If Singapore Builds Studio, They (American Film Crazies) Will Come
The nation of Singapore unveiled plans to build a $714 million studio called Mediapolis@one-north yesterday to attact foreign (read: American) big bucks for film and TV prospects.
Variety reported the plans for public agencies and private money in Singapore to finance the 1.5 million-square-foot property.
Singapore’s major production firm, Infinite Frameworks, will build a 129,000-square-foot soundstage as part of the development. Already, the major studios are arguing over who gets first crack at this Asian shooting paradise (read: cheap).
As one Singaporean source told FBLA:
“This has been in the works for some time.
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