Connecticut Studios

Proposed Site and Facilities

Connecticut Studios will include a total of 495,000+/- square feet of newly constructed facilities including:

  • Nine sound stages totaling approximately 175,000 square feet of space.
  • Approximately 104,000 square feet of executive offices.
  • Approximately 75,000 square feet of mill and storage facilities.
  • Sufficient space for location shooting.
  • Room for expansion as business grows.
  • A 125-room, 75,000 square-foot hotel.
  • Four restaurants occupying 30,000 square feet of space.
  • Retail building with 16,000 square feet of space.

Connecticut Studios will be a good neighbor in South Windsor

  • Connecticut Studios is a well planned and responsible project that is consistent with the town’s goals for real estate and economic development.
  • Movie studios are clean, environmentally friendly businesses.
  • Movie studios are quiet businesses with operations typically limited to Monday through Friday.
  • The studio would be a secure, self-contained facility with all parking on premise and a 24-hour security staff.
  • The studio’s close proximity to major highways will offset local traffic issues.
  • The studio would contribute to the local economy and tax base helping to keep property taxes down and will create new opportunities for local business growth and individual employment.
  • The studio will support local projects and organizations.
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Businesses Play Role In Hartford Movie

Joanna Smiley

Hartford Business Journal

September 6, 2010

From Oct. 2 -21, Marty Lang and Gary Ploski will shoot the independent film, Rising Star, in Hartford. The movie tells the story of an overworked insurance employee who finds online love along an unexpected journey.

And Hartford’s business community is being invited to play a role.

The film will shoot six days a week in the Mark Twain House and Museum, the Connecticut Science Center, Bushnell Park, Cedar Hill Cemetery, the Union Place bus station, local bars and clubs and the general downtown area. So far, 118 local residents have contacted the producers via their on-line forum — risingstarmovie.com/contact/ — to become extras in the film. Marty Lang, writer/director, ‘Rising Star’

The principals discussed the inspiration for their film and their process of collaborating with local businesses to make it possible:

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