- Plymouth Rock Studios
Plymouth Rock Studios is a proposed
film andtelevision production studio inMassachusetts . [ [http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/04/24/hollywood_east/ Boston Globe - Hollywood East: 2 studios, with thousands of jobs, see work for them both, and more ] ] The studio has purchased Waverly Oaks Golf Club in Plymouth as the site [ [http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view/2008_07_03_Plymouth_Rock_Studios_buys_Plymouth_golf_course/srvc=home&position=recent Boston Herald - Plymouth Rock Studios buys Plymouth golf course ] ] for the $422 million, 1.26 million-square-foot development slated to be complete in 2010. The development, headed byDavid Kirkpatrick , former President of Production atParamount Pictures andEarl Lestz , former President of Paramount's Studio Group, will include fourteensound stage s, back lots, a multipurpose theater, ahotel andoffice s. [ [http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2008/07/13/divergent_developments_in_plymouth/?p1=Well_MostPop_Emailed7 Boston Globe - Divergent Developments in Plymouth ] ] The original proposed location for the studio complex is located in South Plymouth, near the town lines of Bourne and Wareham [cite web|url=www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/03/08/technicolor_dreams_soar_in_plymouth/|title=Technicolor dreams soar in Plymouth|author=Jenna Russell|accessdate=2008-9-29|publisher=Boston Globe ] , but was rejected because of faulty land titles. [cite web|url=www.wickedlocal.com/plymouth/news/business/x138485432/Titles-trip-studio-plans|title=Faulty titles strip studio plans|author=Emily Wilcox|accessdate=2008-9-29|publisher=Old Colony Memorial ]The project is an effort to provide infrastructure to support the influx of movie projects to Massachusetts since the 2007 expansion of the state's film
tax credit by GovernorDeval Patrick . [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/05/business/smallbusiness/05sbiz.html?_r=2&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&ref=business&adxnnlx=1216141300-W2vp+8+WvheelE3WCwPCUQ New York Times - Lights, Camera, Tax Credit: Massachusetts Lures Filmmakers With Generous Rebate ] ]Hollywood East TV
Plymouth Rock have created Hollywood East TV, a video sharing website which also features
blog ging and image sharing capabilities.References
External links
* [http://www.plymouthrockstudios.com/ Plymouth Rock Studios website]
* [http://www.hollywoodeasttv.com/ Hollywood East TV website]
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