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Italy’s Cinecittà Studios Veers Towards Digital Age With Large LED Wall as New Soundstage Prepares to Host Mel Gibson’s ‘Passion of the Christ’ Sequel
Cinecittà is veering towards accomodating virtual production just as a new soundstage prepares to host Mel Gibson's 'Resurrection' this summer.
And the main driver is a combination of the country’s tax incentives and Rome’s Cinecittà studio, which is being refurbished and is now a state-of-the-art digital age facility. Cinecittà’s sales and business manager Francesca Rotondo underlined that the iconic facilities are in the process of adding five more studios, raising the total number of soundstages from 19 to 24. Steve Jelley, producer and CO-CEO of London-based Dimension Studio, which recently partnered with Cinecittà to help make it a prime virtual production destination, said when he arrived at the Cinecittà lot to work with Roland Emmerich on his gladiator series, “Those About to Die” (40% of which was shot using the LED wall), he didn’t realize how many great open-air Rome sets the studio has, including Circus Maximus, and how great its art department is.
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