Lights, camera, action: the Lone Star State is ready for its star turn. This year, the Texas Legislature drastically increased the budget for its film incentives program from $45 million to $200 million. While that’s far less than competitors like Georgia, which extended $1.3 billion in tax breaks to productions this year, it’s a shot in the […]
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Pinewood, Warner Bros Discovery (WBD), and Sky have sounded the alarm over a so-called UK film “studio tax” that they argue could torpedo Britain’s status as a rival to Hollywood. The companies raised concerns about “extreme” business rate hikes for sound stage facilities, arguing that the UK’s competitiveness and the development of new studios could “collapse” unless the government […]
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WILMINGTON, N.C. -What looks like construction now could soon be home to your next favorite movie. Workers are putting up 55-foot-high walls for what will soon be sound stages 3 and 4 at Dark Horse Studios. President of Dark Horse Studios, Kirk Englebright, said he’s ready to take on the crew base in Wilmington who […]
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StageRunner reveals a snapshot of the latest high-end TV and film productions shooting in the UK for the big studios and streamers. Productions that are still on hold following the SAG-AFTRA strike (which concluded earlier this month) are noted. Films How To Train Your Dragon Live-action remake of the 2010 animation about a hapless […]
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Hungary’s historical NFI Studios are expanding in order to meet the growing demand from international film and TV producers to shoot in the central European country. Backed by the National Film Institute (NFI), the studio’s capacity is increasing to 136,000 square feet, serving both international and domestic productions, while creating hundreds of new jobs. Four […]
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Berkshire England’s newest film and television studios have announced the completion date for the final stage of construction. Based near Reading, Shinfield Studios is a state-of-the-art facility with 13 soundstages already available for TV and production companies. They have now announced that as of early 2024, all 18 studios will be fully operational after over […]
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50 Cent’s G-Unit Film and Television Inc. has a new home. This week, 50 gave fans a look at the production company’s facilities in the Shreveport, Louisiana area. 50’s company has been behind a number of hit projects in recent years, namely the Power franchise. Per a report from local outlet KLAS News 12, the new G-Unit headquarters became official with a […]
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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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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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