His Dick Cook Studios will shoot big-budget adventure features 'Ranger's Apprentice' and 'The Alchemyst' at the Australian city's Docklands Studios Melbourne.
Former Walt Disney Studios chairman Dick Cook is set to make two fantasy adventure films in Melbourne, Australia through his production shingle Dick Cook Studios after securing upwards of $20.5 million in incentives from the Australian and Victoria region governments.
The Docklands Studios Melbourne facility is set to expand with the construction of a $31.5 million, 3,700 square meter sound stage, it was also announced. As one of the largest in the southern hemisphere the new stage is designed to allow Docklands Studios to attract and host large-scale productions while still providing world-class facilities for smaller TV and film projects.
by famed Irish author Michael Scott about an alchemist who holds the secret to eternal life. The film will be co-produced by Australian production company AMPCO and its executive director Mario Andreacchio, who has had the project in development since 2012, initially with Lorenzo Di Bonaventura.
The Australian government made its financial commitment for the movies under its $140 Locations Incentive Fund, which, when used with its Location Offset, effectively provides a 30 percent rebate for eligible large-budget international productions.
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