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$63.5 million Deep South Studios proposed for New Orleans Metro
Posted on 6/11/14 at 10:56 pm
Posted on 6/11/14 at 10:56 pm
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A movie producer with experience in Hollywood and the booming "Hollywood South" scene in Louisiana hopes to build a $63.5 million movie production campus in Algiers near the Crescent City Connection.
Scott Niemeyer of Gold Circle Films said Deep South Studios would be located on nearly 19 acres of land and offer five sound stages, two production buildings and other space for a total 262,000-square-foot facility. It would be the largest in the region with the nearest similarly sized studios in Atlanta and Albuquerque.
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Niemeyer left Algiers in the 1980s for the West Coast after school. But he recently returned home, buying a condo in the Warehouse District, after the state's film production tax incentive program set off a boom in Louisiana-based production activity, dubbed "Hollywood South." Among other work, he produced the campus musical "Pitch Perfect" and its in-progress sequel, both in Baton Rouge.
He is an officer in the Louisiana Film & Entertainment Association and has been a vocal supporter of state film tax incentives.
Niemeyer said he intends on raising $49.5 million in foreign investment for the project through a federal program granting visas to immigrants who invest in new commercial enterprises in the U.S., known as the "EB-5" program.
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Posted on 6/11/14 at 10:57 pm to GeorgeReymond
Are we going to get a "Hollywood" sign?
Posted on 6/11/14 at 10:58 pm to GeorgeReymond
Post on the Poliboard and ask for IB Freeman's thoughts.
Posted on 6/11/14 at 11:00 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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Post on the Poliboard and ask for IB Freeman's thoughts.
I'll get right on this for the ensuing meltdown.
Posted on 6/11/14 at 11:00 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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Post on the Poliboard and ask for IB Freeman's thoughts.
Dude is gonna be PISSED
Posted on 6/11/14 at 11:05 pm to GeorgeReymond
I'd like to see it happen, but most announcements like this never pan out. Architectural renderings are fun and all.
Posted on 6/11/14 at 11:06 pm to JohnnyKilroy
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Dude is gonna be PISSED
Anytime I see anything concerning these film/entertainment developments I immediately think of him
Posted on 6/11/14 at 11:07 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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Post on the Poliboard and ask for IB Freeman's thoughts.
explain
Posted on 6/11/14 at 11:09 pm to Y.A. Tittle
quote:I bet he is drinking heavily at this news.
Y.A. Tittle $63.5 million Deep South Studios proposed for New Orleans Metro Post on the Poliboard and ask for IB Freeman's thoughts.
Posted on 6/11/14 at 11:10 pm to BottomlandBrew
We shall see. The article states he only has $14 million left to be secured. Seems like most of the funding has been secured.
Posted on 6/11/14 at 11:11 pm to GeorgeReymond
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We shall see. The article states he only has $14 million left to be secured. Seems like most of the funding has been secured.
That's an awful lot of EB5 guys to round up for one project. Does anyone know who ones the EB5 "center" in Louisiana that is theoretically being used for this?
Posted on 6/11/14 at 11:16 pm to BottomlandBrew
I hope it'll be flood proof hahaha
Posted on 6/11/14 at 11:17 pm to LiguhTiguh
Old Algiers is high and dry, bro.
Posted on 6/11/14 at 11:19 pm to GeorgeReymond
Don't people in Atlanta think they are Hollywood South?
Posted on 6/11/14 at 11:22 pm to LiguhTiguh
Doesn't flood around there, close to the river.
Posted on 6/11/14 at 11:30 pm to Asgard Device
Posted on 6/11/14 at 11:31 pm to GeorgeReymond
Just like I called CC wouldn't win the triple crown, this boondoogle won't see the light of day.
Posted on 6/11/14 at 11:32 pm to Kcrad
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this boondoogle won't see the light of day.
I dunno. You could fund just about anything if the government grants citizenship to foreigners who give you money.
Posted on 6/11/14 at 11:34 pm to GeorgeReymond
Would be awesome.
Guess it's time to pull the trigger on that double in Algiers Point
Guess it's time to pull the trigger on that double in Algiers Point
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