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/2011/05/05/spielberg-to-shoot-next-film-in-richmond/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2011/05/05/spielberg-to-shoot-next-film-in-richmond/#comments Thu, 05 May 2011 10:54:46 +0000 Al Harris http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=28580 Steven Spielberg's Abraham Lincoln project is expected to bring jobs and revenue to Richmond this fall]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2011/05/05/spielberg-to-shoot-next-film-in-richmond/feed/ 0 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/2009/05/11/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 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/03/18/tv-crew-coming-to-richmond-to-film-pilot/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/03/18/tv-crew-coming-to-richmond-to-film-pilot/#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:18:32 +0000 Al Harris http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=5656 Richmond just got cast as a stand-in for Washington, D.C. A pilot for the CW network will start filming in Richmond next week with camera crews shooting around Capitol Square and the Fan. The pilot, which is being produced by CBS Paramount, started prepping a few weeks ago and plans to finish filming by the ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/03/18/tv-crew-coming-to-richmond-to-film-pilot/feed/ 3