Bringing Hollywood magic closer to the Seine, the long-awaited TSF Paris Backlot officially opened this week, inaugurating an outdoor cityscape built to scale, staged as a standing, permanent set 38 miles east of the real urban center.
Budgeted at €98 million ($107.6 million) and benefiting from $15.8 million in public support as part of the France 2030 infrastructure and modernization plan, the full Backlot 77 project is part of a broader, industry-wide initiative to lure international productions.
On site to inaugurate the Paris Backlot, French Minister of Culture Rachida Dati echoed this growing need for production facilities, pointing towards French Oscar submission “Emilia Pérez” as an example of
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