Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
Maryland is not the only place setting up and refining taz incentives. So is Ireland.
“Ireland’s film and television industry has received a welcome boost from the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, Martin Cullen. In a press release issued on 8 December 2008, the Minister outlined significant enhancements to the Section 481 relief for investment [...]
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Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
Jay Hancock, Business Columnist for the Baltimore Sun, struggles to make sense of Maryland plans to be in the film investment biz:
Good thing for Maryland, too. Louisiana taxpayers had to pay the Benjamin Button producers $27 million, according to state officials. The sales tax from Cate Blanchett’s hotel bill and income tax paid by the [...]
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Tuesday, January 13th, 2009
MovieMaker Magazine
Navigating the New Independent Film Marketplace
MovieMaker Magazine - New York,NY,USA
He has served as counsel to numerous award-winning writers, directors and producers, as well as industry-leading film production, film finance and film …
Future cloudy for California solar farm
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
It manufactures its own thin-film photovoltaic panels to supply solar farms that it develops [...]
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Monday, January 12th, 2009
Equanimity, Power, Gaza, and the Times
Dissident Voice - Santa Rosa,CA,USA
We see pleasant photos of four top donors, including international mega-billionaire George Soros, Hollywood uber-mogul Stephen Spielberg, and Hollywood …
The genius of Darren Aronofsky’s wildly imaginative directing style
North by Northwestern - Evanston,IL,USA
There’sa great deal of financial strife associated with making films Hollywood hasn’t fully embraced. Aronofsky [...]
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Monday, January 12th, 2009
Italian filmmaker’s ‘Louis XIV’ a different kind of historical …
Macon Telegraph - Macon,GA,USA
After an abortive attempt to make a film about the history of iron, Rossellini was hired by a French television network to direct a movie about the …
New Productions, Acquisitions for Empire Film Group Drive …
GlobeNewsWire (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Empire’s key management [...]
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Monday, January 12th, 2009
Cruising for trouble: ‘My part in Hitler’s downfall’ by Tom Cruise
Daily Mail - UK
Indeed, the German Federal Film Fund eventually ploughed £4.7 million into the £56 million budget for the film. And last year Cruise was awarded the …
A plum role for developer in film city
Chandigarh Tribune - India
While officials of the company were not [...]
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