1985 that is, three years after the release of Conan the Barbarian. Arnold Schwarzenegger took over the role of Kalidor Gladiator “Red Sonya”.

Almost 4 decades later, the film will meet remake which, in fact, is supposed to be filmed in Thessaloniki autumn.

OUR Panos Kouanis, its president and CEO National Center for Audiovisual Media and Communications (ECOME), In a conversation with the APE-MPE radio station Agency 104.9 FM, he explained that the casting for the new Hollywood production, which is currently being prepared to start in the city, is also “closed” at this time, and EKOME is also waiting for an official application. to be included in the Greece discount program.

Discussions for the film had already been underway since late 2021, but production did not continue then due to the director’s other commitments to Amazon at the time.

During this period, filming is organized, Mr. Kouanis added, noting that everything is converging, so that in August the production company will apply to the National Center for Audiovisual Media and Communications in order to start filming “logically at the end of August to the beginning of September.” According to available information, they will mainly take place in Thessaloniki and will last up to one month.

However, development is also expected for new film studios. Nu Boyana Hellenic Film Studios, which exceeded two volumes, Mr. Kuanis said. “There were two issues that we have now left behind. One of them related to property, and it was resolved, so that it passed into the hands of entrepreneurs, and the other, related to the pandemic and the “freeze” of many activities, was also disclosed. Now the company is operating normally, now they are preparing a dossier for strategic investments, and in 2023 they will start working,” said the president of EKOME for infrastructure in Nea Raidesto.

Mr. Kouanis emphasized on this particular issue that this investment, as well as another of its kind in Athens, are the most important developments. “Now we have reached a stage in the country where the next step is infrastructure. The cash rebates and also the tax exemption, the two incentives we have, were very good, but they were a “carrot” for future productions. In order to stay and create constant growth, they need a real infrastructure, which in the depths is just studios, nothing more, ”he said.

“As a country,” added Mr. Kouanis, “we don’t want to start filming in a few weeks and the companies are gone. We want this money needed for production to be reinvested in permanent infrastructure, in everything related to production,” the President of EKOME said, emphasizing that all the work done by EKOME and the Ministry of Digital Management goes in this direction.

With information from APE-MPE.