Filmmakers flock to forum on state tax credits

Filmmakers flock to forum on state tax credits

Incentives Office, an L.A. firm that helps moviemakers and lenders navigate tax credits and rebates, draws 200 to a recent symposium. By Richard Verrier Los Angeles Times May 12, 2010 Question: How do you pack a theater with jaded movie industry professionals? Answer:...
Get ready for a sequelicious summer

Get ready for a sequelicious summer

Movie season’s full of reel reunions By James Verniere Boston Herald May 7, 2010 What summer-movie season is this, anyway? We’ve got an “Iron Man” movie, a “Twilight” (June 30), a “Robin Hood,” a “Shrek,” a “Sex and the City,” another “Karate Kid,” another “Toy Story”...
Snap, cackle, pop: Summer preview

Snap, cackle, pop: Summer preview

By Wesley Morris and Ty Burr Boston Globe May 2, 2010 The recession finally seems to have caught up to Hollywood. The summer release schedule, which starts Friday as opposed to Mother Nature’s standard June 21, is light on both obvious blockbusters (Christopher...
Mazze: R.I. film tax credit is a good deal

Mazze: R.I. film tax credit is a good deal

URI professor’s conclusion differs from states, Tax Foundation By Richard Asinof and Ted Nesi
 Providence Business News April 27, 2010 PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s tax credit for film and TV productions generated $8 in economic activity for every $1 invested between...