Key German production incentives extended with increased rebate of 30%
German Federal Film Fund and the German Motion Picture Fund extended by a year by Scholz administration.
‘Mirai’ director Mamoru Hosoda readies ‘Scarlet’ with Sony Pictures, Studio Chizu
The animated feature is set for a US release in late 2025.
2024 film and high-end TV productions shooting in the UK and Ireland: latest updates
A snapshot of the film and high-end TV projects shooting in the UK and Ireland.
UK tax authority commits to extra resource as producers face “crippling” delays to VAT repayments
Producers have had to wait up to six months for repayments, causing major cashflow issues for features.
New coalition advocates keeping production in California amid runaway concerns
New poll finds 73% of California voters support Governor’s proposal to double film and TV tax incentive to $750m.
Australia sees film and TV production fall steeply in 2023-2024
Total budgets reached A$214m, a 50% fall on the five-year average.
UK poised for 2025 inward investment boom
Series anticipated to shoot include Marvel’s ’Star Wars: Ahsoka’, ‘Tin Man’, plus the third ’Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power’.
Drake Doremus’s ‘Next Life’, starring Emilia Clarke, Edgar Ramirez, starts filming in London
Film centres on a young woman exploring two alternate realities.
Alex Gibney developing documentary on murder of US healthcare CEO
Michael Moore also joins debate on US health system that has followed the crime.
Uruguayan fantasy drama ‘The Healers’ finds co-production partners in Ventana Sur (exclusive)
Emiliano Mazza De Luca directs coming-of-age story set in war-torn region.
Film and TV inquiry asks if UK can be AI leader without harming creative industries
Speakers included Benjamin Field, founder of Deep Fusion Films, and Equity’s Liam Budd.
‘Insomniac City’, ‘Ok Boomer’ set to shoot for Brouhaha in 2025 (exclusive)
Troy Lum, Andrew Mason and Gabriella Tana’s Brouhaha Entertainment is based between Sydney and London.
‘Spider-Man’ star Tom Holland launches Billy17, signs producing deal at Sony Pictures
Partnership lines up ’Burnt’, ’The Rosie Project’, ’The Winner’.
Screen Scotland sets aside £1.2m for four talent development initiatives
The initiatives are aimed at short films and those on the cusp of a first feature.
Saudi’s MBC Studios sets feature adaptation of Osamah Almuslim’s horror novel ‘Travellers’ Hell’
Rising Saudi filmmaker Hana Al-Omair is set to direct Traveller’s Hell
Amazon MGM Studios’ live-action ‘Voltron’ begins filming in Queensland, Australia
Rawson Marshall Thurber directs the feature, which stars Sterling K Brown and Henry Cavill.
Stampede 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
UK and Netherlands pledge closer film and TV production links
British Film Commission (BFC) and the Netherlands Film Commission (NFC) sign a memorandum of understanding.
Bong Joon Ho’s animated feature is “halfway done” (reports)
The film is set to have the biggest budget of any Korean film to date.
‘Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle’ trilogy set to launch in 2025
Will mark the conclusion of the hit ‘Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba’ anime franchise.
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