http://www.richmondbizsense.com Richmond's Homepage For Business News Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:46:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/11/19/is-spielberg-scouting-richmond-for-lincoln-biopic/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/11/19/is-spielberg-scouting-richmond-for-lincoln-biopic/#comments Fri, 19 Nov 2010 18:51:01 +0000 Al Harris http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=23611 Richmond has long been in the running to land the $50 million production of Stephen Spielberg’s biopic about Abraham Lincoln. The chances of it happening have looked doubtful. The film has been delayed for more than a year, and star Liam Neeson recently said that he was no longer attached to the project. But a ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/11/19/is-spielberg-scouting-richmond-for-lincoln-biopic/feed/ 5 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/05/26/network-passes-on-richmond-filmed-drama/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/05/26/network-passes-on-richmond-filmed-drama/#comments Tue, 26 May 2009 18:07:39 +0000 Al Harris http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=7838 Richmond won’t be standing in for Washington this fall after all. Film crews and Hollywood stars arrived in Richmond in April to shoot a pilot for the CW network called The Body Politic. The drama centered on a small-town girl (Minka Kelly of Friday Night Lights) turned congressional staffer. But the network passed on the ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/05/26/network-passes-on-richmond-filmed-drama/feed/ 0 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/05/11/monday-qa-rewriting-role-of-va%e2%80%99s-film-industry/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/05/11/monday-qa-rewriting-role-of-va%e2%80%99s-film-industry/#comments Mon, 11 May 2009 10:12:09 +0000 Al Harris http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=7387 Virginia Film Commissioner Rita McClenny is trying to keep the momentum going, perhaps by bringing Steven Spielberg to the state. But McClenny says that without government funding for attraction programs, Virginia is not competitive enough with other states that do have lucrative incentive programs]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/05/11/monday-qa-rewriting-role-of-va%e2%80%99s-film-industry/feed/ 0