Film studios in Asia-Pacific are expanding the scale of their operations and want location incentives to keep pace. “Incentives are fundamental, they are an expectation [of production managers] and…
,” said Vara Vilaivan, acting director, studio management, at Studio Park, a relatively new complex in South Eastern Bangkok. The facility recently housed part of Disney’s “Ms Marvel” and nine months of SK Global and Netflix “Thai Cave Rescue” series.
“Australia never stopped [thanks to its] progressive government. Thailand and Malaysia’s governments were more conservative and killed the momentum,” said Karim. “Malaysia only reopened in April. Therefore, our initial focus was on local production. Local ones want [bookings of] three weeks to two months.”
“Locations are used primarily because of budget constraints. We believe many producers would actually prefer to works in studios,” said Vilaivan.
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