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How China’s Giant New Studio Plans to Lure Filmmakers Out of Hollywood

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China’s Dalian Wanda Group plans to unveil a subsidy scheme to attract Hollywood filmmakers to its new multibillion-dollar studio in the eastern Chinese city of Qingdao, a person with direct knowledge of the plan said.

The chairman of the property-to-entertainment conglomerate, Wang Jianlin, is expected to unveil the scheme, which offers to subsidise 40% of production costs, at an event hosted in Los Angeles on Monday evening.

The subsidy will be jointly funded with the local Qingdao government, said the person, who asked not to be identified.

The subsidy will apply to feature films and television shows. Costs eligible for the rebate include stage and equipment rentals, set construction and local accommodation.

A Wanda spokesman declined to comment.

A Qingdao government spokesman said he was not familiar with the plans.

Wanda’s billionaire chairman is building a footprint in Hollywood through a series of deals, part of China’s growing investment in the U.S. entertainment industry.

The company has bought “Jurassic World” producer Legendary Entertainment and U.S. cinema chain AMC Entertainment Holdings (AMC). Wanda also signed a marketing and co-financing deal with Sony Pictures, a unit of Japan’s Sony (SNE).

With the Qingdao studio, Wanda will be competing with dozens of U.S. states and countries including Britain and New Zealand that have lured filmmakers out of Hollywood with tax incentives and rebates.

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Incentives typically range from 15% to 45% of certain production costs, according to tax incentive specialists, making Wanda’s subsidy among the world’s highest.

The Qingdao studio is part of a large theme park and real estate development designed to become a Chinese version of Hollywood. The studio will attract at least five films a year with production budgets of more than $100 million, alongside smaller Chinese productions, Wang told Reuters in August.

Two of the conglomerate’s key listed units are Dalian Wanda Commercial Properties and Wanda Cinema Line.

This story has been updated.

 

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