By John Lui, Film Correspondent

Build it, and they will come. At least that is the hope behind the recently announced Mediapolis which is being built at Buona Vista.

The 19ha complex, due to be completed by 2020, will have movie studios, digital production and broadcast facilities, research labs, games and animation studios, offices, service apartments and high-tech hotels.

Local media production firm Infinite Frameworks, Mediapolis' first developer, will invest between $80 million and $120 million to build Singapore's first purpose-built soundstages. These hanger-like studios can be fitted with movie sets and so-called green screens, which are used by studios to create the illusion of on-location shooting.

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