New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts has announced the Martin Scorsese Virtual Production Center will debut within Industry City, a 35-acre commercial campus in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.
The 45,586-square-foot production center will occupy the top floor of Industry City’s Building 8. The facility will include two 3,500-square-foot stages, two 1,800-square-foot television studios, state-of-the-art broadcast and control rooms, dressing rooms, makeup areas, a lounge and bistro, scene workshops, and administrative spaces.
The project was made possible by a major gift announced in 2021 from the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation, led by Mellody Hobson, co-CEO of Ariel Investments and filmmaker George Lucas. The donation established the Martin Scorsese Institute of Global Cinematic Arts, which includes the Virtual Production Center, the Martin Scorsese Department of Cinema Studies, and support for student scholarships.
The gift was the largest in the Tisch School’s history.
“We remain so grateful to the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation for the visionary and transformative gift honoring Martin Scorsese,” siad Allyson Green, dean of the Tisch School of the Arts. “The foundation’s generosity has allowed us to begin building the Martin Scorsese Virtual Production Center, a place where our filmmakers, actors, dancers, and designers will push forward the boundaries of storytelling.”
The center is expected to open its doors in 2024 and will join The Veterans Future Lab, NYU’s business incubator for members of the military that opened at Industry City in 2017.
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Too bad not in Manhattan.
fk the City
Way to go Brooklyn
Brooklyn IS part of “the city,” so you still said FCK you to Brooklyn…
Joe, Manhattan doesn’t have the available floorplates for such a large facility:
“The 45,586-square-foot production center will occupy the top floor of Industry City’s Building 8. The facility will include two 3,500-square-foot stages, two 1,800-square-foot television studios, state-of-the-art broadcast and control rooms, dressing rooms, makeup areas, a lounge and bistro, scene workshops, and administrative spaces.”
Glenn in Brooklyn, NY.
As a Brooklynite from back in the day, this all looks good from my Boston perch.