mr.x
Feb 24, 2009, 7:38 AM
This is great news for the local film industry.....and I absolutely love this series!
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Fringe Moving Production To Vancouver
By Steve West: 2009-02-23 21:49:30
Fringe Moving Production To Vancouver It looks like New York City is losing its recent luster and lure for production companies as Warner Bros. Television has announced when Fox’s Fringe is picked up for a second season the show will move to Vancouver, Canada. The series about FBI agents following leads on weird anomalies on the fringes of science takes place in Boston, but has been filmed in NYC as a result of the NYC film/TV production tax incentive program.
According to Entertainment Weekly that program has run out of money and Governor David Paterson isn’t planning to reinvest. Because of economic concerns Warner Bros. feels they’ll need to move to Vancouver to cut costs. So we’re right back where we were and all of the money put into this program has now been lost. Well not lost because the incentive was so popular it brought a number of high profile shows to NYC like 30 Rock, Ugly Betty, and Gossip Girl. But the intent was to help drive the economy in the city, and with Gov. Paterson not backing the future of this incentive all of the potential is up in the air.
Current NYC filmed shows like Life on Mars could very well make the same move as Fringe in the next season. Ugly Betty, which only recently moved shooting to NYC, will remain where it is.
'Fringe' about to cross border to Canada
GUY DIXON
From Monday's Globe and Mail
February 23, 2009 at 9:57 AM EST
In an unending search for better tax breaks, the producers of Fox TV's big-budget, weird-things-happen-to-FBI-investigators dramatic series Fringe is reportedly uprooting from New Yorkand moving production to Vancouver.
The costly hit show, with a multimillion dollar budget per episode, had been looking to relocate after tax incentives for films and TV shows shooting in New York state started to look less certain. A report in the business publication Crain's New York Business reported Friday that the state incentives proved so popular (with shows such as Ugly Betty and HBO's In Treatment moving to New York), that the tax program basically ran out of money prematurely.
Yet, the move may also suggest the renewed attractiveness of Canada as a destination for large U.S. productions. In the current economic climate, big shows are even more willing to change locales aggressively. In fact, the original pilot episode for Fringe, which is supposed to have taken place in Boston, was actually shot in Toronto.
But when the Canadian dollar rose on par to the American greenback, the diminishing advantage of shooting in Canada and New York state tax breaks helped lure Fringe across the border to New York City. Now with the lower loonie, the rumour was that Toronto (and possibly Chicago) was in the running as the show's new production location. However, the word spreading throughout the industry this weekend was that Vancouver will be the new destination. Producers of the show were not available for comment Sunday.
Fox series Fringe moving production to Vancouver
METRO VANCOUVER
February 23, 2009 04:55
New York City’s loss is Vancouver’s gain as Fox’s big budget sci-fi series Fringe is moving production here.
The change is also a homecoming for the show’s lead actor, Joshua Jackson. The Vancouver-born hottie plays an FBI agent who solves unexplained phenomena.
Fringe is actually set in Boston, but the first season was filmed in New York after that city offered better tax incentives as part of a $658-million US fund, according to Jaunted.com.
The incentive became so popular — Ugly Betty moved production to New York from Los Angeles because of it — that the money ran out Feb. 1, five years sooner than expected.
With New York Gov. David Patterson saying the fund will not be replenished, other productions could soon follow Fringe to Vancouver.
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http://news.google.ca/news?oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&tab=in&ncl=1307217340
Fringe Moving Production To Vancouver
By Steve West: 2009-02-23 21:49:30
Fringe Moving Production To Vancouver It looks like New York City is losing its recent luster and lure for production companies as Warner Bros. Television has announced when Fox’s Fringe is picked up for a second season the show will move to Vancouver, Canada. The series about FBI agents following leads on weird anomalies on the fringes of science takes place in Boston, but has been filmed in NYC as a result of the NYC film/TV production tax incentive program.
According to Entertainment Weekly that program has run out of money and Governor David Paterson isn’t planning to reinvest. Because of economic concerns Warner Bros. feels they’ll need to move to Vancouver to cut costs. So we’re right back where we were and all of the money put into this program has now been lost. Well not lost because the incentive was so popular it brought a number of high profile shows to NYC like 30 Rock, Ugly Betty, and Gossip Girl. But the intent was to help drive the economy in the city, and with Gov. Paterson not backing the future of this incentive all of the potential is up in the air.
Current NYC filmed shows like Life on Mars could very well make the same move as Fringe in the next season. Ugly Betty, which only recently moved shooting to NYC, will remain where it is.
'Fringe' about to cross border to Canada
GUY DIXON
From Monday's Globe and Mail
February 23, 2009 at 9:57 AM EST
In an unending search for better tax breaks, the producers of Fox TV's big-budget, weird-things-happen-to-FBI-investigators dramatic series Fringe is reportedly uprooting from New Yorkand moving production to Vancouver.
The costly hit show, with a multimillion dollar budget per episode, had been looking to relocate after tax incentives for films and TV shows shooting in New York state started to look less certain. A report in the business publication Crain's New York Business reported Friday that the state incentives proved so popular (with shows such as Ugly Betty and HBO's In Treatment moving to New York), that the tax program basically ran out of money prematurely.
Yet, the move may also suggest the renewed attractiveness of Canada as a destination for large U.S. productions. In the current economic climate, big shows are even more willing to change locales aggressively. In fact, the original pilot episode for Fringe, which is supposed to have taken place in Boston, was actually shot in Toronto.
But when the Canadian dollar rose on par to the American greenback, the diminishing advantage of shooting in Canada and New York state tax breaks helped lure Fringe across the border to New York City. Now with the lower loonie, the rumour was that Toronto (and possibly Chicago) was in the running as the show's new production location. However, the word spreading throughout the industry this weekend was that Vancouver will be the new destination. Producers of the show were not available for comment Sunday.
Fox series Fringe moving production to Vancouver
METRO VANCOUVER
February 23, 2009 04:55
New York City’s loss is Vancouver’s gain as Fox’s big budget sci-fi series Fringe is moving production here.
The change is also a homecoming for the show’s lead actor, Joshua Jackson. The Vancouver-born hottie plays an FBI agent who solves unexplained phenomena.
Fringe is actually set in Boston, but the first season was filmed in New York after that city offered better tax incentives as part of a $658-million US fund, according to Jaunted.com.
The incentive became so popular — Ugly Betty moved production to New York from Los Angeles because of it — that the money ran out Feb. 1, five years sooner than expected.
With New York Gov. David Patterson saying the fund will not be replenished, other productions could soon follow Fringe to Vancouver.