From Carolina News 14 RALEIGH – Gov. Bev Perdue signed the films incentive bill into law Thursday in an effort to bring more film productions to the state. “This is important stuff,” Perdue said. “This is big business. This is a lot of workers. It’s a lot of money for the state of North Carolina, [...]
Date: Thursday August 27, 2009 Who: Chris Cooney, COO and Co-owner of EUE/Screen Gems Studios, Wilmington will be in Raleigh on Thursday, August 27 for the signing of the film incentive by Governor Perdue. (Details on time and location will be forthcoming from the Governor’s office.) What: Film Incentive increase to 25% keeps the North [...]
From StarNewsOnline By Joe Johnson StarNews Correspondent Published: Thursday, August 6, 2009 at 10:38 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, August 6, 2009 at 10:38 p.m. Raleigh | Some last-minute work Thursday night to save the film industry in the state resulted in a new tax incentive for production companies to make motion pictures in the Tar [...]
From Winston Salem Journal General Assembly approves higher tax break of 25 percent; Garrou says that the change will help bring jobs Sen. Linda Garrou pointed out that when movie companies come here, they need to hire local workers By James Romoser JOURNAL RALEIGH BUREAU Published: August 8, 2009 RALEIGH – Film companies making movies [...]
From WWAY News Channel 3 There was a major victory for North Carolina’s film industry. A bill increasing the state’s film incentives from 15 to 25 percent passed the Senate Friday after passing the House last night. All it needs now is the Governor’s signature. It has been a long-fought battle for members of Wilmington’s [...]
From News 14 Carolina WILMINGTON – State lawmakers have passed a bill meant to boost incentives for film makers. If the governor signs it, movies shot in North Carolina will qualify for a 25 percent tax credit starting in January, an increase from the current 15 percent incentive. “It gets down to the bottom line [...]
From Hollywood Reporter By Todd Longwell July 29, 2009, ET Chris Cooney had to make a move. After a busy 2007, during which the nine EUE/Screen Gems soundstages in Wilmington, N.C., buzzed with up to 700 people a day working on such films as “Nights in Rodanthe” and “The Secret Life of Bees” and the [...]
From canadaeast.com Lorinda Toledo And Ryan Nakashima, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES – A 25-year veteran of the film industry, William Gilpin lived in Los Angeles his entire life until he moved to New Mexico at the end of 2007. The construction co-ordinator works on cable network AMC’s hit series “Breaking Bad,” about a chemistry [...]
From The Times-Picayune By Robert Travis Scott Capital bureau BATON ROUGE — Gov. Bobby Jindal pledged Monday to support a continuation of six Louisiana tax credits supporting movie making, the entertainment industry and private investments that were scheduled to be reduced or phased out. The announcement was significant because the Legislature in the spring session [...]