Six years ago, producer Ivana Mikovic was sitting with her production designer friend when the two discussed the lack of studio space in Serbia’s growing film and television sector. It was a year after the government had introduced its 25% – 30% cash rebate and Mikovic, a former BBC news producer, saw a gap in the market for […]
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A slew of shows are scheduled to resume production today following the end of a six-month production shutdown due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Among the shows resuming shooting this week is Law & Order: SVU. “We’re back filming as we speak,” Ice-T, who portrays Detective Odafin “Fin” Tutuola on the NBC crime procedural, posted Monday on Instagram. He followed […]
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Ridley Scott is back in the arena. The sequel to “Gladiator” will resume shooting in Malta on Dec. 4, sources tell Variety. Shooting on the historical epic was delayed when the actors went on strike in July. But the Nov. 8 announcement that SAG-AFTRA, the actors union, had reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year […]
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4D Studio Architects has submitted a planning application for a major new film and high-end TV production studio in Sunderland, which it says could become an ‘iconic landmark’ for the North East. Crown Works Studio would be built on a 33ha brownfield site next to the Northern Spire Bridge on the south bank of the […]
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Bob Yari, producer of Oscar winner Crash and exec producer on TV series including Yellowstone and The Mayor Of Kingstown, and his WonderHill Studios partner Marvin Peart (The War With Grandpa), are teaming up with the Georgian government and Eastern European and Central Asian investment firm Silk Road Group in a bid to grow the number of Hollywood film and […]
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The UK government has launched a “call for evidence” on how to boost the film and high-end TV tax credits, in an effort to retain VFX business in the country. UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced the plans as part of his autumn statement today (November 22), his address to the House of Commons on the state […]
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India has considerably enhanced incentives for filming in the country. The Indian federal government will reimburse up to 40% of qualifying production expenditure, up from the 30% level that was announced when the incentives were revealed at Cannes last year. The cap limit for the reimbursement has also been significantly raised from a maximum of INR25 million ($300,000) to […]
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Climate change has been on the minds of many, lately. The National Climate Assessment, compiled by numerous federal agencies, indicates that adverse weather events have spiked across the United States in the last decade – increased hurricanes in the Southeast, a higher frequency of droughts in the Midwest, and near-annual fires in West – due, […]
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The two biggest takeaways from the announcement last week that Mediapro Studios in collaboration with Great Point Studios, broke ground on a $100 million, 20,000 square foot studio at 1500 North Broadway are: The new studio marks the third in Yonkers in three years, and the hope is to create an Eastern Seaboard hub for […]
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As part of New York City Mayor Eric Adams‘ “Working People’s Tour,” Adams was joined Wednesday in Sunnyside, Queens by labor leaders and film and TV partners to break ground on a new production studio that will create almost 1,000 construction jobs and around 750 permanent, full-time jobs. The construction on East End Studios Sunnyside commences following the […]
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