UK On Track To Double Film Stages By 2025 As Culture Secretary Unveils $62B Creative Sector Ambition
deadline.comThe UK is on track to double its film stage space within two years, new Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer will say tomorrow, while unveiling a target to grow the creative sector by £50B ($62B) and create 1 million jobs.
Frazer is due to keynote the Deloitte and Enders Media & Telecoms 2023 Conference and will set out the lofty targets, laying down a marker for future growth in the likes of film and TV.
She will say the UK is due to double its film stage space by 2025, coming in the wake of studios springing up in the likes of Birmingham, Scotland and Hertfordshire, as huge projects have moved to the UK.
With the TV and film sector experiencing cost-of-living-related teething problems in both the UK and U.S., Frazer will nonetheless posit that “we are in the golden age of the silver screen,” adding: “We rival any country in the world at sound and visual effects, and are on track to double UK film stage space by 2025.” “I have zero doubt that we in government can do more tangible things to support our creatives,” she will add. “But we cannot simply copy and paste the formula for that past success.
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