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HOLLYWOOD ‘PRODUCERS’ PICK APPLE
September 29, 2004The New York Post – The movie version of “The Producers,” a quintessential New York comedy, will be filmed in the Big Apple instead of Canada, thanks to special tax incentives offered by the state and city, jubilant officials announced yesterday. “I’m going to shoot this picture just for the tax benefits,” joked Mel Brooks at a press conference with Gov. Pataki, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Mayor Bloomberg in the new Steiner Studios at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
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BIG APPLE IS READY FOR ITS CLOSE-UPS
September 29, 2004The Los Angeles Times – More than five years after former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani announced plans to build a “Hollywood-style” studio at the old Brooklyn Navy Yard, a new city administration has declared the site ready for a major movie project: a big-screen version of Mel Brooks’ hit musical, “The Producers.”
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BROOKS GETS ‘PRODUCERS’ CREDIT; PIC STAYS IN NY
September 29, 2004The Hollywood Reporter – Mel Brooks said Tuesday that his movie musical “The Producers” will begin filming in February at a new studio in Brooklyn because of a new tax credit designed to bring more movies to New York. The Universal Pictures film stars Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick in the roles they played on Broadway; Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell co-star. It’s scheduled for release at Christmas 2005.
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GOV STEPS ON BROOKS’ LAFF LINES
September 29, 2004Daily News – Mel Brooks had just finished telling a joke about three rabbis and a Cadillac when a functionary asked him to join Mayor Bloomberg and Gov. Pataki. “Okay, the governor, the mayor!” Brooks said. “Big-time!” Brooks started across the new movie studio at the Brooklyn Navy Yard where he will be shooting a musical remake of “The Producers.” The story concerns Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom, who sell 1,000% of a Broadway show about Hitler with the assumption it is sure to flop.
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BROOKS HELPING MOVIE BIZ TO BLOOM
September 29, 2004Daily News – Bialystock and Bloom are moving from Broadway to Brooklyn. Declaring “there is nothing like New York,” Mel Brooks announced yesterday he will film “The Producers: The Movie Musical” at the new Steiner Studios in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The legendary funnyman looked on yesterday as Gov. Pataki signed into law the Empire State Film Production Credit Program, which gives a 10% tax credit on production costs for movies and TV shows that do most of their filming on New York sound stages.
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