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“F9: The Fast Saga,” the ninth film in the “Fast & Furious” franchise, is jumping off the starting line early and will open in China more than a month ahead of its North American release, Universal has announced. “F9” will open in theatres on May 21 in China, as well as in other international territories

New York movie theaters will be able to expand their indoor capacity from 25% to 33% beginning next Monday. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the news Monday that movie theaters can make the change with other precautions in place as part of new COVID-19 safety protocols for the state. New York’s move comes after Los Angeles

Michael Keeton is due to visit the UK to play Batman in The Flash. The film is being directed by director Andrés Muschietti. The Super hero film is now filming in the UK as more productions restart and even more new films are being slated for production over the coming few months. The Flash is

Producers of visionary film and TV drama. Established in 2002, Warp Films is one of the most exciting and respected production companies in the UK today. ITV Studios has a flurry of new deals for award-winning Warp Films’ new and provocative drama, Little Birds. Starzplay, the premium international streaming service from STARZ, has acquired the critically

The slate is headed by Masao Okubo’s Record Of Ragnarok, an adaptation of the popular manga about the one-on-one battles between humans and gods to determine the fate of humanity. Set to premiere in June 2021, the series is produced by Japanese animation studio Graphinica. Netflix is also launching two shows combining the work of international

Coffee has become the next big thing on film and TV sets and events. Other beverages are also encouraged, but not as important. There are many companies that now specialise in just making sure that your crew is kept up to date with their daily caffeine. It is often best to have a company purely

Despite Brexit and COVID19, the Film and TV industry in the UK is bouncing back with new films and programmes being commissioned. Making use of the new enlarged home watching audience. New deals have been made for more straight to streaming productions. A lot of these are multi million projects and look set to start

The government film production manual has a lot of good information on taxation and laws relating to the film and TV industry. Though because of Brexit, you may need to check that something has not changed.  Film Production Company Manual – HMRC internal manual – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

The Cannes Film Festival has set new submission deadlines following its decision last week to ditch its traditional May slot in favour of the later dates of July 6 to 17. It hopes the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic will have eased by then. The deadline for registration of feature films is April 26, followed by May 3 for

Hengdian World Studios, China’s largest film and television shooting base located in the eastern Chinese city of Dongyang in Zhejiang Province, has a busy filming season as the film crews across the country resume work. As the epidemic eases, the site is crowded with camera crews, and some of the shooting locations need to be