Golden age for the UK's movie 製造者s as Barbie and Indiana Jones films rely on British talent

  • Big-指名する TV shows and films lean on the 最高の，を越す-notch 技術s of UK 労働者s
  • This has 上げるd 会社／堅いs like ITV, whose studio arm raked in £1billion this year

By CALUM MUIRHEAD AND LEAH MONTEBELLO

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British TV and film 生産／産物 ? ブイ，浮標d by the rise of Netflix and the public's return to the cinema ? has entered a new golden age.

The fruits of homegrown talent, along with foreign-支援するd 事業／計画（する）s 発射 at the country's major studios, have been にわか雨d with accolades in 最近の years, 上げるing the UK's status as a 中心 for 最高の，を越す-end content 創造.

Successes have 含むd the massively popular Barbie movie, starring Margot Robbie in the titular 役割.

The blockbuster was mostly filmed in the UK and the 始める，決める for the pink-washed Barbieland, 含むing the iconic Dreamhouse, was built at the Warner Bros studio in Leavesden, Hertfordshire.

The 最新の Harrison Ford adventure epic, Indiana Jones and the Dial of 運命, was partly filmed on the 007 行う／開催する／段階 at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire.

Made in Britain: Margot Robbie plays the lead role in hit film Barbie

Made in Britain: Margot Robbie plays the lead 役割 in 攻撃する，衝突する film Barbie

Those two films follow a run of British success stories 含むing the Netflix period 演劇 Bridgerton, most of which was 発射 at stately homes across England. Another 勝利者 has been the Northern 罪，犯罪 演劇 Happy Valley.

Such is the 需要・要求する for UK 技術 and talent that spending on film and TV 生産／産物 攻撃する，衝突する a 記録，記録的な／記録する high of £6.27billion last year, によれば 人物／姿／数字s 解放（する）d in February by the British Film 学校／設ける.

T he にわか景気 has 配達するd a 上げる to British 会社／堅いs 含むing ITV, whose studio 生産／産物 arm raked in £1billion in half-year 歳入 for the first time in 2023.

A 重要な draw is thought to be the UK's generous 税金 救済 system. Film 生産／産物 会社／堅いs can （人命などを）奪う，主張する up to 25 per cent in cash rebates on a 最大限 of 80 per cent of qualifying spending, 関わりなく the film's 予算, so long as at least 10 per cent is spent in Britain.

The UK is also home to a 広大な number of visual 影響s (VFX) artists who help to create the computer-生成するd imagery and other special 影響s used in many films and TV shows.

によれば the UK 審査する 同盟, which 代表するs 会社／堅いs across the VFX and 生産／産物 部門s, the 産業 supported nearly 30,000 職業s in 2019 and 与える／捧げるd almost £1.7billion to the economy.

Heroics: Indiana Jones star Harrison Ford

Heroics: Indiana Jones 星／主役にする Harrison Ford

However, in spite of all the very encouraging news, there are dark clouds 集会. Some 乗組員 at Shepperton, which is owned by Pinewood, have been 軍隊d to 負かす／撃墜する 道具s in 最近の weeks as work 乾燥した，日照りのs up on some of the studio's most lucrative 攻撃する，衝突するs.

Construction teams have been told that 事業／計画（する）s ? 含むing Netflix 攻撃する，衝突する The Sandman ? have been put on 持つ／拘留する for the foreseeable 未来 as Hollywood writers continue their strike.

The 産業の 活動／戦闘, organised by the 審査する Actors Guild ? American 連合 of Television and 無線で通信する Artists (SAG-AFTRA), has more than 160,000 members 捜し出すing higher 支払う／賃金 and better 保護 against the rise of 人工的な 知能. The 論争 is bringing hundreds of 生産／産物s to a 行き詰まり. One insider said the 影響 on UK 乗組員 was 'worse than Covid' with no 調印する when work may 選ぶ up again.

Netflix's 近づいている season of Bridgerton is 予定 to start filming in the coming weeks, but it is 不明瞭な whether writers and 乗組員 will be able to begin 生産／産物 in the UK. Netflix 拒絶する／低下するd to comment.

Bectu, the union that 代表するs those behind the camera on TV and film shoots, said although it stands by SAG-AFTRA, the strike 活動／戦闘 is having a dangerous ripple 影響.

Philippa Childs, 長，率いる of Bectu, said: 'Many of our members know only too 井戸／弁護士席 the knock-on 影響s of the US strikes and are justifiably worried about their 未来. The 減産／沈滞 will only be 悪化させるd if no 協定 is made with SAG-AFTRA.'

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