Why Mayor Karen Bass Showed Up for Cinespace Studios’ Ribbon-Cutting and What It Means for Hollywood

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• Nike Revolutions and Oakley Sunglasses, Apparently “When we invest in the [entertainment] industry, the industry invests in Los Angeles, and I think it’s important that we always educate Angelenos to all of the ways the industry impacts our economy, all of the ancillary businesses, and all of the economic growth that happens when industry stays here and films here,” said Bass, who also attended the opening of East End Studios’ new Mission Campus in L. A.’s Arts District back in January.
• Popular on Variety Built inside the shell of the former headquarters and manufacturing facility for Catalina Yachts, the new 180,000-square-foot Cinespace campus boasts six 18,000-square-foot soundstages with 30-foot clearances, along with 72,000 square feet of production offices and support space.
• The complex’s first tenant, the thriller “Nightwatching,” starring Mila Kunis, has been shooting on Stages 2 and 3 since early February, and on Monday the production had also commandeered one of the lunch rooms to rehearse a stunt sequence.
• Speaking to Variety following the ribbon-cutting, Cinespace Studios co-CEO Eoin Egan explained that when the company – which also has production campuses in Chicago, Toronto, Atlanta, Wilmington, North Carolina, and Germany – began looking for a site in Los Angeles around 2022, it wanted a place where they could establish a turnkey “one-stop shop,” where “we don’t have parking down the street.” Egan got all that and more.