Media Tech SPAC (MTS) has acquired Drylab. While MTS undertakes acquisitions in the media and technology sectors, Drylab is a leading film and television production SaaS platform in Scandinavia. MTS will bring the Drylab platform into the global marketplace, leveraging the unprecedented growth currently being experienced by the film and TV production industries.
Film AlUla - the Royal Commission for AlUla’s film agency - has partnered with the UK’s Creative Media Skills Institute to deliver a 10-day film industry bootcamp in Saudi Arabia. Launching in March 2022, the scheme will prepare 25 local trainees from AlUla to follow careers in Production and Assistant Directing as well as the Art, Locations, Costume, Make-up and Hair departments. This training programme is led by award-winning film professionals and hosted in the stunning landscape of AlUla, home to the UNESCO World Heritage site Hegra.
The Serbian Film Commission has joined the Location Managers Guild International (LMGI)’s list of business partners. The commission’s collaboration with the LMGI and its members is designed to further enhance the country’s filmmaking practices, solidifying the integral roles of location managers within the booming Serbian production market. Location manager Stefan Todorovic thus becomes the LMGI’s first associate member from the Balkans. The Serbian filmmaker’s credits include: two seasons of The Outpost, Legendary’s forthcoming feature The Machine with Star Wars actor Mark Hamill, and this year’s Sundance contender You Won’t Be Alone.
Four primary locations underpin the widespread popularity and commercial success of Dune, the sci-fi epic recently released by Warner Bros and Legendary Entertainment. Shot across different parts of Jordan, Abu Dhabi, Norway and Budapest, production designer Patrice Vernette emphatically declares “there is no Dune” without these particular destinations.
The British Film Commission (BFC) and the Spain Film Commission (SFC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding in order to enhance their existing partnership. This new Memorandum, or MoU, is set to take the relationship to yet another level, facilitating more high-end film and television collaborations between the two nations.
The plan entitled "Spain: Europe's Audiovisual Hub" is set to receive public investment of more than EUR1.6 billion euros by 2025. Access to funding and tax incentives will see some of the most investment, alongside skills and administrative improvements.
The V Stage is one of three new sound stages at Warner Brothers Studios Leavesden. will be one of Europe’s largest virtual production stages with 24,000 square feet of total space.
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