Co-founder Rachel Cannon is stepping down as CEO of downtown Oklahoma City’s Prairie Surf Studios, which has emerged in the past few years as a major force in the state’s burgeoning film industry. “Earlier this week I tendered my resignation as CEO of Prairie Surf Studios. Three years ago, coming off six seasons of ABC’s ‘Fresh Off the Boat,’ I paused my […]
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Amazon’s Fallout series has picked up a $25 million tax credit offer from the California Film Commission to practically assure a second season and relocate production from New York State to Los Angeles. Set in the future post-apocalyptic Los Angeles and world of Fallout, the series from Amazon MGM Studios is projected by the California Film Commission to contribute $153 […]
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“Ginny & Georgia” exec producer Holly A. Hines has partnered with Eric Jarboe, former COO of the Motion Picture Corporation of America (MPCA), to launch new L.A.-based film and TV studio Happy Accidents. The studio will work with international partners to produce and distribute a wide range of original content including films, scripted and unscripted […]
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Spain’s film and TV industries are in their second wave as standout content providers for global streamers. Some of the country’s most intriguing titles will take the international stage this weekend at MipTV in Cannes. Built on a foundation of hits such as “The Red Band Society,” “Grand Hotel,” “Velvet” and “Locked Up,” a new era of […]
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In April 2022, news broke that actor Anthony Mackie planned to build a film and television studio in his hometown of New Orleans. The buzz was exciting – a Hollywood A-lister investing in the city’s burgeoning film industry. But since then, information about the project has been scarce. So, what’s the hold-up with Anthony Mackie’s […]
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Warner Bros. is ready to re-enter The Matrix. A new “Matrix” film is in the works at Warner Bros. Pictures, with Drew Goddard (“The Cabin in the Woods”) set to write and direct, the studio revealed on Wednesday. This will be the first film in the sci-fi franchise not directed by Lana or Lilly Wachowski, the filmmaking duo […]
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Distortion Studios, launched by the team behind long-running production company Studio Giggle, has opened a virtual production facility in Bristol, South-West England. The 200m² studios will enable producers to create original IP utilizing virtual production technology, driven by real-time 3D content creation tool Unreal Engine. The initiative, supported with funding from Creative UK and in […]
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Studiocanal has signed the person responsible for setting up Netflix production hubs around Europe as its new TV boss. M-K Kennedy, who has spent the past few years as the streamer’s VP Production, Europe, has joined the Paris Has Fallen outfit as Executive Managing Director of TV Series, reporting to CEO Anna Marsh and based in London. She succeeds Françoise […]
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It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Superman! A new movie on the comic book hero is filming in Ohio this year and has been awarded about $11 million in tax credits, with plans to hire more than 3,000 locals. The DC Studios movie titled simply “Superman” is filming in Cincinnati and Cleveland this spring […]
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The city of Santa Clarita’s Film Office released the list of eight productions currently filming in the Santa Clarita Valley for the week of Monday, April 1 – Sunday, April 7. The productions filming locally are: “WOD” – Feature “The Teenager Who Saw Too Much” – Television Movie “SWAT” – Television “NCIS” – Television “Orphan” […]
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