In Syracuse, the state has built a high - tech
film production hub.
Empire State Development Corp. recently awarded a $ 12 million state grant to build a new Rochester
film production hub that will include a state - of - the - art soundstage and other facilities to produce films and interactive games.
QINGDAO, China, April 28 (Reuters)- Wang Jianlin, the billionaire boss of China's Dalian Wanda Group, said on Saturday he will turn the northern port city of Qingdao into a global
film production hub as he launched a sprawling studio complex in a ceremony attended by hundreds.
Not exact matches
DeFrancisco said he's not going to drop his criticism of the state's
film tax credits, a program that awards $ 420 million annually to one industry and stands to benefit the
hub's first tenant, The
Film House, a movie
production studio.
Huayu Xu, who was hired in July by the SUNY Research Foundation to manage the
film hub, recently got authorization to buy a green screen, which is vital for many
productions, Shapiro said.
Another
production company, Wing & A Prayer Pictures, also shot scenes for one movie at the
film hub.
Actor - filmmaker Ron Perlman recently used the
film hub for the third time, but the facility has not been heavily used by
film production companies since its opening in 2015.
Standing with Cuomo, Alain Kaloyeros, CEO of SUNY Polytechnic Institute, promised that the university - owned
film hub would blend cutting - edge nanotechnology with
film production.
Under Cuomo, Kaloyeros's institutional footprint has been extended to include a virtually empty and unused
film production «
hub» in Syracuse, a cancer drug manufacturer in Dunkirk and a computer chip commercialization center in Utica.
The
film hub is officially known as the Central New York Hub for Emerging Nano Industries and as recently as this past summer has been used for movie producti
hub is officially known as the Central New York
Hub for Emerging Nano Industries and as recently as this past summer has been used for movie producti
Hub for Emerging Nano Industries and as recently as this past summer has been used for movie
production.
Two contracts for work on Fort Schuyler's Central New York
Hub, a $ 15 million
film production facility currently sitting empty, illustrate the effect of these nebulous procurement rules.
The
film hub, which Cuomo said would create 350 high - tech jobs, has lured several
film productions but has no full - time staff.
Blossom Films, Kidman's
production hub, and Witherspoon's company, Pacific Standard, will co-produce the
film that's looking to shoot in January 2016.
It's New York through and through — a melting pot of musical styles, a guerilla
production (they were tossed out of Yankee Stadium for
filming a sequence during a game), and, most importantly, a pure explosion of joy that shows the city in it's best light: As a
hub for creative expression.
Many
film and TV
production companies are based here and it's also a
hub for aeronautical engineering.