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Turbine Inc., one of the Boston area’s biggest video game companies, has been acquired by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Inc. of Burbank, Calif., a business unit of media giant Time Warner Inc. “I view this as Hollywood coming to Boston,’’ said Turbine chief executive Jim Crowley, who said the deal underscores Greater Boston’s increasing prominence as a center for video game development

Kevin Bright, the Emmy-winning producer of the smash sitcom “Friends,’’ is involved in a groundbreaking partnership with the Perkins School for the Blind. An executive artist in residence at Emerson College, Bright has developed a filmmaking course for blind students, teaching them how to shoot, light, direct, and produce. His students just completed their first short film, “Seeing Through the Lens,’’ about the friendship between three teenage girls at Perkins.

This is all in good fun and will inevitably lead to can’t-miss train wreck moments once the show goes on the air. But it’s also a thin, cheap look at the state. Even if the show is a commercial success, the version of Massachusetts it depicts is getting less relevant by the day. And for the millions of Bay Staters who have no interest in muscle cahs or hair products, that’s not such a bad thing.

Among the movies in the pipeline is the Anna Faris-Chris Evans comedy, “What’s Your Number,” which starts shooting next month.

Come May, the Massachusetts Film Office will add Dennis to its list of six communities with film Web pages. “Dennis, MA. The Reel Deal” provides filmmakers with everything they need to know about the town as a location in which to film a major motion picture. At the 2009 Town Meeting, Dennis residents set aside $10,000 to promote the town as a destination. With the anticipated advent of Plymouth Rock Studios, Selectwoman Heidi Schadt saw an opportunity: promote Dennis as a film destination.

Brooke Shields and Brendan Fraser, stars of “Furry Vengeance,” know it’s not nice to mess with Mother Nature – and while filming the green-themed family flick in Massachusetts they didn’t! “We had a whole team of sergeants constantly following around people with soda cans,” said Shields, who was in town yesterday to promote the tree-huggin’ funny flick.

From one of the guys behind MTV’s “Jersey Shore” comes the next great reality TV sensation. Casting director Doron Ofir, the man credited with discovering the “Jersey Shore” cast, said his new project is not about Massholes – but it could be. “Everyone is labeling it as ‘Massholes.’ I find that to be derogatory,” Ofir told the Herald yesterday in a telephone interview. “I am looking at this as a love letter to the nation about (being from) Massachusetts.”

The Oscar-winning husband-and-wife art directors Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo, who have worked with “Shutter Island’’ director Martin Scorsese on films such as “Gangs of New York’’ and “The Aviator,’’ selected four of Boucher’s barkcloth fabrics for “Shutter Island.’’ Their assistants called Boucher for samples while they were filming in Middleborough last year.

The Weymouth town council has voted 9-0 to urge local state representatives to keep the incentives for producers to make motion pictures in Massachusetts. Councilors approved a resolution by Vice President Patrick O’Connor that stated that the tax incentive is needed to encourage the construction of a $147 million movie production complex at the former South Weymouth Naval Air Station. “We need economic growth in the state,” said O’Connor during an April 5 council session. “The project at SouthField will create up to 3,000 jobs.”

“We are seeing progress on a lot of different fronts that are very encouraging,” said Ken Droz, communications manager for the Michigan Film Office. Gov. Granholm cited this progress in her weekly radio address last Friday. “Michigan’s film incentive program has made our state one of the top three in the nation for the production of all types of media,” Granholm said. “An entire new industry is emerging in Michigan, one that’ll help keep our talented young people here.”

The Workshop covers a variety of skills including how to successfully plan, organize and manage a film or video production.

Boston may have a bigger role in the world of television, assuming that “The Quinn-Tuplets’’ and “Boston’s Finest’’ find success on the air. The two shows, which are in the thick of filming pilots around town, may bring a consistent Hollywood presence.

Leave it alone. That was the feeling of the vast majority of legislators in the state’s House of Representatives who overwhelmingly rejected attempts to cap the film tax credit. The first proposal to roll back the tax credit to 2006 levels was rejected by a vote of 146 to 10. The second proposal to temporarily cap the tax credit at $50 million was also rejected, by a vote of 140 to 15.

The bipartisan Statehouse effort that preserved the state’s film tax credit last week brought a sigh of relief from cultural economy boosters around Cape Ann and across the state. The state film tax break is one package that’s provided some legitimate boosts for both the public and private sector economies on Cape Ann and elsewhere. It’s good to see our state lawmakers keep it on track.

“I am thrilled at the significant vote in the House today in support of the film tax credit program,” said Mariano. “As other sectors continue to struggle, the film and television production industry in Massachusetts has been a bright spot.

“The House has again fought for our state’s businesses and working people by supporting the film tax credit which stimulates local business and job growth throughout Massachusetts. As many in our state struggle to find work, we must do everything we can to attract job opportunities to our state and grow our economy,” DeLeo said.

The production of more films in the state means more revenues from hotels, restaurants, countless other Massachusetts vendors and the potential construction of permanent production lots with permanent jobs for our residents. We need to encourage businesses to come here and get people back to work. Statistics prove the film industry is breathing life back into our flagging economy.

The bipartisan effort that succeeded in preserving the film tax credit in Massachusetts Wednesday, represented a refreshing change from the all-or-nothing approach both Democrats and Republicans have adopted on Capitol Hill.

It wasn’t that long ago that the industry was splintered and struggling to get lawmakers to pass some form of tax incentives. Today, there’s no question that the state’s rapidly-growing film industry has found its voice.

A more modest, phased-in approach priced at about $250 million will start with some sound stages and office space. The first phase of the studio complex will sit on about 40 acres.