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A message from the Massachusetts Production Coalition:

STATEMENT OF THE MASSACHUSETTS PRODUCTION COALITION REGARDING THE FILM TAX CREDIT AND THE GOVERNOR’S PROPOSED BUDGET

Infrastructure funding has been denied, but Plymouth Rock Studios is moving forward with their plans.

Backers: Studio is real deal: State funds denial a snag, they say (Christine Legere, Globe Correspondent - June 18, 2009)

The state's recent refusal to provide $50 million in infrastructure bonds for the movie studio planned in Plymouth surprised Plymouth Rock Studios executives as well as local officials.

But studio principals were quick to recover, getting a word of assurance out to Plymouth Rock followers late last week via their daily Internet blasts as well as through a press statement from company cofounder David Kirkpatrick.

The state's funding denial, while disappointing, was just a minor snag, they said...

Read the article at Boston.com

ISG, developers of the planned SouthField Studios in Weymouth, MA, have announced that they're "ready to start accepting tenants." More good news for the Boston film scene, coming on the heels of Plymouth Rock Studios announcement that they were proceeding with their planned construction, despite losing out on some expected public infrastructure funding.

SouthField Studios Boston ready to start accepting tenants The Patriot Ledger The developers of a proposed movie studio complex in South Weymouth are ready for the spotlight. Principals of International Studio Group,...

International Studio Group Unveils Plans for SouthField Studios-Boston PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) Hollywood, Calif.-based International Studio Group (ISG) today announced it is moving forward with plans to build a 12-stage full-scale motion picture...

Work on Weymouth filmmaking studio nears action Boston Herald The long-delayed construction of a Hollywood-style sound stage south of Boston could start this fall. International Studio Group is moving...

Altogether now..."Wahoo!"

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