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KEY POINTS

• A local studio/developer is building a large studio complex.
  
• They have nabbed their first tenant, Matthew Kutcher and his company. He will be relocating from Hollywood to San Antonio.
  
• There will be a completely separate sound stage that will be used solely by film and production students.
  
• It will be located on the south side.
  
• Specific location is undisclosed.
  

SAN ANTONIO -- It's a story with huge explosions, romantic interludes, exciting car chase scenes and plot twists galore.

If it sounds like the makings of a feature film, that's because it is -- and the production of those films is coming to San Antonio.

SAF Studios is already working on a movie studio on 500 acres in south San Antonio, including places where a tour of shows, lakes, hills and a river could be used, according to Al Frakes, president and CEO of the studio company.

"Because it's a tourist attraction, we'll be hiring a lot of young people," he said. "Construction wise, it's a massive project, so we'll be hiring a lot of construction people."

The studio also is planning on constructing a sound stage for use by film and production students, Frakes said.

With the studio coming to the Alamo City, other related businesses are expected to follow, including one special effects company.

"Our industry is definitely not in Hollywood anymore," said Matthew Kutcher with Spectrum FX. "Hollywood has left Hollywood.

"In LA, everywhere I go to build and blow up something, the path to get there is huge," he said. "The phone calls and all the legislation involved, here it will be much simpler to get things done."

The first movie production is scheduled to begin in August, with groundbreaking of the site slated for June.