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UK visual effects sector reels from job losses, but predicts strong post-strike bounce back
An estimated 40% of jobs in the UK VFX sector have been lost since the writers and actors strikes began.
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Jordan’s first dedicated film studio, Olivewood Film Studios, opens near Amman
The newly-built facility opened with several of the Jordanian royal family in attendance.
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Welsh government sells Cardiff’s Seren Studios to Great Point Studios
Great Point Media has leased the studio since 2020.
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Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Hans Zimmer buy music recording facility Maida Vale Studios
Working Title chairman and composer have bought the studios with music producer Steven Kofsky from the BBC.
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Major Abu Dhabi film studio being built with plans to open by 2025
twofour54 Studios is set to span more than 100 acres.
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Italy’s Cinecittà Studios scales back expansion plans (exclusive)
Legendary Rome production facility had planned to acquire 76-acre plot of land next to studio.
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Tarak Ben Ammar says Italy and France need more film studios, but UK market is “saturated”
Veteran producer is creating new studio in Rome.
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UK’s Elstree Studios seeking over £150m for urgent repairs after asbestos found
The local council’s report has stated it could not “afford to continually invest”.
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Axa acquires France’s Bry-sur-Marne film studio in €150m deal, plans to double production capacity
Investment manager wants to develop site into one of largest studios in continental Europe.
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UK studios, cast and crew facing quiet summer as impact of WGA strike ripples across Atlantic
The downturn is mainly in high-end TV, with UK studios expecting US studio tentpoles to keep on rolling.
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UK’s Pinewood Group acquires Pinewood Toronto Studios including new 170,000 ft2 production space
Acquisition follows approval of expansion plans for Pinewood Studios in UK.
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Eight-stage studio in UK’s High Wycombe gets green light
Wyecombe Film Studios will feature almost 295,000 sq ft of production space
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UK’s Pinewood Studios set for major expansion, will become world’s biggest studio complex
It is estimated that the expansion will create 8,000 jobs and inject £640m into the UK economy.
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UK’s Great Point Media invests in £6m Welsh virtual production hub (exclusive)
Seren Virtual Productions will welcome outside productions from autumn 2023.
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North Wales looks to lure international film and TV shoots with opening of Aria Studios
16,000 sq ft soundproofed film and television studio launched today
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£14.7m allocated to Ashford film studio from UK government’s levelling up fund
The studio was first greenlit for development in 2020.
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British Film Commission intervenes to help curb rising business rates for English and Welsh film studios
Facilities such as Leavesden, Pinewood and Shepperton face an initial 30% hike in property taxes from April onward.
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Auckland Film Studios expands studio space to meet growing demand
Recent projects have included ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ and ‘Sweet Tooth’.
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World of Studios 2023 UK edition
A comprehensive guide to existing, new and emerging studios in the UK.
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Singapore launches $3.6m virtual production fund to attract international partners
To build capabilities of local media professionals, IMDA is partnering with the UK’s National Film and Television School (NFTS).