The Welsh government has sold Cardiff-based studio space Seren Studios to media infastructure company Great Point Studios for £9.35m. Great Point Media, founded in 2013 by UK-based Jim Reeve and US-based Robert Halmi, had been leasing the studio under a 10-year deal since 2020. Halmi is also CEO and founder of New York-based offshoot Great Point […]
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A snapshot of the latest high-end TV and film productions shooting in the UK for the big studios and streamers. Productions on hold due to the SAG-AFTRA strike are only noted once confirmed Films Sonic The Hedgehog 3Plot under wraps. Filming taking place without actors.Dir: Jeff Fowler Production company: Blur Studio, Sega Where: Pinewood studios When: Sep – ongoingDistributor: ParamountCast: Idris Elba, James Marsden, […]
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Although countless film and TV productions are set in Manhattan, the borough has yet to lay claim to its very own production-studio complex. Things are about to change, though. In fact, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal, three different companies—Blackstone, Hudson Pacific Properties and Vornado Realty Trust—have joined forced to build Sunset Pier […]
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The AMPTP, after the Writers Guild of America revealed earlier Friday it had been talking to individual studios in an effort to break the Hollywood writers’ strike impasse, said the coalition is “aligned and are negotiating together to reach a resolution.” “Any suggestion to the contrary is false,” said a statement from the coalition of major Hollywood […]
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As labor strikes by actors and screenwriters push back release dates for new movies and TV shows, production companies are continuing to move ahead with major new film studios in the east — but in New York, New Jersey and Georgia, with Connecticut still just a small backlot for the industry despite tax incentives on par with the […]
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The California Film Commission (CFC) today announced that it will welcome three big-budget feature film projects and a diverse roster of 13 independent films to the state’s Film & TV Tax Credit Program 3.0. In all, the projects are on track to bring $670 million in total production spending to California, including an estimated $466 million in […]
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With picturesque, rolling green hills, growing urban areas and gorgeous cityscapes, Tennessee is quickly becoming a mecca for film and TV production. And why not? The region enjoys everything studios could ask for in film production, from sunshine days, dustings of snow in the winter or lush hues of fall and spring foliage. More and […]
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David Zaslav is confident that Warner Bros. Discovery will be able to resume production on its films and television shows “very quickly” once the SAG-AFTRA and Writers’ Guild of America strikes are resolved. “We are ready and raring,” the CEO told analysts during an investor conference hosted by Goldman Sachs on Wednesday. “As soon as […]
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KING COUNTY, Wash. — What was mostly an unused warehouse on Harbor Island in Seattle is now a state-of-the-art 117,000-square-foot soundstage. On Thursday, King County Executive Dow Constantine and leaders from the film industry celebrated the grand opening of Harbor Island Studios. It’s King County’s first major public investment into growing the local film industry, with […]
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Some fun Production News for a Friday morning. TAMPA — “Jaws” taught the world that it’s not safe to go back in the water. Now, Tampa will be reminded of that … by a manatee? According to an application for a $100,000 Hillsborough County film incentive, the movie “No Wake Zone” will film for 13 […]
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