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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Portugal will have Europe’s first Green Movie Studio with Tage Studios investing € 200 million in Palmela, that is located south of Lisbon. The Tage Studios project will develop what is set to become Europe’s first sustainable movie studio by 2025 according to The Hollywood Reporter. The innovative project will be developed by David Hallyday, […]
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Cherokee Nation has broken ground on a 10,000-square-foot soundstage, among the newest expansion at Cherokee Film Studios’ Owasso campus. The new production facility will feature a 35-foot ceiling, full soundproofing to cinema standards, a modular truss system with chain hoists, a hair and makeup room, a multipurpose-flex space, restrooms, 14-foot bay doors for load-ins and RV […]
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Screen Nova Scotia (SNS) has acquired Crown land to build the province’s first-ever purpose-built film and television soundstage. The industry association says following a request for proposals (RFP) late last year, an industry-led committee has unanimously selected a 25-acre parcel of land adjacent to Exhibition Park in Halifax on Highway 333. Screen Nova Scotia says the parcel was […]
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The future site of Manhattan’s first purpose-built film and TV soundstages has added two blue-chip backers, private equity firm Blackstone and real estate company Hudson Pacific Properties. Office space giant Vornado Realty Trust had already been aboard the Sunset Pier 94 Studios project, which has been in the works for several years. The three companies have now formed a […]
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Owners of the nearly century-old Radford Studio Center, also known as the CBS Studio Center, have unveiled revamp plans for the storied facility — an estimated $1 billion for modern soundstages, production and support offices, sustainability measures, historic preservation and a transportation infrastructure. ViacomCBS (now Paramount Global) sold the facility to Hackman Capital Partners and Square Mile Capital Management for $1.85 […]
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The UK’s Pinewood Studios has approved plans for a 1.4 million ft2 expansion from Buckinghamshire council, which will render it the biggest studio complex in the world, boasting a total of 51 purpose-build stages. The expansion will deliver 21 new purpose-built sound stages, a backlot filming space, education and training hub and a publicly accessible […]
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