When it comes to surprising twists, the Cook Government’s announcement of the official name and operators of its much-ballyhooed Perth film studio project is hardly in the same league as The Sixth Sense.
Arts Minister David Templeman revealed to The Sunday Times the State’s first major screen production facility, currently being built in Malaga and scheduled to open in 2026, will be formally known as the Perth Film Studios.
The Minister also confirmed the operator of the $233.5 million facility for the first 10 years will be the Home Fire consortium, which has been involved from the beginning of the project through the Government’s market-led proposal process and includes prominent WA developer Adrian Fini.
“Perth is a brand name, there’s no doubt about it, so when people are seeking to make films or make series or whatever it might be in the future . . . we want to make sure that they know that this place Perth is in Western Australia and Western Australia has all this stuff to offer,” Mr Templeman said.
After a failed first attempt to build the studio at Fremantle’s Victoria Quay, as per a star-studded, $100m announcement by former Premier Mark McGowan ahead of the 2021 State Election, the decision was made to relocate to 16-hectare site on Marshall Road as costs have more than doubled.
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