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03.11.2022 - 21:03 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Boutique film and TV production company MSR Media has set itself the challenge of producing 35 feature films on the dual-island Caribbean territory of Saint Kitts & Nevis over five years.
MSR Media’s total investment in the new deal with Saint Kitts will be $150 million over five years.
The first film will be the action movie Fast Sea, written by Sean Michael Argo and Leigh Scott. MSR Media’s co-founder and main producer Philippe Martinez is producing while Scott will direct. Production is slated to start in January 2023 in Saint Kitts.
The 35-movie commitment follows a meeting this week between Martinez and Saint Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Terrance Drew.
MSR Media, which is based in the territory, is set to hire 150 people over the next four months and is finalizing the purchase of a leading hotel in Basseterre, St. Kitts, which will create 100 new jobs when the hotel reopens.
The company is currently in the process of recruiting 50 young college graduates to work in their film division and will be opening a new film academy in all disciplines in Saint Kitts for nationals.
MSR Media’s has a strong track record in shooting films in the territory. Its upcoming romantic Christmas in the Caribbean, directed by Martinez and starring U.K. actress Elizabeth Hurley, was shot entirely on the island of Saint Kitts.
The new 35-movie plan is seen as a cornerstone in the Federation of St. Kitts & Nevis’s ambitions to become a top film-making destination in the Caribbean.
Martinez and MSR Media managing director Lee Beasley have been living in the territory for a year and a half. In that time the company has produced several films alongside Christmas In The Caribbean, including One Year Off, Assailant, A Week in
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