City Council eyes Boston studio

Hearing to address need for movie production stage By Donna Goodison Sunday, October 25, 2009 - Updated 1h ago The City Council is stepping up efforts to land a movie production studio in Boston. Councilors Stephen Murphy and Bill Linehan want the city to reap more benefits from the state’s growing movie industry business that’s so far generated an estimated $700 million in spending since state tax incentives took effect in 2006. They’ve ordered a hearing tomorrow to discuss the merits and feasibility of having a movie studio built within city limits, as plans for studios in Weymouth and Plymouth proceed. “Just in the past few weeks, we had three or four major films shooting in one section of the city or another,” Murphy said. “We think it would be good to have studio closer to where the filming is going to occur, and we’d... [read full story]                    

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