This Day in Manka Bros History- September 19, 1985: Manka Bros tests Mankapture – a revolutionary motion capture suit which would change the special effects business forever. While severa...Read More
This Day in Manka Bros History – Sept 18, 2019: Studio Chairman & CEO Khan Manka, Jr. appoints his daughter, Connie (now 15), to the Manka Bros. Board of Directors, where she is co-ch...Read More
This Day in Manka Bros History – Sept 15, 1950: Inspired after seeing Mont St. Michel, Simeon Manka unveils a plan to build a floating, self-sustaining, city of the future – Mont St...Read More
This Day in Manka Bros. History – September 5, 1930: Khan Manka (Sr.) and Carl Laemmle box each other for the film rights to ‘Frankenstein.’ Laemmle won – though many say the ma...Read More
This Day in Manka Bros History – August 25, 2008: Manka Bros. breaks ground on the $5 billion Manka Fun Park Yemen. Original grand opening was 2010 – but, currently, TBD… due to war. ...Read More
This Day in Manka Bros History – August 18, 1964: Harry Manka’s dream of being the first studio mogul to orbit the Earth ends after a rocket he had built explodes during a test. ...Read More
This Day in Manka Bros. History – August 17, 1986: The Great Burbank Tornado of ‘86 destroys five Manka Bros. soundstages. MANKA BROS. STUDIOS – HOME...Read More
This Day in Manka Bros. History – August 10, 2012: Daft Punk’s Tales From The Arabian Nights premieres on MBS – combining the literary epic ‘One Thousand And One Nights̵...Read More
This Day in Manka Bros. History – July 22, 1959: Vice President Richard Nixon visits Manka Bros. Studios and marvels at Harry Manka’s elaborate executive phone bugging system. He wo...Read More
This Date in Manka Bros. History – Jun e 18, 1916: Khan Manka (Sr.) loses his beloved pet lion, “Slats,” to Samuel Goldwyn in one hand of poker. Slats would go on to become MGM’...Read More