Lucasfilm Ltd., the company founded
by “Star Wars” creator George Lucas, is moving its Singapore
office into a new building owned by the filmmaker as it expects
to increase its workforce by about 10 percent.
The company plans to add as many as 40 people in Singapore
by the end of this year, David Anderman, general manager at
Lucasfilm, said in an interview in the island-state today, where
he was visiting for the opening of the new office.
Lucas, who sold his company to Walt Disney Co. (DIS) in 2012 for
about $4 billion, has expanded the number of employees in the
city-state to more than 360 from 26 in the past nine years, the
company said. The Singapore unit, producer of digital animated
content and visual effects, is currently working on films
including “Transformers 4” and “Avengers 2.”
“It is very easy to attract additional talent to come here
from anywhere on the globe,” Anderman said yesterday at a press
briefing in Singapore. “It’s got a very supportive intellectual
property regime.”
The new office is part of the 22,500-square-meter (242,190
square-foot) “Sandcrawler” building, named after a large
vehicle featured in a Star Wars film because of its shape. The
property, located in a southwest Singapore suburb, has a 100-seat theater and retail space, according to the statement.
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Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and filmmaker George Lucas, second left, unveil a statue of Star wars character Yoda during the opening ceremony of the newly opened Lucasfilm Ltd’s Sandcrawler building in Singapore, on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014. Close
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Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and filmmaker George Lucas, second left, unveil a statue of Star wars character Yoda during the opening ceremony of the newly opened Lucasfilm Ltd’s Sandcrawler building in Singapore, on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014.
Tenants of the Sandcrawler building include Disney’s
Southeast Asia operations and ESPN Asia Pacific, according to
the statement.
Lucasfilm’s operations in the city-state helped produce
movies such as “Pacific Rim,” “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” and “Iron Man” films, according to the company.
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Lucasfilm Moves to New Singapore Office as It Adds Workers
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