[NEohioPAL] Three Films to Begin Production Spring 2010

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--- On Wed, 1/6/10, Ivan Schwarz <ischwarz at clevelandfilm.com> wrote:

From: Ivan Schwarz <ischwarz at clevelandfilm.com>
Subject: Three Films to Begin Production Spring 2010
To: bjbowers4584 at yahoo.com
Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2010, 1:21 PM






 


 
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

January 6th, 2010

 

Contact:  Ivan Schwarz

                 (216) 623-3910 (o)

                 (216) 308-3381 (c)

                 ischwarz at clevelandfilm.com  
 
Three
Films to Begin Production in Northeast Ohio in Spring 2010
 

CLEVELAND – The State of Ohio has
approved the applications for three projects to be filmed in Northeast Ohio using
the Film Tax Credit. 

 


The three projects to
be filmed in Northeast Ohio are independent films produced by New York and Cleveland-based
Nehst Studios. The
films receiving tax credits are “The Kid Who Only Hit Homers,” a movie based on
a set of popular children’s books; the horror sequel “Strangeland 2”; and a
Vivica A. Fox project called “Cleopatra Smiles.” The films will all begin
pre-production in the next 90 days. A fourth film receiving tax credits – “Unstoppable,”
a big budget blockbuster from Twentieth Century starring Denzel Washington –
was filmed throughout eastern Ohio in November and December. 

 


“This is an incredible
day for film production in Cleveland,” said Ivan Schwarz, Executive Director of
the Greater Cleveland Film Commission. “Not only will they employ members of
our local film community and bring a boost to the economy, but it shows that
the state is recognized as an ideal location for film production. The film tax
credit is a real game changer for making great films in Ohio.”

 


The three projects
filming in Northeast Ohio have combined budgets of $15 million and are expected
to employ 394 cast and crewmembers
and nearly 1,200 paid extras and bring more than $22.5 million to the
community. Film production has a high economic output multiplier with a good
portion of every film budget spent purchasing goods and services from local
vendors of such things as lumber, paint, rental cars and hotels. A dollar spent
in film production generates more statewide economic activity than the same
dollar spent in three-quarters of other industries. 

 


“The Greater Cleveland Film Commission has been
instrumental in bringing these productions to the Cleveland area,” said Jeremy
Henthorn, the director of the Ohio Film Office. “The communication between the
Ohio Film Office and the Cleveland Film Commission is very active and we look
forward to working with the commission more often as film projects increase in
the state due to the recently passed film tax credit.”

 


The Film Tax Credit was
included in the state’s biennial budget which
was passed by the Ohio General Assembly and signed into law by Governor Ted
Strickland in July. The budget bill allocated $10
million in Fiscal Year 2010 and $20 million in Fiscal Year 2011 to provide tax
credits to film, television and other media productions in Ohio. 

 


Nehst
Studios, a New York and Cleveland-based independent film and television
production, financing and distribution company, opened a film studio in the
downtown Cleveland Convention Center in 2009. The Greater Cleveland Film
Commission has worked closely with Nehst Studios during the studio relocation
and tax credit application processes. Inquiries about
employment positions must go directly to Nehst Studios at info at nehst.com. 


 


For more information about the Film
Tax Credit, visit www.clevelandfilm.com. 

 

 


About the Greater
Cleveland Film Commission 




The mission of the Greater
Cleveland Film Commission is to promote the increase of media production in
Northeast Ohio using effective strategies for attraction and workforce
development including building an artistic infrastructure through film. The
vision of the Greater Cleveland Film Commission is to achieve increased
economic development in Northeast Ohio by using the artistic and culturally
enriching activities of film and other media production to strengthen the
workforce, support the media production industry and attract media production
to the region.


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