While conventional physical productions remain hampered by Covid-19 related restrictions, a group of companies is looking into how to get the most out of LED stages and real-time engines Virtual stages are inherently safer, more flexible and more efficient places to create new film content while virus-related restrictions are in place. Using just a single […]
Filming in Los Angeles is beginning again, but slowly. Since permission was granted to productions to resume in mid-June, FilmLA, the official film office of the City and County of Los Angeles, has received around 577 permit applications for 422 separate projects. This is roughly 34% of the number they would expect to receive during […]
Liverpool’s £54 million Littlewoods Film Studios complex has received a £17 million funding commitment from the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority’s Strategic Investment Fund. Some of the money will be used to erect temporary buildings on adjacent land which can be used while the complex is built, These pop-up spaces should become available to use […]
To make up for the dramatic loss of revenue caused by the Covid-19 lockdown, the Utilita Arena in the centre of Birmingham and the Resorts World Arena on the NEC campus on the Eastern outskirts of the city are being transformed into a film and television production complex, reports Broadcast. The news will be welcomed […]
Following what’s been described as “a conversation” between the UK Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden and Tom Cruise, leading Hollywood actors and crew arriving in England to resume work on British productions are being offered a 14 day Covid-19 travel quarantine exemption to allow a number of major productions to get back underway. The actor’s two […]
The space suit believed to have been worn by Dr. David Bowman (Keir Dullea) when he destroyed HAL in the groundbreaking 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey is the standout lot at an auction of space memorabilia taking place in Beverly Hills on 17 and 18 July. It is estimated that it will fetch between $200,000 […]