Fire breaks out at legendary Italian film studio where ‘Ben-Hur,’ other classics shot

The legendary Italian movie mecca Cinecittà Studios erupted into flames on Monday, destroying a set that resembled Florence throughout the Renaissance period.

The blaze — which resulted in no reported accidents and left the studio comparatively unscathed — was extinguished by three groups of firefighters.

Italian authorities are nonetheless investigating the character of the inferno, although it's believed that the blaze started attributable to pure causes amid Europe’s unprecedented warmth wave, stories Selection.

“The fireplace has been extinguished. There aren't any accidents, no poisoning, no severe materials harm,” stated Cinecittà Studios spokesperson Marlon Pellegrini in an announcement.

Cinecittà — which is present process a $321 million renovation — opened in 1937 to provide propaganda for Benito Mussolini’s fascist regime, however later grew to become the backdrop for a number of epic Hollywood blockbusters together with 11-time Academy Award winner “Ben-Hur” and Martin Scorsese’s Greatest Image-nominated “Gangs of New York.”

“Ben-Hur” extras put together for a shoot on the studio, which was broken within the hearth.

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“Ben-Hur” received 11 Oscars on the 1960 Academy Awards.

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The set of HBO’s “Rome” was consumed in a fireplace in 2007.

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In 2007, the studio skilled a devastating hearth that engulfed units from the HBO sequence “Rome” and 32,000 sq. toes of studio area. Components of a studio used to movie Federico Fellini’s cinematic tour de power “La Dolce Vita” have been consumed in a second blaze in 2012.

The newest hearth has delayed the manufacturing of Netflix’s “The Previous Guard 2,” starring Charlize Theron.

Natalia Barbosa, manufacturing coordinator for the movie, stated that top winds helped unfold the flames — and that the solid and crew had evacuated the set as a precaution.

Firefighters dampen a construction to extinguish the blaze on the Cinecitta studios, southeast of Rome, on August 1, 2022.

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“Gangs of New York,” starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Leonardo DiCaprio, was filmed at Cinecittà Studios.

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The fireplace has additionally delayed the manufacturing of Netflix’s “The Previous Guard 2,” starring Charlize Theron.

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Italian authorities are nonetheless investigating the character of the hearth, although it's believed that it was attributable to pure causes.

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Barbosa lamented that the catastrophic incident hindered the film’s manufacturing schedule.

 “We’ve misplaced two days of filming,” she stated in an announcement.