After two years of debate over environmental issues, the developers of a $76 million production studio on Grand Bahama Island have signed a lease with government allowing them to move forward with the project.
Mr. Paul Quigley, CEO of Toronto-based Gold Rock Film Studio and Theme Park said that with the signed lease, excavation for the world’s largest marine filming tank (100×80 feet and 12 feet deep) will now be able to go below sea-level.
The studio will produce commercials, feature films, TV series, music videos and in-house productions. It is expected that the studio and theme park will help spawn an indiginous film industry eventually supplying about 1200 jobs for Bahamians.
The first project on the horizon is filming for Disney’s Pirates of The Caribbean II and III movies which is scheduled to begin in May.
