Posted
9:28 AM
by Gene
Good news from Wax:
The Conspiracy isn't shooting so much!Even better:
The slowdown hasn’t stopped Michigan and Louisiana from building multi-million-dollar production facilities. Producer Jimmy Lifton *announced (sic)
plans last week to build a $146-million, 750,000-square foot production studio factory and village in Allen Park, Mich.
And a $45-million, 500,000 square-foot studio complex recently opened near New Orleans, even though only two films are slated to shoot there.
But only 10 films are “anticipated” to shoot in Michigan -- none of which are backed by major studios, according to the Michigan Film Office’s website. And the New Orleans Office of Film and Video lists 13 features -- mostly independents -- in pre-production, but none currently filming.What do moVEE "studios" and sports stadiums have in common? Oh, never mind.