Apple to shoot "Metropolis" in Australia, creating nearly 4,000 jobs

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Forthcoming Apple TV+ series "Metropolis" is to be filmed in Victoria, Australia, bringing almost 4,000 jobs to the area, and utlizing the region's new "Mandalorian"-style LED studio.




Based on the 1927 film, "Metropolis" is now a forthcoming series for Apple TV+ series by "Mr. Robot" and "Gaslit" writer/director Sam Esmail. The eight-part science fiction series is being made by NBCUniversal for Apple, and like many of the studio's productions, will now be shot in Australia.

According to Deadline, the series is expected to create nearly 4,000 jobs in the state of Victoria. Together with an unspecified number of further NBCUniversal shows, local authorities estimate "Metropolis" will bring A$416 million ($310 million) into the region.

Victoria's Government has been supporting its local film production industry, which has notably added what it describes as one of the world's largest LED Volumes. These are the digital screen background environments made famous by their successful use in "The Mandalorian."

"With this industry-leading infrastructure capability, we're putting Victoria at the forefront of the global screen industry," said Danny Pearson, Minister for Creative Industries in Victoria. "Together, with the recent addition of our new super sound stage, this will make Victoria the go-to place for ambitious screen productions."

"Metropolis" is the second Apple TV+ science fiction production, following the critically acclaimed "Foundation," which is in pre-production for a second season.

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  • Reply 1 of 14
    tmaytmay Posts: 6,464member
    AppleInsider said:
    Forthcoming Apple TV+ series "Metropolis" is to be filmed in Victoria, Australia, bringing almost 4,000 jobs to the area, and utlizing the region's new "Mandalorian"-style LED studio.




    Based on the 1927 film, "Metropolis" is now a forthcoming series for Apple TV+ series by "Mr. Robot" and "Gaslit" writer/director Sam Esmail. The eight-part science fiction series is being made by NBCUniversal for Apple, and like many of the studio's productions, will now be shot in Australia.

    According to Deadline, the series is expected to create nearly 4,000 jobs in the state of Victoria. Together with an unspecified number of further NBCUniversal shows, local authorities estimate "Metropolis" will bring A$416 million ($310 million) into the region.

    Victoria's Government has been supporting its local film production industry, which has notably added what it describes as one of the world's largest LED Volumes. These are the digital screen background environments made famous by their successful use in "The Mandalorian."

    "With this industry-leading infrastructure capability, we're putting Victoria at the forefront of the global screen industry," said Danny Pearson, Minister for Creative Industries in Victoria. "Together, with the recent addition of our new super sound stage, this will make Victoria the go-to place for ambitious screen productions."

    "Metropolis" is the second Apple TV+ science fiction production, following the critically acclaimed "Foundation," which is in pre-production for a second season.

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  • Reply 2 of 14
    mknelsonmknelson Posts: 1,162member
    But, are any of the 4,000 jobs going to be in Coober Pedy?
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  • Reply 3 of 14
    FileMakerFellerfilemakerfeller Posts: 1,569member
    mknelson said:
    But, are any of the 4,000 jobs going to be in Coober Pedy?
    CP is in South Australia, the state directly to the west of Victoria.
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  • Reply 4 of 14
    entropysentropys Posts: 4,415member
    Ironically Victoria is the most socialist state in Australia. The peeps are just cogs in the State machine.
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  • Reply 5 of 14
    ravnorodomravnorodom Posts: 731member
    Finally a robot series. Gundam or any giant robot should be next. 
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  • Reply 6 of 14
    looplessloopless Posts: 353member
    entropys said:
    Ironically Victoria is the most socialist state in Australia. The peeps are just cogs in the State machine.
    Yeah its really awful to live in Australia. Universal health care, no guns, generally high standard of living, only a small homeless population, voting rights for all. It sucks!
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  • Reply 7 of 14
    crowleycrowley Posts: 10,453member
    loopless said:
    entropys said:
    Ironically Victoria is the most socialist state in Australia. The peeps are just cogs in the State machine.
    Yeah its really awful to live in Australia. Universal health care, no guns, generally high standard of living, only a small homeless population, voting rights for all. It sucks!
    And barely any dirty immigrants, because they ship them to a shitty island prison.

    A matter of perspective I guess.
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  • Reply 8 of 14
    OctoMonkeyoctomonkey Posts: 351member
    loopless said:
    entropys said:
    Ironically Victoria is the most socialist state in Australia. The peeps are just cogs in the State machine.
    Yeah its really awful to live in Australia. Universal health care, no guns, generally high standard of living, only a small homeless population, voting rights for all. It sucks!
    What I have seen these last two years with the Australian government's authoritarian crackdown tells me everything!  Your perceived utopia sounds much more dystopian to me.
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  • Reply 9 of 14
    entropysentropys Posts: 4,415member
    loopless said:
    entropys said:
    Ironically Victoria is the most socialist state in Australia. The peeps are just cogs in the State machine.
    Yeah its really awful to live in Australia. Universal health care, no guns, generally high standard of living, only a small homeless population, voting rights for all. It sucks!
    Sure, it just Victoria is the worst. It is why it has negative domestic migration accelerating away.
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  • Reply 10 of 14
    runswithforkrunswithfork Posts: 10member
    loopless said:
    entropys said:
    Ironically Victoria is the most socialist state in Australia. The peeps are just cogs in the State machine.
    Yeah its really awful to live in Australia. Universal health care, no guns, generally high standard of living, only a small homeless population, voting rights for all. It sucks!
    What I have seen these last two years with the Australian government's authoritarian crackdown tells me everything!  Your perceived utopia sounds much more dystopian to me.
    Lol must be the hard hitting Fox News exposé on Australian authoritarianism :D We have many problems in Australia especially when in comes to climate policies but dystopian ain't one. You should visit for yourself one day and enjoy some great coffee in Victoria. 
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  • Reply 11 of 14
    OctoMonkeyoctomonkey Posts: 351member
    runswithfork said:
    loopless said:
    entropys said:
    Ironically Victoria is the most socialist state in Australia. The peeps are just cogs in the State machine.
    Yeah its really awful to live in Australia. Universal health care, no guns, generally high standard of living, only a small homeless population, voting rights for all. It sucks!
    What I have seen these last two years with the Australian government's authoritarian crackdown tells me everything!  Your perceived utopia sounds much more dystopian to me.
    Lol must be the hard hitting Fox News exposé on Australian authoritarianism :D We have many problems in Australia especially when in comes to climate policies but dystopian ain't one. You should visit for yourself one day and enjoy some great coffee in Victoria. 
    I do not have cable, satellite or streaming services.  All my news consumption is locally broadcast and is VERY leftist driven.  Given the biased views they showed, one can only imagine how bad it was (is?)!  It is much easier to accept authoritarianism and blind yourself to the realities of being a subject than it is to fight for freedom!

    That said, I have no problem visiting any country.  I can already count two dozen without even trying and would love to add a couple dozen more...  Australia included!
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  • Reply 12 of 14
    lolliverlolliver Posts: 500member
    Deamscreen Australia is the studio it is being filmed in. While their LED Volume is impressive it's a long way short of what Disney use for the Mandalorian. 

    I also found it interesting that Dreamscreen received a grant from Epic. 
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  • Reply 13 of 14
    mattinozmattinoz Posts: 2,597member
    Next we need to heard "The church" are doing the soundtrack.
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  • Reply 14 of 14
    OctoMonkeyoctomonkey Posts: 351member
    mattinoz said:
    Next we need to heard "The church" are doing the soundtrack.
    First episode can be titled "The Blurred Crusade"!
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