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Prime Focus Group has signed a landmark agreement with the Government of Maharashtra to develop a $400 million global entertainment destination in the heart of India’s film capital. The new hub will combine world-class studio infrastructure with live entertainment venues, theme parks, hotels, restaurants, retail, and housing—positioning the city as a next-gen home for both […]

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Just a few miles outside Washington, D.C., a long-shuttered high school in Prince George’s County, Maryland, is poised to become the state’s newest film production facility—thanks to a newly approved redevelopment deal that blends studio infrastructure with workforce development. The Fairmont Heights High School campus, located near the Cheverly and Deanwood Metro stations, has sat […]

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Is the next Hollywood rising just outside of Sydney? That’s the bold vision behind Central Coast Studios, a $240 million production facility proposed for a 50 acre site in Calga, less than an hour north of Sydney. Tucked just off the freeway and ten kilometers from Gosford, the project has been lodged as a State […]

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Samsung has officially entered the U.K. virtual production arms race, partnering with Twickenham Film Studios and VP specialists Quite Brilliant to build one of the largest permanent LED stages in Britain. The new installation, set inside Twickenham’s iconic Stage 3, will feature a massive 24-meter-wide back wall, a 105-square-meter LED ceiling, and a flexible system […]

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Move over Hollywood—Bristol just raised the bar for sustainable filmmaking. TBY2, the state-of-the-art soundstage complex that anchors The Bottle Yard Studios in Bristol, England, has officially been named the world’s most sustainable film and TV production site, according to BAFTA albert’s 2025/26 Studio Sustainability Standard Report. The report ranked 31 global facilities, and TBY2 came […]

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Los Angeles, once the unrivaled capital of film and television production, is feeling the chill of a global production downturn. According to FilmLA’s newly released Q1 2025 report, the city saw just 5,295 shoot days across all categories from January to March—a 22.4% drop from the same period last year. TV, historically L.A.’s bread and […]

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Tucked into the heart of Echo Park, inside the storied Mack Sennett Studios—a century-old cathedral of cinema where Charlie Chaplin once roamed—something quietly radical is happening. On the top floor, in a sleek, sunlit workspace, a small group of artists and AI scientists are teaching machines how to imagine. Downstairs, nestled beneath the very floorboards […]

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If you still think 50 Cent is just the guy behind “Power” and a master-level Instagram troll, you’re missing the bigger picture—and the bigger campus. Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson is going all in on Shreveport, Louisiana, laying the foundation for what could become one of America’s most unexpected production hubs. With a 30-year lease (plus […]

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What happens in Vegas might just reshape the future of film production. Two competing studio developments are now vying to turn Las Vegas into the next major production hub—but they’re pitching two very different visions. Just a few months ago, it seemed like a unified blockbuster partnership was forming. In February, Sony Pictures Entertainment and […]

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Something big is brewing on England’s northeast coast— Hartlepool, a working-class town best known for shipbuilding and industrial grit, is quietly becoming one of the UK’s fastest-rising film and TV production hubs. With a growing studio footprint, public and private investment north of $40 million, and a community fully behind it, the town is making […]

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