By Amy Hotz Amy.Hotz@StarNewsOnline.com From StarNewsOnline An actor with long-time Wilmington ties is returning to the Port City for a new role. ccording to The Hollywood Reporter, Skeet Ulrich has signed on to the John Wells-produced medical drama pilot that is filming in town. Ulrich attended the University of North Carolina Wilmington for three semesters [...]
Associated Press Gov. Beverly Perdue and economic recruiters are equipped with a more generous tax credit as they travel to Hollywood to try to attract more movies and television productions to film in North Carolina. Perdue is leading a group of 20 Commerce Department officials, film boosters and others who arrived on Wednesday in Los [...]
From WWAY News Channel 3 [Watch] Governor Bev Perdue’s trip to Screen Gems Studios and the set of “One Tree Hill” Thursday came more than seven months after she was supposed to make her first visit in office. The governor was scheduled to visit the studio’s new Dream Stage April 1st to announce the Miley [...]
AP – Forbes.com – NC governor signs film credit bill from lawmakers http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/08/27/business-specialized-consumer-serv ices-financial-impact-us-perdue-bill-signing-north-carolina_6822989.html News 14 Carolina – Perdue signs film production incentive bill into law http://news14.com/content/local_news/coastal/613873/perdue-signs-film-produc tion-incentive-bill-into-law/ Wilmington Star News – UPDATE: Gov. Perdue signs N.C. film incentive bill http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20090827/ARTICLES/908279983/1177?Title =UPDATE-Gov-Perdue-signs-N-C-film-incentive-bill News 13 WLOS – Perdue signs film credit bill from NC lawmakers http://www.wlos.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.nc/22bfeba2-www.wlos. [...]
Gov. Bev Perdue signs an increase in film incentive into law; EUE/Screen Gems COO Chris Cooney predicts the studio will host new films and Stage 10 will be a beehive of activity in coming months. Raleigh, N.C. (Aug. 27, 2009) Today, in a public ceremony in Raleigh Gov. Bev Perdue signed legislation increasing the film [...]
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 StarNewsOnline By Amy Hotz Amy.Hotz@StarNewsOnline.com Published: Friday, August 7, 2009 at 4:54 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, August 7, 2009 at 4:54 p.m. John Bankson is ready to come home. And now that Senate Bill-943 is on its way to Gov. Beverly Perdue’s office, he and many more film industry workers just might be on [...]