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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The show “Hell’s Kitchen” is moving to Connecticut and it will be filmed at a brand-new studio at Foxwoods Resort Casino. Teams in red and blue jackets will face off during seasons 23 and 24 of the reality cooking show here in Mashantucket on a new custom-built set, Foxwoods and ITV America, the show’s production […]
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Perhaps no other film this Oscar season achieved quite as much as much visually as the cozy, understated 1970s period drama, The Holdovers. The film follows a group of high-school boys left behind at their boarding school during Christmas break, withering under the watchful eye of their most unpopular teacher, played by the always-wonderful Paul […]
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Italian film and TV orgs will hold an emergency press conference in Rome next week to discuss the damage being done to their sectors by uncertainty over the future of direct funding and tax credits. The meeting on April 5 in Rome’s Cinema Adriano will gather the members of 14 professional bodies including filmmakers’ org 100 […]
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