March 2021 Newsletter

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Hillsborough wants a "large-scale" production studio to lure blockbusters

A study says the ideal film studio would be at least 60,000 square feet. MOSI site is a candidate for a location.

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Andy Garcia is producing a documentary with HCC that could lead to film studio

Semkhor Productions established a studio with Sarasota’s Ringling College. They’d like to do so here via a public-private partnership.

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‘Blair Witch’ and ‘Friday the 13th’ directors to restart Tampa web series


A year after suspending production of his Tampa-area web series due to COVID-19, The Blair Witch Project director Dan Myrick and his Ybor City-based Power Station production studio are ready for cameras to roll again.

And another big-name filmmaker is joining them. Tom McLoughlin, whose directing and screenwriting credits include Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives, wrote and will direct the second episode of the Black Veil web series.

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Seminole man who was Demogorgon meal has a film on Prime

The director says “Beauty Is Skin Deep” is “Heathers” meets “Riverdale.”

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Tampa Bay Jewish Film Festival Kicks Off April 11 

April 11-25; Tampa Bay Jewish Film Festival (TBJFF) is featuring 28 films, 14 director/actor Q&A's, PLUS a virtual Bingo event! Click here to register.

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Three Seasons, more than 60 episodes, there's so much to learn on the Film Florida Podcast. Interviews with film commissions, actors, crew, producers, and more.

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