
PLYMOUTH ROCK STUDIOS
Location: Plymouth
Size: 14 sound stages on 240 acres, plus office space
Cost: $450 million
Key players: Former Paramount executives David Kirkpatrick and Earl Lestz; former Boston Celtics CFO Joe DiLorenzo
Website: www.plymouthrockstudios.com
SOUTH BOSTON FILM AND TELEVISION CENTER
Location: Boston
Size: Two 20,000-square-foot sound stages, plus office space
Cost: N/A
Key player: Real estate developer Tim Pappas
Website: www.papent.com
ISG BOSTON STUDIOS
Location: South Weymouth
Size: 12 sound stages on 30 acres, with 125,000 square feet of retail and office space
Cost: $100 million
Key players: Producers and studio operators Robert Papazian and James Hirsch; former Massachusetts Film Commissioner Mark Drago; former Massachusetts Senate president Robert Travaglini
Web site: www.isgstudios.com
SOUTHIE STUDIOS
Location: Boston
Size: Two small sound stages (2,500 square feet and 4,000 square feet)
Cost: $500,000 for first phase
Key player: Billy Mead, president, Nu Media Factory
Website: www.southiestudios.com
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Rhea Said,
I attended a Mass. Film Office meeting on these studio projects. The meeting attracted about 700 people! The excitement for the creation of these studios is sky-high. I can't wait!
Posted on 4/28/09, 9:38 AM