Pierce Brosnan is coming to Melbourne to make the fantasy-adventure film The Moon and the Sun.
Former James Bond star Pierce Brosnan, craggy-faced Englishman Bill Nighy and Chinese actress, singer and producer Fan Bingbing will head the cast of a major fantasy-adventure film to be shot at Melbourne's Docklands Film Studios in the first half of 2014.
Victorian Minister for Innovation Louise Asher confirmed the long-rumoured deal on Wednesday, claiming it would generate "$25 million in production expenditure" and employ "up to 1200 Victorians in cast and crew".
“These estimated jobs provide opportunities to enhance the local skills base and include set builders, lighting technicians, editors and special effects artists,” Ms Asher said.
Actress Fan Bingbing, seen here in Cannes in May 2013, is coming to Melbourne. Photo: Regis Duvignau
Although Australia and China have a co-production agreement, it does not apply to The Moon and the Sun, which is what is known as a "runaway" production – a foreign film that utilises Australian facilities and crew, enticed in part by the federally funded location offset (which grants a rebate of 16.5 per cent of local expenditure) and a range of additional state government subsidies.
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