The Czech Film Commission said today the marathon shoot, which began last November but was interrupted in March by the spread of COVID-19, is the country’s “most financially beneficial foreign production since the introduction of production incentives.”
The Emmy-nominated neo-Victorian fantasy series, starring Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne, is a joint venture between Amazon Studios and Legendary Television.represents the most amount that foreign filmmakers have ever spent in the Czech Republic and has earned a significant incentive for both seasons filmed,” said Helena Bezděk Fraňková, director of the Czech Film Fund.
“Around 900 people worked on the production, of which only about 10% were foreign crew members. Of this number, 400 were craftspeople employed in the construction of the complicated sets that went up at Barrandov Studios. The first and second seasons spent a total of three years at Czech locations, and pre-production began as far back as 2017,” added the head of the Czech Film Commission Pavlína Žipková.
Czech audiovisual production started back up in May. Projects that headed back into pre-production over the summer included