‘Iron Man 2′, ‘Thor’, ‘Captain America’ and ‘The Avengers’ Staying in California
Too often movies are shot out of the country to keep down production costs, but all the upcoming Marvel movies are sticking to good old California.
The company has signed a long-term lease with Raleigh Studios to film four bud-budget movies at Raleigh’s Manhattan Beach complex. The films are “Iron Man 2,” “Thor,” “The First Avenger: Captain America” and “The Avengers.”
As part of the agreement, Marvel will move its Beverly Hills-based executive and production offices to Raleigh’s facility in Manhattan Beach.
The deal is a boon for Los Angeles’ and California’s beleaguered film industry, which has been battling runaway production for the better part of this decade as other states, and other countries, have lured projects with massive tax incentives. The Marvel projects are tentpole movies, and the agreement easily keeps more than $500 million worth of production in the state. (”Iron Man,” for example, had a production budget of at least $140 million.)
I’ve been on on the Raleigh Studios lot, it’s not a very big studio in comparison to many others, thats the studio where they shoot CSI Miami. I wonder if Miami is getting booted to make room for the upcoming takeover!
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
POSTED BY: Nick Wolfwood
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