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In The Media

International Studio Group Unveils Plans for SouthField Studios-Boston - Hollywood, Calif.-based International Studio Group (ISG) today announced it is moving forward with plans to build a 12-stage full-scale motion picture studio on the SouthField development in South Weymouth, Mass. (Business Wire, 6/18/09)

Berkshire Film and Media Arts Commission launches new website with production guide and location information. (5/8/09)

Film office exec describes state as Hollywood East - In the old days Hollywood executives scarcely looked toward Massachusetts as a place to make movies. Things have changed dramatically. (David Liscio/The Daily Item, 2/25/09)

Historic Plymouth OKs building $488M movie studio - Historic Plymouth could soon be home to a $488 million film and television studio, complete with 14 sound stages, a 10-acre back lot, a theater, a 300-room upscale hotel, a spa and 500,000 square feet of office space. (Denise Lavoie, Associated Press, 11/23/08)

Bringing Films to the Berkshires - Berkshire resident and filmmaker Marc Maurino reports from a recent meeting of the Berkshire Film and Media Arts Commission (BFMAC). (Marc Maurino, NewEnglandFilm.com, Spetember 2008)

On Making a Films in the Berkshires (or Any Rural Area) - Marc Maurino recounts tips and foibles while making films outside of a major production hub. His Berkshire-made short, All in the Game , screens as a work-in-progress this month at the Berkshire Filmmakers Showcase. (NewEnglandFilm.com, Spetember 2008)

Lights, camera, Berkshires ... Selling the area to filmmakers - Since January 2006, film companies, major and minor, have spent a total of $545 million in the state to make movies, according to Nicholas Paleologos, the director of the Massachusetts Film Office. (Berkshire Eagle, 7/8/08)

Keeping the cameras rolling in Mass - The Massachusetts Production Coalition is asking lawmakers to continue tax credits for the film industry to attract projects that create jobs and stimulate growth. (Chris Bergeron, GateHouse News Service via The Daily News Tribune, 6/2/08)

Hollywood East: Massive vacant space in old Lucent building brings starpower to North Andover - (The Eagle-Tribune Online, 6/1/08)

Questioning Film Tax Credits - Rhode Island threatens to cap film production tax credits.  Questions about the benefits arise in MA and CT. (NewEnglandFilm.com, 4/08)

Mass. tax breaks lure moviemakers - (Thomson Financial News via Forbes.com, 3/27/08)

With tax incentives, the show goes on in Conn., Mass., R.I.- (Providence Journal, 3/23/08)

Hollywood East? - A former Hollywood studio head wants to build a complex of 14 soundstages, stores, restaurants and a movie-themed tourist attraction a few miles from the Bourne Bridge. (Cape Cod Times, 3/15/08)

Bay State growing popular among filmmakers - The Bay State is fast becoming a favorite location for Hollywood filmmakers. (The Metro West Daily News, 3/12/08)

The year of filming profitably - Movie boom of 2007 enriched Commonwealth with dollars, jobs (Boston Globe, 12/2/07)

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Massachusetts/New England Film Production News

On location in Massachusetts

The following is a list of major motion pictures shot on location in Massachusetts during 2007 & 2008. A comprehensive list going all the way back to 1903 is available at the Massachusetts Film Office website.

2007 - Films Shot On Location In Massachusetts

• 21
• The Women
• The Lonely Maiden
• The Great Debaters
• The Game Plan
• The Box
• Real Men Cry
• Pink Panther Deux
• My Best Friend's Girl
• Gone Baby Gone
• Chatham

2008 - Films Shot On Location In Massachusetts

• Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
• Mall Cop
• Ashecliffe (Shutter Island)
• The Proposal
• Surrogates
• Bride Wars
• This Side of the Truth
• Edge of Darkness
• Betty Anne Waters
• Knowing

Source: Massachusetts Film Office

Massachusetts Tax Incentive for the Motion Picture Industry

July, 2007 - Production companies who incur at least $50,000 of production costs in the Commonwealth are eligible for income and corporate excise tax credits equal to 25 percent of the total Massachusetts payroll for the production, excluding salaries of $ 1 million and higher. In addition, production companies whose Massachusetts production expenses exceed 50 percent of the total production cost receive an income and corporate excise tax credit of 25 percent of the total Massachusetts production expense. Production companies who expend over $50,000 in Massachusetts production costs during a consecutive twelve-month period are eligible for a sales tax exemption.

- Summary of Massachusetts Tax Incentive for the Motion Picture Industry [pdf]
- More information at Massachusetts Department of Revenue

Tax Incentive Information For Other New England States

- Vermont Tax Incentives for Filming On Location
- New York State Tax Incentives for Filming On Location
- New Hampshire Tax Incentives for Filming On Location
- Connecticut Tax Incentives for Filming On Location

Listing of Hundreds of Films Shot On Location In New England

NewEnglandFilm.com offers a comprehensive list of films shot on location in New England. Information includes director, producer, cast and filming locations.

- Browse films and videos made in New England at www.newenglandfilm.com