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Winnipeg Free Press
Big Sky Studios turning former Nygard facility into three soundstages By: Randall King | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Thursday, May. 13, 2021 Save to Read Later
While the film and TV industry continues to grow in Manitoba, the number of workable sound stages remains maddeningly stagnant.
While the film and TV industry continues to grow in Manitoba, the number of workable sound stages remains maddeningly stagnant.
A new player coming on the scene is Big Sky Studios, a full-service motion picture production centre set to open in two phases beginning this fall. The large nine-acre property, occupying the former Nygard International facility at 1771 Inkster Blvd., houses a 137,000-square-foot building. It was purchased by Eighth Avenue Development Group, a Vancouver-based partnership in February and is now being transformed into three separate soundstages. By autumn, they hope to open a single 6,000-square-foo
WINNIPEG Manitoba is continuing to cement itself as a hub for the entertainment industry. On Tuesday, it was announced that Big Sky Studios, a new motion picture production centre, is being built in Winnipeg. This new centre will be located inside a 137,000-square-foot facility, purchased by a Vancouver-based partnership group. The building is currently being retrofitted to include a soundstage, production offices, meeting rooms, workshops, on-site equipment rental, and specialty areas for different film departments. “The facility, as it is right now, consists of 137,000 square feet of developed space, of which about 45,000 of it is developed office space,” said Ian Dimerman, president of Inferno Pictures,