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Nocturnal Entertainment Launches After Netflix Deal, Eyes Melbourne Shoot

5/5/2026

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Nocturnal Entertainment, a U.S. film financier, launched after selling its first feature “Play Dead” to Netflix.
Producers Keaton Heinrichs and Akiva Nemetsky lead the firm, backing studio-quality concepts with an independent model.
Nocturnal provides filmmakers a technology-enabled suite and modern tools to cut off-screen costs.
NantStudios offers previsualization on Los Angeles and Melbourne soundstages for the next project, which will shoot in Melbourne this fall.

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Story summary

Nocturnal Entertainment, a U.S. film financier, launched after selling its first feature “Play Dead” to Netflix.
Producers Keaton Heinrichs and Akiva Nemetsky lead the firm, backing studio-quality concepts with an independent model.
Nocturnal provides filmmakers a technology-enabled suite and modern tools to cut off-screen costs.
NantStudios offers previsualization on Los Angeles and Melbourne soundstages for the next project, which will shoot in Melbourne this fall.