Toronto Start For "The Saint" ?
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According to VancouverFilm.Net , the September 2009, British Columbia provincial budget contains no new tax relief for the local film/TV industry, looking to increase BC's 35% labour-based tax credit.
The new budget was revealed as British Columbia currently faces the biggest provincial deficit in its history.
In recent weeks, the BC film/TV sector become increasingly agitated as the province began losing US projects to Ontario, including the recent move to Toronto of Vancouver-based Brightlight Pictures, noted for a string of Uwe Boll-directed features, setting-up shop in Ontario to lense a US service production remake of the 1962 UK TV series "The Saint", based on the works of author Leslie Charteris.
Sneak Peek the opening to the first episode of "The Saint"...
According to VancouverFilm.Net , the September 2009, British Columbia provincial budget contains no new tax relief for the local film/TV industry, looking to increase BC's 35% labour-based tax credit.
The new budget was revealed as British Columbia currently faces the biggest provincial deficit in its history.
In recent weeks, the BC film/TV sector become increasingly agitated as the province began losing US projects to Ontario, including the recent move to Toronto of Vancouver-based Brightlight Pictures, noted for a string of Uwe Boll-directed features, setting-up shop in Ontario to lense a US service production remake of the 1962 UK TV series "The Saint", based on the works of author Leslie Charteris.
Sneak Peek the opening to the first episode of "The Saint"...