Patrick: Let cameras roll for Hollywood East

Patrick: Let cameras roll for Hollywood East

Gov says he welcomes Hollywood to Massachusetts By Don Conkey The Patriot Ledger July 8, 2008 PLYMOUTH — While touting a grant that will award Plymouth close to $1 million for road repairs, Gov. Deval Patrick said he believes Hollywood East will help boost...
Lights, camera, Berkshires …

Lights, camera, Berkshires …

Selling the area to filmmakers By Derek Gentile Berkshire Eagle July 8, 2008 LENOX — Since January 2006, film companies, major and minor, have spent a total of $545 million in the state to make movies, according to Nicholas Paleologos, the director of the...
Plymouth golf course eyed for $300M studio project

Plymouth golf course eyed for $300M studio project

July 3, 2008 Boston Globe Staff Plymouth Rock Studios has picked a golf course in Plymouth as the site of its $300 million “Hollywood East” project. The studio has selected the 240-acre Waverly Oaks Golf Club property on Long Pond Road, about a mile north...
The final cut: DiCaprio decamps after filming wraps

The final cut: DiCaprio decamps after filming wraps

By Christopher Haraden The Hull Times June 26, 2008 As quickly as this past week’s unsettled weather swept through Hull, so too did film crews from director Martin Scorsese’s latest project, an adaptation of a Dennis Lehane novel set on a Boston Harbor island....
Boston called ‘the new Toronto of the film industry’

Boston called ‘the new Toronto of the film industry’

By David Liscio The Lynn Daily Item June 21, 2008 LYNN – Massachusetts is fast assuming a new image as a place where Hollywood-style motion pictures are made, but it could be simply a trend as filmmakers frequently change locations, benefit from tax codes or...