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Breakthrough for Nevada
As stated in our previous blog entry, we have returned to using Grok AI with the AB238 and SB220 Film Tax Incentive bills in order to produce the most efficient and focused versions to benefit all parties involved in Nevada’s development into a new film and media production hub. The result has been a potential…
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Nevada Film – The Road So Far
With the recent hearing for the Assembly Bill 238 Nevada Film Tax Incentive bill by Sony Pictures, Warner Bros., and Howard Hughes Holdings, the activity for Nevada’s future as a film and media hub had a rather quiet week! On Friday, March 7th, the Nevada Film Office released an article that essentially summarized the journey…
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Warner Bros/Sony & Grok AI
Today got off to a surprising start with the announcement that Warner Bros. has officially rekindled their partnership with Sony towards building a film studio in Las Vegas! In this case it is for the Summerlin Studios development and leaving behind the Nevada Studios Media Campus project with the University of Nevada Las Vegas. This…
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Review of Nevada SB220 Bill by Warner Bros./UNLV
So soon after our review of the latest draft of the Nevada AB238 Film Tax Incentive bill by Sony Pictures, we now have the announcement today of the SB220 bill by Warner Bros. and UNLV! The bills are surprisingly similar in their text, possibly basing both off of the same original template when they were…
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Updated Review of the Nevada AB238 Bill
A new draft of the Nevada AB238 bill by Sony Pictures and Howard Hughes Properties has been posted in an official form and we have reviewed it for any changes and amendments. From what we can see, a number of questions have been cleared up simply by the bill offering more specifics and clarifications. While…
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Nevada Bill AB238 Draft Review
This is a summary of our findings while reviewing the current draft bill of the Nevada Assembly Bill 238: Enacts the Nevada Studio Infrastructure Jobs and Workforce Training Act. (BDR S-63) While we have posted our findings on a detailed thread on X, they may have been too lengthy for the system as it disappears…
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State Film Commission Tweet
We have reached out to many different parties to find solutions for building Babs Do Studios. Some have been helpful, others hopeful for our future, and there are times when we run into gates and solid walls that simply confound us, particularly in the form of lack of vision and foresight. As we have shared…
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Christmas Update 2024
In our efforts to build Babs Do Studios in Nevada, we have been met with a surprising amount of skepticism and many negative comments and points of view regarding the film industry and even the need for such entertainment infrastructure in the state due to “the current market”. Despite these statements, the speakers gloss over…
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Babs Do Studios Across the USA
As we attended the first American Film Market in Las Vegas earlier this month, we were overwhelmed by the support we had received from our professional peers for our work at Babs Do Productions and our hopes for Babs Do Studios in Nevada. With so many stories of how people got their start in the…
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November 1, 2024 Update
The month ahead holds very much for the country with a presidential election as well as the state of the film industry with the first American Film Market event in Las Vegas. For Babs Do Productions and the future for Babs Do Studios, this is going to be a key time to follow news and…