Upstate New York – 2024 is shaping up to be a big year for the film industry in Western New York as new tax incentives are encouraging more filmmakers to film in the state. “This is a freight train, and it’s right on us. It’s coming at 90 miles an hour, and we’re going to […]
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Tourism Ireland has announced details of its 2024 International Programming Ireland Fund. Now in its fourth year, the funding scheme is designed to stimulate and support high-quality TV projects with the potential to positively showcase the island of Ireland to an international TV audience. Experienced independent production companies (domestic, international or a co-production partnership) with […]
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Monday, December 11 at 7:23a – Paramount stock fell on this morning after jumping Friday on a report that its parent company may be sold. Paramount, an entertainment company with a movie studio, television channels, and streaming services, could be worth $38 if assets are sold, said Citi in a note Monday. Paramount which jumped 12% on […]
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With financing now in hand, Worthe Real Estate Group and Stockbridge have commenced work on a $500-million redevelopment of the Warner Bros. Ranch Lot in Burbank, which will add new offices and soundstages to the historic production facility. Earlier this year, Worthe and Stockbridge scored a $480-million loan for the project, including $175 million to acquire the roughly 30-acre site at 3701 W. Oak […]
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What in the world is “set-jetting”? This new travel trend involves planning a vacation around a filming location for a TV show or favorite movie. It might sound strange at first to pick your vacation based on your favorite TV show, but if you think for a second, it makes excellent sense. You love the […]
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New Jersey officials are once again traveling to Hollywood to convince movie and TV producers to shoot their projects in the Garden State — including the city of Newark, where a large new studio is being built as part of its economic revival. Tim Sullivan, CEO of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, announced his latest […]
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The Maricopa County Planning and Zoning Commission could bring the Phoenix area’s first new large-scale movie production studio closer to reality. Desert Studios is proposing a multi-phase, $900M development on 320 acres north of Interstate 10 and 339th Avenue in the Tonopah area. According to the project narrative, “The Desert Studios Complex is envisioned as a production hub to […]
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The results are in from the largest television series ever filmed in Canada. The Motion Picture Association-Canada released the findings of the economic impact from season one of HBO’s The Last of Us, which had shooting locations all over southern Alberta, including Okotoks, High River and Foothills County, with over $141 million spent across the province. […]
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Flanked by labor leaders and partners from the film and TV industry, New York City Mayor Eric Adams last Wednesday was joined by New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) President and CEO Andrew Kimball, Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) Commissioner Pat Kaufman, and East End Studios to break ground on a film […]
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“We have the four seasons, we’re surrounded by the lakes, we have sand dunes, we have everything here that it would take to make a movie,” says executive film producer Kathy Reinhold. Not only does Reinhold work on films, but she’s also an ambassador for the Anchor Bay Chamber of Commerce. She wants to bring […]
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