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New studios for Michigan
The state of Michigan continues to take the film world by storm with the completion of two film studios in the Detroit area due to happen this year. The studios represent a USD150 million investment and will create over 5,000…
Stink signs BAFTA winner
Production company Stink has signed director James Marsh just days after his BAFTA win. Marsh's look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit, Man On Wire, took the award for best British Film at this year's event on Sunday and has also…
Alabama approves incentives bill
A House committee has approved a bill aimed at bringing more productions to the state of Alabama. The bill will provide exemptions on sales, use and lodging taxes for companies that shoot in Alabama. The state would pay for the…
Screen Australia names investment managers
Sally Browning, Mark Lazarus and Tim Phillips have been confirmed as Screen Australia's new Investment Managers in the Production Investment Division. Sally, Mark and Tim are supported by Project Managers Heather McFarlane and Michelle Russell. Sally Browning was an Investment…
Hungary & Ireland to sign treaty
Hungary and Ireland will sign a co-production treaty, in Berlin, on the 8th of February. According to Erszebet Toth, the Hungarian Film Commissioner, the treaty will be more about proportions than the amount spent. If one co-production has 80% funding…
Mandela series finished
CoverAfrica has just finished producing and directing a six part series about Nelson Mandela's life. In Mandela’s Foodprints is co-presented by Nelson Mandela’s youngest daughter, Zindzi, and renowned food author, Anna Trapido. Food is often the keeper of memories, and…
Top law firm to close UK media division
Law firm SJ Berwin is to close its UK media division which specialises in media asset finance work. The division's areas of expertise include slate financing of studio pictures, acting as production counsel on films with budgets ranging from USD10…
SAG national executive director loses job
Doug Allen, national executive director of SAG, was fired this week. He had been at the centre of SAG’s bitter polarisation between those who urged strike action and moderates who proposed settlement through negotiation. The moderate faction of the actors…
Zentropa to open Norway office
Zentropa, the Danish production company founded by director Lars Von Trier, is due to open its first Norwegian office under the name Zentropa Norge. The new office will further increase Zentropa's already substantial European presence. Their existing offices in Germany,…
UK production spend down by 35%
Although the UK box office is seeing record sales, GBP949.5 million was spent in 2008 which equates to a 5% increase on 2007, its production is certainly not. In 2008, 111 pictures were produced in the UK, down from 126…