by admin | Feb 18, 2010 | Article
By Ed Baker GateHouse News Service February 18, 2010 Weymouth — Local officials fear that Gov. Deval Patrick’s proposal to scale back a tax credit for movie producers to make films in Massachusetts would set back plans for the construction of a $300 million motion...
by admin | Feb 17, 2010 | Article
Jon Chesto WickedLocal.com February 17, 2010 Here’s a Massachusetts movie sweep that’s probably the first of its kind: I picked up this week’s Rolling Stone (the one with a heavily-tattooed Lil Wayne on the cover), and all of the movie reviews inside were of...
by admin | Feb 17, 2010 | Article
By Emily Wilcox GateHouse News Service February 17, 2010 PLYMOUTH — Connecticut offers a 30 percent tax credit for filmmakers who opt to shoot in that state. Michigan offers 40 percent. The Massachusetts Production Coalition contends that, since Massachusetts adopted...
by admin | Feb 17, 2010 | Article
By Thomas Grillo Boston Herald February 17, 2010 Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo said it may not be the right time to edit the film-industry tax credit. “I’m very concerned that we’re sending mixed signals to businesses,” he said. “We are talking about...
by admin | Feb 16, 2010 | Article
Gloucester Times February 16, 2010 From Staff and Wire Reports While most of the nation’s film and television production still takes place in New York and California, Massachusetts ranks high among the fastest-growing locations, according to a new study from the...