When the cameras again began to roll this summer on Universal’s “Jurassic World: Dominion,” one of the first major Hollywood studio films to resume production since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, the restart was a boon for the island nation of Malta, where a second unit crew for the $200 million blockbuster filmed in August.
Despite a spring shutdown for the local production sector, Simon Sansone, head of the Malta Producers’ Assn., estimates that roughly nine international film and television shoots will have lensed in the small Mediterranean nation by year’s end. “Having that number of productions is a very good sign,” he says. “We’re almost at full capacity.”
Last year Malta raised its cash rebate from 27% to 40%, making it among the most competitive in Europe. The country boasts one of the world’s largest water tanks and offers a range of historical settings that have been...
Despite a spring shutdown for the local production sector, Simon Sansone, head of the Malta Producers’ Assn., estimates that roughly nine international film and television shoots will have lensed in the small Mediterranean nation by year’s end. “Having that number of productions is a very good sign,” he says. “We’re almost at full capacity.”
Last year Malta raised its cash rebate from 27% to 40%, making it among the most competitive in Europe. The country boasts one of the world’s largest water tanks and offers a range of historical settings that have been...
- 12/9/2020
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
The Mediterranean island nation of Malta has long been attracting international film and TV productions mainly for tales with either a strong marine or biblical element, and often for limited portions of the overall shoot.
Now Malta is trying to make a quantum leap to lure a wider scope of productions for longer stays. And Hollywood is keen for that to happen, but conditions aren’t quite there yet.
“I was in L.A. two weeks ago, making the rounds. I saw roughly 20 companies and producers, and 75% of them, they all asked me about Malta,” says prominent German line producer Holger Reibiger who in July was on the island for two weeks shooting the second season of Sky Germany’s high-end TV series “Das Boot.”
“They are all interested in Malta, but they need stage space,” Reibiger notes. “Hollywood producers are not thinking about: ‘We just want to shoot there for 12 days,...
Now Malta is trying to make a quantum leap to lure a wider scope of productions for longer stays. And Hollywood is keen for that to happen, but conditions aren’t quite there yet.
“I was in L.A. two weeks ago, making the rounds. I saw roughly 20 companies and producers, and 75% of them, they all asked me about Malta,” says prominent German line producer Holger Reibiger who in July was on the island for two weeks shooting the second season of Sky Germany’s high-end TV series “Das Boot.”
“They are all interested in Malta, but they need stage space,” Reibiger notes. “Hollywood producers are not thinking about: ‘We just want to shoot there for 12 days,...
- 11/11/2019
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
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