new movie studio will open Tuesday

New Movie Studio Opens At Brooklyn Navy Yard
September 28, 2004

NEW YORK -- Overture, Hit the Lights -- a new movie studio -- will open Tuesday at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Gov. George Pataki will be on hand for the opening. They will welcome Mel Brooks, who will be producing the movie "The Producers: The Movie Musical."

"The Producers" has been the most popular show on Broadway.

Brooks, who produced the musical from the 1968 movie he wrote and directed, will now bring the play to the movies.

The studio is being called New York City's first Hollywood-style studio complex for production of major feature films, television and commercials.

The sound stage -- at 27,000 square feet -- is said to be the largest in the Northeast.
© 2004 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

BUSINESS NEW YORK

The city on Tuesday unveiled a new "Made in New York" incentive program designed to keep film and TV productions from fleeing the city to lower-cost locales, while Steiner Studios announced that The Producers will be the first major movie to be shot at the soon-to-open Brooklyn facility and one of the first productions to take advantage of new state incentives.

Statewide legislation signed into law this year provides for a 10% tax credit to films and TV shows that do most of their soundstage work in the state, with a $25 million annual cap. As part of the newly announced companion program, New York City will provide an additional 5% tax credit, with a yearly maximum of $12.5 million; outdoor advertising equal in value to 1% of production costs, or a donation equal to 0.1% of costs to a nonprofit cultural institution; and expanded services for productions, including aid with tie-ins to city agencies; location scouting; budget analysis; discounts on hotels, car rentals and vendors; help with finding preproduction office space; and consulting on venues for global premieres and launches.


Steiner Studios joined the governor and mayor in announcing an operating agreement with Mel Brooks' production company, Brooksworks, to bring the production of The Producers: The Movie Musical to Steiner Studios, which opens in October.

איז שױן דא א פלאן צי אנספּרעין די טירן אין די סײד װאלקס מיט swastikas און "Do not buy here" אזױװי מען פירט זיך אין װיליאמסבורג?