Atlanta is making yet another appearance on the big screen, but this time it’s behind the cameras. Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed proudly announced a major partnership between the city and EUE/Screen Gems. The agreement will transform an under-used area of the city, employ local workers, and give a boost to the inner-city neighborhood. It also [...]
By Kim Magid, CNN August 9, 2010 2:35 p.m. EDT PLAY VIDEO Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) — It is an unlikely venue for the renaissance of film production in the Deep South. Lakewood Fairgrounds are sadly dilapidated, overrun with kudzu, located in a poor, rundown part of Atlanta. But if its boosters are to be believed, [...]
From WABE For Audio Click Here ATLANTA, GA (WABE) – More big-screen productions could soon be filmed in Atlanta. The city finalized a 50-year leasing agreement for the Lakewood Fairgrounds with EUE/Screen Gems Friday. Mayor Kasim Reed says the leasing agreement will continue to transform Atlanta into an entertainment and movie-making powerhouse. “I stand here [...]
Atlanta is making yet another appearance on the big screen, but this time it’s behind the cameras. Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed proudly announced a major partnership between the city and EUE/Screen Gems. The agreement will transform an under-used area of the city, employ local workers, and give a boost to the inner-city neighborhood. It also [...]
By Kim Magid, CNN August 9, 2010 2:35 p.m. EDT PLAY VIDEO Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) — It is an unlikely venue for the renaissance of film production in the Deep South. Lakewood Fairgrounds are sadly dilapidated, overrun with kudzu, located in a poor, rundown part of Atlanta. But if its boosters are to be believed, [...]
From WABE For Audio Click Here ATLANTA, GA (WABE) – More big-screen productions could soon be filmed in Atlanta. The city finalized a 50-year leasing agreement for the Lakewood Fairgrounds with EUE/Screen Gems Friday. Mayor Kasim Reed says the leasing agreement will continue to transform Atlanta into an entertainment and movie-making powerhouse. “I stand here [...]
EUE/Screen Gems Studio Lot at Lakewood Fairgrounds, Atlanta Facts and Figures/ August 13, 2010 In April 2010, EUE/Screen Gems, Ltd. began the formal process to lease Lakewood Property (known as Lakewood Fairgrounds) from the City of Atlanta for a long-term contract. On May 17, 2010, Atlanta City Council voted and approved a 50-year lease. The [...]
From Hollywood Reporter By Jay A. Fernandez | June 3rd, 2010 at 8:30 pm Stephen Schiff has been hired to write a feature film about Albert Einstein for OddLot Entertainment. Schiff will write an original screenplay drawn from Einstein materials archived at Princeton and Hebrew Universities, as well as the Walter Isaacson biography, “Einstein: His [...]
From LA Times Hollywood has Georgia on its mind. After beefing up its film incentive program in 2008, Georgia has emerged among the top five states in the country for film production, attracting such movies as the Academy Award-winning “The Blind Side,” the Woody Harrelson horror flick “Zombieland” and the fifth installment of Universal’s “Fast [...]
EUE/Screen Gems Production Hub Gets Green Light in Georgia Facts and Figures/ June 3, 2010 On April 17, 2010, Georgia Film and Television Center, a division of EUE/Screen Gems, Ltd. began the formal process to lease Lakewood Property (known as Lakewood Fairgrounds) from the City of Atlanta for a long-term contract. EUE/Screen Gems will use [...]
EUE/Screen Gems Opens Studios in Atlanta EUE/Screen Gems rolls into Atlanta to entice film, television and digital production companies to incentive-friendly Georgia. IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST ATLANTA, June 8, 2010 – EUE/Screen Gems has opened a studio complex in the former Lakewood Fairgrounds site near midtown Atlanta. The new studio targets film, television and digital [...]
The CW ordered another season of One Tree Hill along with Life Unexpected. No official word on what kind of episode orders OTH and Life Unexpected have received, but we’re hearing they’ll spilt the season down the middle with 13 each. Read more
Medical drama centers on mobile team of volunteer doctors By Nellie Andreeva From Hollywood Reporter In her first regular series gig, Oscar winner Sissy Spacek has been tapped as the lead on the John Wells-produced medical drama pilot on CBS. The Warner Bros. TV-produced project, written by Hannah Shakespeare and to be directed by Christopher [...]
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EUE/Screen Gems Opens Studios in Atlanta
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