Woody Allen will film a new movie in Spain thanks to Isabel Díaz Ayuso
'Wasp 2026' is the working title of the director's next film, which will receive 1.5 million from the Community of Madrid.
BarcelonaWoody Allen's next film will be shot in Madrid next year, according to information released on Thursday. The Country Regarding the €1.5 million in aid that the Community of Madrid, presided over by Isabel Díaz Ayuso, will grant to the next film by the New York director, provisionally titled Wasp 2026. The film must be shot "entirely" in the region and the title must include the word MadridThe information about the transaction is reflected in a published contract. on the Madrid government's contracting portal and which was awarded on October 24 to the economic interest group Película Wasp AIE, formed by the production companies Wanda Vision and Gravier Production Inc.
This will not be the first time the State has hosted the filming of a Woody Allen film. In 2007, the comedy was filmed in Barcelona, Oviedo, and Avilés. Vicky Cristina Barcelona, produced by Mediapro. In 2019, when accusations of abuse by his daughter Dylan turned the filmmaker into person persona non grata In Hollywood, Allen returned to Spain to film in San Sebastián Rifkin's festival, also produced by Mediapro, which is not initially involved in the director's new project, who will turn 90 next month. His last film, Stroke of luckThe film, again produced by Mediapro, premiered in 2023.
The Community of Madrid's contract memorandum describes Woody Allen as a "director and producer of renowned international prestige, whose feature films have visibility on screens all over the world (cinema and platforms that constitute a greater set of conditions for more than the greatest set of conditions for as a tourist destination."
According to the contract published on the Madrid government's website, the 1.5 million euros will be paid in three installments: 150,000 euros in 2025, 600,000 euros in 2026, and 750,000 euros in 2027. The agreement establishes a 26-month filming period, which must "constantly end on December 31, 2027," and includes an "institutional visit to the set" prior to the third payment.
When Woody Allen rolled Vicky Cristina Barcelona In Catalonia, the Barcelona City Council contributed one million euros and the Generalitat (Catalan government) 500,000 euros; both the municipal and Catalan governments were then under Socialist control. The film's production company, Mediapro, also signed a 750,000 euro contract with the Public Tourism Consortium of Catalonia to capitalize on "the significant media and communication impact that Woody Allen has internationally, and particularly in Europe."
