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Ice Age Studio, Blue Sky, Being Closed By Disney ✖ A beloved animation studio is, unfortunately, closing its doors, as Disney has announced it is closing Blue Sky Studios. Blue Sky Studios is well known to fans thanks to franchises like Ice Age and Rio, which helped it amass $5.9 billion at the box office over the course of 13 films. As for the reason, it appears to be cost-cutting due to the current pandemic, which has resulted in the closures of Disneys parks and resulted in low turnout i...

Feature films such as Paddington and The King’s Speech, and series such as The Crown have been produced at the studio under Morris’s leadership

Disney is shutting down Blue Sky Studios, the animation house behind Ice Age and more.

Elstree Studios site with managing director Roger Morris, inset. - Credit: Elstree Studios It was home to the original Star Wars trilogy and the Indiana Jones movies. Now it hosts  The Crown and The success of Elstree Studios has a direct impact on the residents of Potters Bar. Situated four miles down the A1 from the M25 and South Mimms Services, the film and TV studios in Borehamwood are owned by Hertsmere Borough Council. Elstree Studios site 2020 - Credit: Elstree Studios During t...

SKY Fifteen years ago, Sky became the world’s first carbon neutral media company and today, we’re marking one year since we set our ambition to be net zero carbon by 2030. The events our world and society has faced in the past 12 months since we announced Sky Zero feel like they could have been spread across a lifetime. Yet we must stay focussed on tackling the critical threat posed by the climate emergency facing our planet. So, through this unprecedented time our progress towards ...

Sky Studios ups Jupiter Entertainment’s Stephen Land, Patrick Reardon to fuel U.S. growth Sky Studios — the production arm of UK broadcaster Sky — has promoted Jupiter Entertainment founder and chief exec Stephen Land and president Patrick Reardon in a move to “turbocharge” its creative and commercial strategy ... February 4, 2021 ...

The reason 15,000 Jews have built a new life for themselves in Hertfordshire In the space of two years, thousands of Jewish people in one Hertfordshire borough have become connected within a tight-knit community Rabbi Levi Goldgrab (Image: Levi Goldgrab) Subscribe for news and features from Hertfordshires diverse communities Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes the...

February 3rd, 2021 By David Knox 2 commentsFiled under: News, Screen Australia has announced funding for ABC and ViacomCBS / Netflix titles. Two feature films, three television dramas, one children’s series and one online project share in $5.9 million of production funding. The projects include ABC anthology drama series Fires set during last summer’s devastating bushfires, Season 2 of Frayed and Also funded is Kid’s Drama Dive Club, a 12-part teen mystery drama for Network 10 and Ne...

Proposed design for Sky Studios Elstree Hertfordshire construction firm BAM has won a £192 million contract to build the "the most sustainable film and TV studio in the world". BAM has been appointed by Sky, NBC Universal, and Legal & General to construct Sky Studios Elstree; a new home of film and TV production. The studios, off Rowley Lane in Borehamwood, is set to open in 2022 and will house 13 soundstages, reportedly set to attract £3 billion worth of production spend in the first f...

Sky Studios Elstree is set to open in 2022 - Credit: BAM A St Albans-based construction company has been selected to bring Skys new studios to Borehamwood, producing what aims to be the most sustainable film and TV studio space in the world.  Sky Studios Elstree, which are set to open in 2022, will house 13 sound stages for a range of film and TV productions from Sky and NBCUniversal; attracting £3 billion of production spend over the first five years of operation. The project will play a ...