Studio scores $550M loan

Studio scores $550M loan

Plymouth’s ‘Hollywood East’ to start construction soon By Thomas Grillo Boston Herald September 25, 2009 Plymouth Rock Studios reached a milestone yesterday with a $550 million construction loan for its proposed $1 billion film, television and digital studio campus in...
Hollywood action to roll in Bridgewater cornfield

Hollywood action to roll in Bridgewater cornfield

By Jenna Russell Boston Globe Staff September 25, 2009 BRIDGEWATER – It might be the sleepiest street in the quietest corner of this low-key town 30 miles south of Boston. But Hollywood came to Curve Street yesterday, setting up camp in a cornfield at the end of...
SUFFOLK POLL: Voters support film tax credit by wide margin

SUFFOLK POLL: Voters support film tax credit by wide margin

Tax credits for movie companies were favored by 64 percent and opposed by 20 percent. September 24, 2009 The STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE reported yesterday that Massachusetts voters overwhelmingly approve of the film tax credit—which, since 2006, has resulted in a...
Columbia casts trio in Facebook film

Columbia casts trio in Facebook film

Timberlake, Eisenberg, Garfield added to ‘Network’ By MICHAEL FLEMING Variety September 22, 2009 Columbia Pictures and director David Fincher have set the core cast for “The Social Network,” the Aaron Sorkin-scripted drama about the formation...