Amman Jordan Hopes to Become Major Hollywood Production Hub With New Purpose-Built Olivewood Studios
Jordan’s majestic rolling dunes have filled the screen in blockbusters like Dune and The Martian, but there’s more to the country than spectacular desert. With a range of picturesque landscapes and a generous rebate, the country is attractive to US and international productions looking for a versatile and visually spectacular filming hub. Just outside the […]
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ITV Studios has acquired a majority stake in Hartswood Films, the multi-award-winning production company behind a raft of landmark scripted series, including recent ITVX and ITV1 hit Douglas Is Cancelled, Prime Video’s critically acclaimed returning psychological thriller The Devil’s Hour and the BBC’s Emmy award winning Sherlock. Based in London and Cardiff, Hartswood Films was […]
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The British producer calling for an unscripted TV tax credit is planning on taking his blueprint to the broadcasters and organizing a letter to new Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy. Derek Drennan’s petition for the new credit has been signed by more than 150 execs via LinkedIn so far. The Nest Productions founder and former Lime Pictures […]
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Amid an accelerating expansion into live-action, Laika is entering into the uncharted territory of television, as the company has appointed Amblin alum Alex Maggioni to the role of Head of TV, hiring film industry veteran Zac Locke as Head of Business Affairs. Maggioni joins after more than eight and a half years at Amblin Television, where she shepherded over 300 hours […]
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The deals, which tackle AI regulations, long workdays and wage adjustments, cover tens of thousands of crew members across the country. Crew members belonging to Hollywood’s major below-the-line union have voted to ratify two new three-year contracts. According to the union, 85.9 percent of voting members supported the Basic Agreement in the ratification vote tally. […]
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The Teamsters are sending a shot across the bow, warning that they remain “far apart” in talks with the studios with less than three weeks to go before their contract expires. Teamsters Local 399 and the other Basic Crafts unions have spent four weeks in negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, and have […]
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The former NBC Studios, in what TV host Johnny Carson used to call “beautiful downtown Burbank,” has sold for $375 million to a local developer who previously owned the property and plans to add more soundstages to the legendary lot. Worthe Real Estate Group and partners bought the 27-acre film and television production facility now […]
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ProdPro finds that the number of global productions dropped 20% The impacts of Hollywood’s cutbacks in production spending are being felt as the number of global film and television productions is down 20% from 2022 and approximately 40% in the United States, according to a new report by production technology and research company ProdPro. The […]
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Ryan Murphy and Kim Kardashian are having a very good week. Two days after it was announced that Halle Berry and Glen Close had joined the cast of the mega-producer and the reality star’s All’s Fair, today the California Film Commission announced the Hulu legal drama as one of the recipients of the state’s film and tv tax incentive program. To be specific, as a […]
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Paramount Global, the media behemoth that counts CBS, Paramount Pictures and MTV among its portfolio, is set to become the “New Paramount” after merging with Skydance Media in a long-awaited deal that will also see Skydance acquire its parent company National Amusements. The merger means that David Ellison, head of Skydance and the son of Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, will soon become New Paramount’s chairman and chief executive.
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