Universal: 'Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt' films in Orlando - Orlando Sentinel
Old but I didn't know this thread existed.
Old but I didn't know this thread existed.
Comcast must have something up their sleeves for USF. Why would they spend over $1 million upgrading and adding production facilities? New production offices to support 168 people. Interesting stuff.
The old Nickelodeon Studios building (the part not being used by Blue Man Group). I saw the article on Twitter but can’t remember who posted it.Where are these offices going? Where did you hear of this?
jwhee has that story link posted on the Nickolodean Studios thread.The old Nickelodeon Studios building (the part not being used by Blue Man Group). I saw the article on Twitter but can’t remember who posted it.
Can you link that thread please? Can't find it by searching.jwhee has that story link posted on the Nickolodean Studios thread.
I'd be very happy to see productions return to Orlando, but I highly doubt it will ever happen. The tax incentives just aren't there.
I heard recently there's more film and tv production in Atlanta than anywhere else in North America due to the tax incentivesAs WAJAS98 said, tax incentives are crucial to attract filming. There's a lot of competition from other cities & states that offer incentives. As an example, Pittsburgh generally gets a good deal of movie & TV production, but it almost always fluctuates depending on the tax incentives the state is offering. When the incentives are good, there's plenty of filming. When the incentives dry up, filming decreases. Available locations are also important. Pittsburgh has a lot of older neighborhoods and housing stock that works well for dated filming purposes. And its' important that there's enough local film tradesmen to fill the production jobs. Just having Production Studio sets are only one of the factors needed to procure filming productions. ...And cities like Atlanta, Toronto and NYC attract a huge amount of the available productions because they give the production companies most everything they want. Lots of competition out there. Even LA has to fight to get their share, which has dropped drastically over the past few decades.
Especially when the incentives are much greater only 4 hours north in Atlanta.I'd be very happy to see productions return to Orlando, but I highly doubt it will ever happen. The tax incentives just aren't there.
I think there is an incentive for Comcast to film things there occasionally for synergy purposes..Otherwise, ehWith the resort growing, would this create more of an incentive for people to film there? Not unlike the way in which conventions are working by having people do business during the day and bring their family as a sort of mini vacation.
I think there is an incentive for Comcast to film things there occasionally for synergy purposes..Otherwise, eh
Well, they are moderately active, definitely. But it's mostly in-house stuff like things with NBC, Univision or other Comcast owned networks that film there. Then you have TNA who is in there every now and again. Most of the stuff they shoot they don't need a live audience for, so we never hear about it. They do film a fair amount of commercials (or at least used to) around there as well. Not something that happens every day of course, but it still happens.The fact of the matter though is it did happen- they spent $1.2 million to add and upgrade their facilities. Very interesting. Maybe they do more production than we think.
Keep in mind that there is a totally separate division to UO called "Universal Studios Florida Production Group" and for all we know they could be very active.