After four years of operations, Upriver Studios in Saugerties, New York has officially closed its doors. Co-founded by Actor and Producer Mary Stuart Masterson and Media Strategist and Filmmaker Beth Davenport in 2020, their mission was to attract Hollywood to upstate New York and establish a thriving industry hub in the region, but they soon […]
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Angel Studios, the audience-driven entertainment company, revealed on Wednesday that the company would public via a merger with blank check firm Southport Acquisition Corporation in a deal valued at $1.6 billion, in a move that is sure to raise curiosity within the industry. Founded in 2013 by CEO Neal Harmon, Angel Studios is a values-oriented distribution company […]
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It seems “Suits: L.A.” had 12 million reasons to make the jump from Vancouver to the actual City of Angels. On Tuesday, the California Film Commission (CFC) announced the 19 new projects that will benefit from a collective $51.6 million in tax credits, enticing productions to set up shop in the Golden State. Among them, […]
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Eastern Canada’s film and television industry is ready to roar back to life, fueled by the arrival of Amazon MGM Studios at Pinewood Toronto. In January 2024, the streaming giant secured a major deal, leasing five new soundstages and office space at the iconic studio, spanning 160,000 square feet. It’s a clear signal: The province […]
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A film studio based on a former Royal Air Force (RAF) airfield has said it is proud to be used by the production team of Rings of Power after it left New Zealand. The second series of the Lord of the Rings prequel used Bovingdon Airfield Studios in Hertfordshire after Amazon Studios relocated to the UK […]
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Australia’s screen industry agency Ausfilm says “production is booming” across the country, partly due to new tax incentives for local productions that were introduced two months ago. With eight major TV series and films either completed, in production or post-production this year, streamers and studios are taking advantage of the 30 per cent “location offset”, […]
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Slow Horses filming sees Watford take the limelight The mayor said his town had been put “on the map” as a filming destination after crews from the series Slow Horses were spotted in action. Scenes for the fourth series of the Apple TV thriller, starring Gary Oldman, were filmed in Watford last year. Production crews […]
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There’s a soft, afternoon glow suffusing an intimate scene between the plucky protagonist and her wood-chopping, flannel-shirted love interest’s mother on the Vancouver set of the Netflix Inc. show, Virgin River. A soapy drama centered on a nurse practitioner in a small, northern California town, Virgin River is the kind of show that reliably delivers […]
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This month, a strange sight appeared in Toronto’s north end: a massive compound containing what looked like a walled-off miniature town, complete with a line of identical houses. Though it looks like something out of a dystopia, it’s actually the set for Beast Games, an upcoming reality TV show created by YouTuber MrBeast in partnership with […]
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MGM Alternative may soon be under new ownership. Stagerunner understands that the company is considering a sale of its unscripted production studio. The unit is behind shows such as NBC’s The Voice, CBS’ Survivor, ABC’s Shark Tank and Fox’s Beat Shazam and also incorporates two production companies — Evolution Media, which produces shows including Bravo’ hit reality hits Vanderpump Rules and The Real Housewives of […]
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