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There is a new Sound Stage in Palm Beach County, Florida for Filmmakers to use for FREE!
The G-Star School of the Arts and the G-Star Studios is building the largest state-of-the-art motion picture sound stage in south Florida and one of the biggest in the entire state. Greg Hauptner, G-Star Founder and CEO/CFO, signed the construction loan with Orion Bank on Friday, September 25th. Saltz-Michelson is the architectural firm; the construction company is DooleyMack; and the legal work was performed by Carlton-Fields. This was the final step in the process that began almost three years ago. The G-Star Sound Stage is now funded! This 45' high sound stage, a copy of a Warner Bros.-LA sound stage, is also the only sound stage anywhere built to be convertible into a theater for live performances and movie premiers. It has special waterproofing and drainage for hurricane-type scenes and a dynamic smoke elimination system for forest fire-type scenes. Included in the floor plan is a two-story atrium area for theater/premier receptions with wet bar and a new adjacent stand-alone Key West-style house with changing rooms, full bath, kitchen and business/computer rooms and lounge for use as a green room for major movie stars and their staff. The new sound stage will combine with the already existing 93,000 sq. ft. G-Star Studios movie studio complex which is offered for NO CHARGE to Filmmakers. For information, please visit our website at www.gstarstudios.com. G-Star has just added a brand new 5-ton grip package for rent at one-half price of other rental houses. Why does G-Star make this offer? Our mission is to provide our students with real-world hands-on experience in the film industry by interning on the sets of feature films, commercials and music videos.
The property acquired by G-Star three years ago for the sound stage is contingent to the G-Star Studios where over 40 feature films, music videos, commercials and major magazine photography shoots have taken place. From its inception, the G-Star Studios has been set up for the production of feature films in the $10 million and under budget range. With the new sound stage that budget range is now up to $25 million to $50 million. The G-Star sound stage is the same size sound stage as those in LA that were used for the filming of Jurassic Park III, The Incredible Hulk I&II, and where Two and a Half Men and Desperate Housewives are shot today.
The G-Star School of the Arts for Motion Pictures and Broadcasting is a charter high school. G-Star’s academic mission has been accomplished via a graduation rate of 96% and with 95% of its students attending colleges with premier film programs such as USC, UCLA, NYU, FSU, etc. G-Star’s artistic mission is to create a film industry to employ its students after they graduate from college. This past summer the G-Star Foundation created a new scholarship program that funded the school’s first feature-length film, It’s a Dog Gone Tale: Destiny’s Stand, starring Golden Globe and Tony winner Barry Bostwick and Ron Paolillo, star of Welcome Back, Kotter and 150 TV shows and feature films; LA and NY film industry professionals including Academy Award winner Bobby Moresco, Co-writer & Co-producer of Crash and Million Dollar Baby, and Dean Lyon, Special Visual Effects Supervisor on all three Lord of the Rings movies; plus 125 G-Star graduates from college and present high school students. G-Star eventually will fund up to four feature films per year, thus creating a self-sustaining film industry at its Studios located in Palm Beach County. The new sound stage grand opening is slated for April, 2010 featuring the world premier of Destiny's Stand.
Contact:
Greg Hauptner
561-386-6275
greghauptn@aol.com
www.gstarstudios.com
www.gstarschool.org
www.gstarfoundation.org
