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NewsMajor investor pulls out of Sunderland’s Crown Works Studios
Cain International is no longer involved in the £450m UK studios.
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NewsVirtual production facility Studio Ulster opens in Belfast
Studio Ulster is also home to the CoSTAR Screen Lab, one of five national research labs created under the UK-wide CoSTAR initiative.
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FeaturesCan the ‘Harry Potter’ series work its magic for Warner Bros Discovery?
Slowly but surely, the creative team and cast behind the new Harry Potter series is rounding out as it prepares to go into production at Warner Bros Leavesden studios this summer.
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FeaturesCinecittà CEO Manuela Cacciamani unveils ambitious growth strategy
Facility is hosting major productions including Mel Gibson’s The Resurrection Of The Christ and Ridley Scott’s The Dog Stars.
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NewsAuschwitz survivor welcomes launch of digital replica of camp for virtual productions
Certified digital video replica of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp can be used for film and TV productions.
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NewsGarden Studios to support independent films with co-production fund
The scheme will target films in the £5-10m with support from a £17m revolving credit facility,
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NewsSaudi Film Commission unveils new studio complex to open in Riyadh
Jax Film Studios will include two soundstages and a Sony virtual production volume
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NewsMBS Group closes deal to manage Saudi Arabia’s AlUla Studios
US-based The MBS Group is known as the home of James Cameron’s ‘Avatar’ franchise.
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NewsAlex Garland says shooting Iraq-set ‘Warfare’ in the UK “made sense”, Kit Connor talks gun safety
‘Warfare’ was filmed at Bovingdon Airfield Studios in Hertfordshire.
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NewsUS animation company Halon Entertainment to open Glasgow studio
Halon Entertainment is to invest £28m in a studio in Glasgow.
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NewsUK’s Sunset Waltham Cross Studios plan “no longer feasible,” say owners
Alternative uses for the site being explored after production downturn.
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NewsPinewood puts data centre at heart of revised expansion plans
Over 78% of planned expansion space will now be used to house a data centre.
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NewsUK government's 40% business rates relief for film studios in England kicks in
The relief, administered by local authorities, was available from yesterday (February 17).
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NewsUK’s Pinewood Studios launches public consultation on expansion plans
The group wants to review the existing planning consent in response to a reduction in global content production and rising construction costs.
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NewsStampede Ventures’ thriller ‘Fourth Wall’, starring Emma Roberts, to shoot at Saudi's AlUla Studios
Production also marks a reset of the partnership between Saudi’s Film AlUla and Stampede Ventures
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NewsUK autumn budget confirms VFX tax relief uplift, generative AI exclusion dropped
A 40% relief in business rates for retail, hospitality and leisure has also been set.
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NewsBristol councillors approve sale of Bottle Yard Studios
The council will retain the freehold, while selling the leasehold on a long-term basis.
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NewsUK performers’ union Equity campaigns to block council sale of Bristol’s Bottle Yard Studios
The council plans to sell the lease on a 10-year term.
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NewsLisa Nandy, UK culture secretary, pledges to plug skills gap and re-look at plans for Marlow Film Studios
The government aims to fill 25,000 job vacancies in the creative industries and overhaul the apprenticeship levy.
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NewsPinewood to open hub for indie filmmaking at Buckinghamshire studios
The hub is being launched in conjunction with the Independent Film Tax Credit (IFTC).