Russell Crowe’s state-of-the-art film-making facility – announced on Wednesday in Coffs Harbour, where it will be based – joins a growing list of new Australian studios: a response to both the global content boom, and the country’s success through the pandemic.
With an estimated value of $438m, the studio complex will integrate production and post-production facilities with accommodation and amenities, taking over the 40-hectare (100-acre) Pacific Bay luxury resort: an eight-minute drive from the local airport, and four minutes from Coffs Harbour’s other major destination, the Big Banana.
Crowe, who lives in the coastal city, is financially backing the project, with partners including Pacific Bay resort owner Peter Montgomery and film
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