Eastern Canada’s film and television industry is ready to roar back to life, fueled by the arrival of Amazon MGM Studios at Pinewood Toronto. In January 2024, the streaming giant secured a major deal, leasing five new soundstages and office space at the iconic studio, spanning 160,000 square feet. It’s a clear signal: The province […]
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Over the last five years, New Jersey has become a top destination for film, television and, most recently, reality program production. The state’s Film and Digital Media Tax Credit Program launched in late 2018 under the leadership of Gov. Phil Murphy after being indefinitely suspended in 2010. Initially, under Murphy’s tax credit initiative, the annual cap […]
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Australia’s screen industry agency Ausfilm says “production is booming” across the country, partly due to new tax incentives for local productions that were introduced two months ago. With eight major TV series and films either completed, in production or post-production this year, streamers and studios are taking advantage of the 30 per cent “location offset”, […]
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LAS VEGAS – Sony Pictures Entertainment is “shovel-ready” to break ground on a new studio in the Summerlin area while Warner Brothers is planning to come to the southwest part of the valley. All they are waiting on is for lawmakers to pass a new film tax credits bill into law. A film tax credit bill died in 2023. […]
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The film industry on central and northern Vancouver Island has been able to withstand the effects of last year’s Writers Guild of America and Screen Actors Guild strikes and the future looks promising. “We’re fortunate on the north, mid-Island,” said Brandon Lepine, regional production services manager for Vancouver Island North Film Commission (INFilm), which provides liaison and location scouting services to […]
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Japan’s Visual Industry Promotion Organization (VIPO) and Japan Film Commission have announced details of a new incentives program for offshore film and TV productions shooting in the country. The new scheme, which is under the jurisdiction of Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), will fund up to one half of the qualifying Japanese […]
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LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) says it will lease a film studio proposed for southwest Las Vegas and commit at least $8.5 billion in production spending if lawmakers approve a tax incentive package next year. The media company announced Tuesday that it plans to partner with UNLV and Birtcher Development for a long-term […]
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Serbia is rapidly emerging as a top-tier destination for film and television production, and at the heart of this cinematic renaissance is Firefly Studios. This state-of-the-art facility, located just 20 miles east of Belgrade, is redefining the country’s production landscape. Co-founded by producer Ivana Mikovic, Firefly Studios opened its doors in 2023, offering a comprehensive […]
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The second season of Apple TV+ and Legendary Entertainment’s “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters” will shoot in Queensland, Australia. That represents a relocation after the first season of the action-adventure series was largely filmed in Canada’s British Columbia. Location attraction agency, Screen Queensland said that the show will be able to access state subsidies from provided through the Queensland government’s Production Attraction […]
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Hollywood Heavyweights Migrate to the Lone Star State In the 1980’s a film crew followed Trammell Crow, one of the most successful commercial real estate developers in the history of the world, as he attempted to lure Hollywood to Texas with the state’s first purpose-built film studios. Trammell’s efforts were documented by Entertainment Tonight […]
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