A new movie studio is on its way to the county.
The Effingham County Industrial Development Authority authorized the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding that will allow for the development of a movie studio, entertainment facility and campus in the county.
Mediant Studios will build the studio on 1500 acres on property off of Old River Road off of Interstate 16. It will create in excess of 1000 permanent jobs with an initial outlay of $90 million.
Facilities will include the studios, housing, cinema and electronic games experiences...with large areas providing both recreational and retailing services to the general public.
Once complete the studio will be the largest movie production facility anywhere in the world outside of Asia.
"This is project truly has the potential to be a game changer for this entire region," said John Henry, CEO of Effingham IDA. "We believe that our area will see significant benefit from this project for years to come."
"We are delighted that we have the opportunity to build our 'Disneyland meets Googleplex' mega-campus in Effingham County, and grateful to the Effingham IDA in reaching this agreement in such a professional and efficient manner," said Manu Kumaran, chairman and CEO of Mediant Studios. "We are confident that this exciting project will become a protype for environmentally sustainable construction, management and living. We look forward to the project enhancing and participating in the local community, becoming an undertaking of which we can all be proud."
The studios hopes to begin filming its first movie project by August or September of this year, and make 8 movies a year. The entire project should be completed sometime in 2015.
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