Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and Thor: Love and Thunder will shoot back-to-back in Sydney.
By Nia Daniels 29 Jul 2019
Production is expected to begin on the next instalment of the Thor franchise in August 2020, with Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings shooting later this year.
Filming will take place at Fox Studios in Sydney, with the Thor follow-up boosted by an A$24.1m location incentive grant.
Overall, the Thor film is expected to spend around A$178m and create up to 2,500 jobs, with Marvel Studios providing a trainee scheme to target skills shortages.
NSW minister for the arts Don Harwin MLC said the Made in NSW fund had again secured a major production and that the Thor movie will be the third time Marvel Studios has based production in Australia, following Thor: Ragnarok, which used Village Roadshow Studios in Queensland.
“NSW is the complete package, offering a spectacular location and skilled technicians that can support the requirements of a major blockbuster film,” he said.
The Made in NSW fund has a pot of $55 million to support features and TV projects over the next four years. The Australian government’s location incentive increases the existing location offset rate from 16.5% to 30% for eligible big-budget international productions.
The announcement is a boost to Sydney’s already film-friendly profile and comes on the back of the recent news that Industrial Light and Magic, LucasFilm’s visual effects division, is setting up a production hub adjacent to Fox Studios.
Thor: Ragnarok © Disney/Marvel.
Sydney photo: Pixabay.
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