Another Hollywood movie set to be filmed in Victoria

Another Hollywood movie is coming to Victoria.

Live-action animation film Woody Woodpecker 2 will be filmed in Melbourne and regional towns across the state.

Federal Minister for Communications and the Arts, Paul Fletcher, says the film will get $2.7 million in funding from the federal Location Incentive program, and it’ll bring a huge cash injection to the state.

“Employment is more than 700 Australian cast and crew on this sequel, more than 300 Australian extras,” he said.

“It’ll inject around $20 million into the economy.”

Mr Fletcher says the Location Incentive program is “a long game”.

“Our location incentive is $540 million, it goes through to 2026/27,” he said.

“This is now the 25th global production we’ve attracted, and that in total means some 16,800 employment opportunities for local cast and crew.”

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