Building a soundstage in an existing New York City building isn’t easy. It requires double-height ceilings, significant soundproofing and a lot of new electrical lines to power cameras and lights. But in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts decided it wanted to build a sprawling, 46,000-square-foot soundstage facility named after director Martin […]
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Warner Bros. is redeveloping its studio presence in Burbank, demolishing much of the historic Ranch Lot Studios, which is home to many well-known outdoor sets, to make way for soundstages in what developers are calling the “largest studio development in the country.” Located a mile north of the studio’s main 100-acre lot in Burbank, the […]
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Masters of the Air is a new Second World War drama that began streaming on Apple TV+ yesterday. With an all-star cast, including Oscar-nominated Elvis star Austin Butler, Saltburn actor Barry Keoghan and current Doctor Who Ncuti Gatwa, the series also features Hollywood royalty behind the scenes. Executive producers Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks have reunited to tell the story of “The Bloody Hundred” 100th Bomb Group, […]
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Almost 20 years ago, Richard and Amy James went on their first date in Los Angeles and realized they both aspired to start a film studio. “We spoke about a dream that both of us happened to have about building a studio, a studio outside of the main Hollywood system, where people could have a […]
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“It’s not just about film,” Commissioner René García told Miami Today as he spoke of a new $10 million movie-making incentive program for the county in 2024. “It’s about really generating economic opportunities down here for our community.” “At least with this $10 million we can start bringing film back to this community,” Sen. García […]
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Just across the East River from Manhattan, New York’s newest purpose-built film and TV production facility is slated to open this spring. The venue, Borden Studios, will occupy the top floors of a complex on Borden Avenue in the Queens neighborhood of Long Island City. The privately owned site was built by real estate investment and operating […]
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Almost three years after the Western Australian government committed to building a studio complex in the state, construction is underway at the selected site in the Malaga Metronet station precinct in Perth’s north-east. The facility will include four purpose-built sound stages and other on-site screen production facilities such as production offices, an art department and […]
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Film and television production company Amazon MGM Studios has entered into an agreement with Toronto’s Pinewood Studios for exclusive use of its facilities in future productions. In a Jan. 17 news conference, the production giant confirmed its multi-year commitment to the Canadian studio space, including the use of five new sound stages with accompanying workshops […]
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A contingent from Calgary, including the mayor, travelled to Los Angeles last week to further develop the city’s relationship with several major film and television studios and streamers in Hollywood. Mayor Jyoti Gondek was in California on Thursday and Friday, along with representatives from Calgary Economic Development (CED) and members of unions and guilds representing […]
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Chris Cado, a construction supervisor, and his team bustling away on Electric Entertainment’s Elmwood sound stage is a sign that the Louisiana film and television industry is slowly emerging from one of the longest production droughts in its history. The Writers Guild of America strike last year, together with industrial action by the SAG-AFTRA actors […]
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