Comments on: Green Lantern Pulling Out from Down Under

By: ‘Green Lantern’ Director on Special FX and New Set Location - Screen Rant

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:46:45 +0000

[...] FX and New Set LocationLast time we checked in on the progress of The Green Lantern the shoot had pulled out from down under in Sydney, Australia (thanks to inflating costs of production) and was looking for a new locale in [...]

By: Stephie

Stephie — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:41:46 +0000

@Heath…

I live in Illinois, and it’s been tough for the Illinois Film Office to keep extending tax breaks to film productions because overall state tax revenues has been weak, and film production tax breaks are the first to get hit.

Hard to say whether film production in Illinois will continue due to the lack of tax breaks for production companies and studios to film outside of California.

Anyway … stay tuned — this should get interesting.

By: Manowar

Manowar — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:29:15 +0000

Canadian dollar is almost on par with the U.S. so not sure they would film in Canada either, though would be cool

By: 790

790 — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:15:59 +0000

Ken your right on the edge of figuring it out.

How can the fed be so inept? (There not) They don’t have they’re heads up their ars, they are all selling US out… Its right there in front of you. You’ve almost made the connection.

The wrong direction is the right direction to their endgame… Its a slow process but as we can see its working.

By: Heath

Heath — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:16:43 +0000

Tax breaks for films are a tricky thing: not only do they take production out of California and into other countries, but also other states. Boston and Michigan have biggies, but so does South Carolina and especially New Mexico, where a lot of production has gone.

But when the US dollar weakens, it suddenly becomes more expensive to shoot outside of the USA. And when the tax incentives in US states becomes a burden, they’re taken away and the film industry fails. Take a look at North Carolina and even Florida (where I live), with Louisiana feeling a bit of a pinch, too.

Heath

By: ORI

ORI — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:30:24 +0000

Never liked Ryan Reynolds EVER. In anything. So needless to say I could care less if this movie dies. I hope eventually if it does die that it will be revived with a better choice than Van Wilder.

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Freddy Rorschach Kruger To Play Sinestro? - Screen Rant — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:20:52 +0000

[...] is slightly puzzling that just yesterday we got wind of Warner Bros pulling the Green Lantern production out of Australia due to economic reasons and now we catch a sniff of casting rumors. But maybe it isn’t that [...]

By: natendo

natendo — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:40:08 +0000

*hard to obtain

By: natendo

natendo — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:39:33 +0000

How much are they expecting to ’save’ by filming elsewhere?

Apparently Warner bros were offered extensive support by the Australian Government, including financial support (tax concessions).
I know from personal experience, that funding for projects in Australia is incredibly hard, because the already small amount of money for film funding cant be stretched very far. I mean, the amount of financially backed feature films made annually in Australia are few, and most importantly, roughly 80% in the last two decades have been made on less than 10 million (50% being made on less than 1 million).

I’d rather the Australian Government be as equally supportive and over enthusiastic about financing local Australian films. Isn’t this real economic stimulus?

By: JJ

JJ — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:08:11 +0000

Given that Hollywood was a pretty rinky dink town ninety years ago and only became the epicentre of the American film industry because it was cheap to make films there, it’s only to be expected that production will move elsewhere if it makes economic sense.

By: Stephie

Stephie — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:50:42 +0000

@Kantstandya …

Been reading various reports in the financial press that the Canadian dollar is about to reach parity with the U.S. dollar in the coming weeks. So, if Green Lantern does film in Canada, it’s hard to say just how economical a Canadian shoot will be, unless Warner Bros. gets some sweet tax breaks from provincial governments.

A Mexican shoot for Green Lantern may be possible, but even that’s not guaranteed, because of the wildly fluctuating exchange rate between the peso and the U.S. dollar.

We’ll see what happens in the weeks ahead, though. Should be interesting where Green Lantern will be filmed, and if this movie will even see the light of the multiplex.

By: Kantstandya

Kantstandya — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:39:34 +0000

they will go to canada, and yes i agree its so stupid that they film overseas and not here.

By: Drsambeckett1984

Drsambeckett1984 — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:17:07 +0000

This film will not be made.

By: Ken J

Ken J — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:45:03 +0000

Thank all of the taxes the government likes to push on everyone, especially California. They say it’s “good for the economy” (on paper maybe) but in real life it just promotes doing business overseas. Sure it’ll help the local economy, but if that has a negative affect on a movie’s budget, they’re not going to sacrifice the movie to help the city, they are a business, not a charity. So these politicians need to get their heads out of their asses and make some changes, but from the looks of it, any “change” that comes out of the state and federal governments will be in the wrong direction anyhow…