Mission Impossible 4 headed to Prague

08-08-2010

Mission Impossible 4 headed to Prague

By Irena Zemanová

Mission Impossible 4 by director Brad Bird will film to Prague. Hollywood studio Paramount (www.paramount.com) is planning a 150 million dollars budget for the action adventure movie with Tom Cruise again starring.

The Czech Ministry of culture (www.mkcr.cz) confirmed the information through its programme for support of the film industry (www.ppfp.cz) on Friday, August 6. Mission Impossible 4 should spend over CZK 176 million (7.1 million euros) in the Czech Republic.

Czech media reported that the director is set to begin location scouting in Prague. Czech production company Stillking Films (www.stillking.com) refused to confirm.

"I can only confirm the fact that if Mission Impossible 4 will come to Prague, Stillking Films (www.stillking.com) will cooperate on the project. However, its still in progress, so we can´t be more specific, as the negotiations are still in process," head producer David Minkowski of the Stillking Films said.

The European Union approved Czech film tax incentives on June 18. The proposal allows foreign productions a rebate of up to 20% of the amount spent in the country. The Czech Ministry of Culture (www.mkcr.cz) has budgeted CZK 400 million (16 million Euros) for rebates in 2010 and had been awaiting the EU decision since January.

"With the planned budget of CZK 400 million, the Czech Ministry of Culture has already prepared film incentives for the amount of CZK 2 billion in foreign investments spent in the Czech Republic. It's more than triple the amount spent by foreign productions in the Czech Republic in 2009," said Petr Mošna, head of the Czech Film Chamber (www.filmovakomora.cz).

In 2003, Hollywood and European filmmakers spent more than CZK 5 billion in the Czech Republic. In 2008, the amount of the foreign investments dropped to only CZK 700 million as Hollywood productions moved to Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and the Ukraine, driven away by the Czech Republic's lack of tax incentives. In 2009, the amount was only CZK 500 million.

Contacts:

Producer - Stillking Films Company

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Stillking Films

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