Former Walt Disney Studios chairman Dick Cook is set to make two fantasy adventure films in Melbourne, Australia, through his production shingle Dick Cook Studios after securing upward of $20.5 million (AUS$30 million) in incentives from the Australian and Victoria region governments. Dick Cook Studios (DCS) will establish its Asia-Pacific base at Docklands Studios Melbourne and will be headed up by Melbourne-born managing director Kate McLean. [...]
Following that film will be The Alchemyst, based on the fantasy novel series The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, by famed Irish author Michael Scott, about an alchemist who holds the secret to eternal life. The film will be co-produced by Australian production company AMPCO and its executive director Mario Andreacchio, who has had the project in development since 2012, initially with Lorenzo Di Bonaventura. Filming on The Alchemyst will start in early 2021.
