Industrie du cinéma à Montréal et tournages mettant Montréal en vedette

[Humberto]

Cette photo a ete prise par un heli ou c'est un point de vue (belvedere) sur la montagne ?

[Dominic723]

Par hélicoptère, on voit le belvédère dans la photo...

[steve_36]

B.C. loses film industry jobs as Ontario and Quebec gobble productions:

 

By Camille Bains, The Canadian PressJanuary 17, 2013

 

 

VANCOUVER - Film crews are sitting idle and studio space is near-empty in British Columbia as higher tax rebates lure productions to competitors in Ontario and Quebec, says an industry insider who's lobbying for change.

 

Peter Leitch, president of North Shore Studios, said more people have gone without work in B.C.'s film and television industry in the last six months even as Premier Christy Clark has touted job creation in the western province.

 

"It's pretty devastating in terms of the number of people who are unemployed right now," Leitch said Wednesday.

 

"Part of it is seasonal, but certainly part of it is that our tax credits are not at the level playing field that they used to be historically."

 

An online petition has garnered thousands of signatures on a petition to save the B.C. film industry, and that's a sign of desperation from people without work, said Leitch, who is also chairman of the Motion Picture Production Association.

 

Even a temporary increase in tax credits would remedy the "devastating situation," he said.

 

"In terms of studio space availability, I've never seen this much studio space available in Vancouver in my 25 years, and that's a real barometer of employment," he said.

 

Meanwhile, Montreal and Toronto are continuing to build stages as business grows.

 

"This will be our worst quarter I can remember," Leitch said of his 23-year-old studio in the province that earned the moniker Hollywood North in its heyday during production of TV hits such as "Stargate," "X-Files" and "Smallville."

 

British Columbia offers the film industry a 33-per-cent tax rebate on labour costs, as compared to 25 per cent in credits on all costs involved in productions in Ontario and Quebec, Leitch said.

 

That represents only a 10 per cent savings in the end for made-in-B-C projects, he said.

 

"And they get bigger federal tax credits because of the all-spend (incentives)," he added.

 

Premier Christy Clark said the government shells out $285 million in tax credits to the film industry and more money won't be available as the province aims to balance its budget.

 

"I've been talking to leading members of the film industry and I understand the pressure, the race to the bottom we've seen in economies that are really struggling," she said.

 

"But in British Columbia, we're also going to balance our budget. We don't have a bottomless pit of decisions to be able to make."

 

Leitch said customers from California, for example, are more likely to do business in B.C. because of the similar time zone and proximity, but the bigger bang-for-the buck in the eastern provinces is a huge draw.

 

The B.C. industry has invested more than $1 billion in infrastructure and benefited the province's economy in spin-off business from production crews.

 

British Columbia's return to the provincial sales tax on April 1 will mean another blow because the seven per cent PST won't be returned to the industry. As well, the high Canadian dollar is also causing pain, Leitch said.

 

Karen Thorn-Stone of the Ontario Media Development Corp., said the change to the so-called all-spend tax credits from labour-only credits occurred in 2009 in that province.

 

"In terms of production statistics, 2011 was the best year we've had ever — almost $1.3 billion in production activity," she said, adding 70 per cent of that comes from domestic projects.

 

"I'm confident in saying that here in Ontario there is strong government support, strong industry support, and we see a positive future ahead for all of our creative industries."[/Quote]

 

 

Read more: http://www.thestarphoenix.com/entertainment/loses+industry+jobs+Ontario+Quebec+gobble+productions+insider/7829439/story.html#ixzz0Tu4ZeToT

[ProposMontréal]

J'étais certain que le film Warm Bodies serait soit un flop soit un autre type de Twilights, ce qui n'est pas fort mieux.

 

voilà que les critiques commences à sortir et que le film est... pas mal du tout.

Le Rotten Tomatoes donne un 77% et le public 80%

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/warm_bodies/

 

pendant que sur imdb la côte du film est de 7,3/10

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1588173/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

 

Donc en gros, le film est passable, apprécié et fera bien au box office. Je ne sais pas si cela aura des retombés sur MTL mais ça peut pas nuire.

[LindbergMTL]

Est ce qu'on y identifie Montreal comme telle?

 

Sent from my SCH-I500

[ProposMontréal]

Je n'ai pas vu le film, mais j'en doutes. Quand je dis que ça ne peut pas nuire à Montréal, je parlais surtout du côté de l'industrie, pas du grand public.

[UrbMtl]

Je crois que Montréal est très bien représentée!

Dans la bande annonce, on les voit dans le Stade Olympique, et il semble y avoir des scènes assez particulières durant lesquelles on peut voir la ville.

 

[Chris1989]

Although it is very obviously Montreal, it's been labelled as an unidentified American city in the film. It made $8.1 million Friday, tracking toward a $20 million opening weekend, which is excellent for this type of film. A success!

[Humberto]

J'aime vraiment voir le stade au centre ville, peut etre un stade pour les expos au centre ville serait vraiment une belle idee (du cote du design bien sur), economiquement peut etre pas.

[LindbergMTL]

Nouvelle serie sur ABC ce soir, tournee a Montreal (passant pour Philly)... Zero Hour.