Rome’s Cinecittà Studios are filling up once again following a brief hiatus due to the fallout from Hollywood’s writers’ and actors’ strikes combined with a – now fully resolved – spell of uncertainty about the solidity of Italy’s tax rebate for international productions.

That’s the main takeaway from a press event held in Rome by Cinecittà CEO Manuela Cacciamani who, after taking the reins in July, is now implementing a 2025-2029 plan under which she expects the studios to generate nearly €60 million ($67 million) in revenue and turn a small but significant €4.3 million ($4.8 million) profit by 2029.

The iconic film facilities that are being revamped thanks to a €300 million ($338 million) loan, provided by the European Union’s post-pandemic recovery fund, recently lured both Mel Gibson, who is arriving in August to shoot “The Resurrection of the Christ” at Cinecittà’s sprawling new Studio 22 facility, and Ridley Scott. The latter has...