Hollywood North-North = The Soo (Sault Ste. Marie)

Time to invest, enjoy life, own, buy, sell...get 'all excited' about living, working and playing in Sault Ste. Marie!  It's now called 'Hollywood North-North'.  Directors, Producers and more film-types from L.A. and other parts of the world are beginning to snap up properties in the Soo, knowing production will continue to grow - thanks in part to Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp.

I thought it would be fun to document the glitzy goings-on of  Hollywood North-North here on my blog!

(I'm also looking for the best chocolate place, florist, Photographers, Artists....but that's a whole other story...more to come soon!)

Producer Bill Marks (Casino Jack) has spent so much time shooting in Sault Ste. Marie lately, he bought a house there recently. Not only does he have Compulsion opening next year, he also produced The Truth, starring Andy Garcia, Eva Longoria and Forest Whitaker;The Story of Luke, with Seth Green and Cary Elwes; and Collaborator, starring David Morse, Martin Donovan and Olivia Williams. All were shot in the Soo.

Confessions of a Girl Gang — a remake of the 1996 film that was among Angelina Jolie’s early roles — were shot in Sault Ste. Marie.

“For Ontario, it is the combination of all the things we bring to the table,” said Donna Zuchlinski, Ontario film manager with the Ontario Media Development Corp.. The province boasted a record year in 2011, with $1.3 billion spent on production — a 10 per cent hike over its previous best year.

“We have great crews, infrastructure, cast and crew. It gives a producer a comfort level that everything they need can be found here and that they can really maximize their tax credit, (which is) based on what you spend in the province,” she said.

“We are growing the industry,” agreed Melanie Muncaster, Sault Ste. Marie-based manager of program services for the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp. “We’re seeing a crew base, post-production companies starting to emerge, rather than shipping people up from Toronto or Detroit, employing people in sectors that never employed them before.”

I hope you enjoy this ongoing series here on my blog and if you are in the film industry and want to purchase a home, lease a home or property - or location...please contact me! (Privacy and Confidentiality)

I would love to be your Hollywood North-North Agent!

Like A Hawke,

Susan

Sault Ste. Marie

Collaborator: Starring Martin Donovan, David Morse and Olivia Williams

Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster: Starring Scott Speedman, Kelly Reilly and Kevin Durand

Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang: Starring Tamara Hope, Ali Liebert, Madeleine Bisson and Claire Mazerolle

The Story of Luke: Starring Cary Elwes and Seth Green

Source

Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation
70 Foster Drive, Suite 200
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
P6A 6V8
fax: 1-705-945-6701