire locally to qualify for the state’s incentive program, but it’s still likely to be staffed largely by Oregonians. “Over the last eight or nine years, in excess of 85% of the crews on larger movies have been locals,” […]
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Almost 20 years ago, Richard and Amy James went on their first date in Los Angeles and realized they both aspired to start a film studio. “We spoke about a dream that both of us happened to have about building a studio, a studio outside of the main Hollywood system, where people could have a […]
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“It’s not just about film,” Commissioner René García told Miami Today as he spoke of a new $10 million movie-making incentive program for the county in 2024. “It’s about really generating economic opportunities down here for our community.” “At least with this $10 million we can start bringing film back to this community,” Sen. García […]
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Jan. 24—New Mexico film — it works. This is the message an economic impact study by the New Mexico Film Office confirms. The study found that the New Mexico Film Production Tax Credit produced an average economic return on investment (ROI) of $7.77 for the state from fiscal year 2020 to fiscal year 2023. Which […]
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