Written by Esme Fox
NYC’s Movie Comeback Gets Boost From a $1 Billion Robert De Niro Studio
Original Article NYC’s Movie Comeback Gets Boost From a $1 Billion Robert De Niro Studio August 9, 2024 The Manhattan-born actor is among those who are leading a drive to ensure the city regains its status in the Hollywood pantheon. Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver, Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part II, and Jimmy ‘The Gent’ Conway in Goodfellas:…
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New York’s studio building boom poses threat to L.A.’s Hollywood production
Carrie Preston rides through New York’s Times Square in CBS’ “Elsbeth,” one of several TV series that film in the city. (Elizabeth Fisher / CBS) By Stephen Battaglio Staff Writer Article Source New York City — Pat Swinney Kaufman may have enough…
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Hollywood on the Niagara? New Great Point film studio could deliver
Written by Tim O'Shei
Original Article YONKERS – As you drive into town, the banner affixed to an overpass tells you exactly where you are: “Hollywood on the Hudson.” But Yonkers doesn’t feel like Hollywood. Not at first. With crowded streets, tightly packed brick…
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Power & Politics: Behind-the-scenes tour of Lionsgate Studios
Click Here to Watch Video News 12 Westchester | Tara Rosenblum Apr 9, 2024 Great Point Studios founder Robert Halmi is the driving force that brought Hollywood to the Hudson. Halmi takes News 12's senior investigative reporter Tara Rosenblum on…
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Goldcrest Post to Open Facility at Lionsgate Studios Yonkers (EXCLUSIVE)
Great Point Studios Variety | By Carolyn Giardina Apr 4, 2024 Goldcrest Post, an independently-owned feature and episodic postproduction facility that currently maintains bases in New York and London, plans to open a third location at Lionsgate Studios Yonkers, just outside New York…
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$100-Million Mediapro Studios Project in Yonkers Breaks Ground
A rendering of the Mediapro Studios at Great Point looking Northeast at North Broadway and Odell Terrace in Yonkers. Real Estate In-Depth | November 7, 2023 YONKERS—Mediapro North America, a leader in the world of media and entertainment held a groundbreaking…
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Great Point Studios breaks ground on $100M studio campus in Yonkers
News 12 Westchester By: Emily Young Great Point Studios, the owner of Lionsgate Studios in Yonkers, broke ground Monday on its new $100 million studio campus. "The No. 1 place in the United States to make film and television, that's Yonkers…
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How Studios Are Taking a Leading Role in Sustainability in Face of Climate Change Emergency
By Gregg Goldstein Balmori Associates With climate change and pollution making environmental concerns more urgent than ever, studios and productions are taking a lead role in incorporating sustainability into the workplace. And in some cases, it’s a necessity. As New…
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Great Point Studios, Lionsgate coming to Douglas County
By FOX 5 Atlanta Digital Team Published | April 5, 2023 | NewsFOX 5 Atlanta Great Point Studios is building a new film and television complex with Lionsgate Studios as its anchor tenant in Douglas County. DOUGLAS COUNTY - Metro Atlanta's…
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Why New York and New Jersey Are Seeing a Burst of Soundstage and Production Facilities Construction
By Gregg Goldstein Bjarke Ingels Group Inc. It seems you can’t aim a camera in New York or New Jersey these days without seeing a studio space that’s brand new, under construction or in the works. Did you miss the Oct.…
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Robert Halmi’s Great Point Studios & Mediapro Launch Phygital FX Joint Venture; Mario Sousa CEO
By Jill Goldsmith Robert Halmi’s Great Point Studios has partnered with Spain’s Grup Mediapro to form Phygital FX, offering expansive production services and led by Mediapro veteran Mario Sousa. Plans are for the joint venture, initially a U.S. project, to…
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