Plymouth Rock Studios was a proposed
film
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and
television
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production studio
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in
. The studio had held a now-expired option to buy Waverly Oaks Golf Club in
Plymouth
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Plymouth ...
as the site for the $650 million, development originally slated to be complete in 2010. The proposal included fourteen
sound stage
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s
back lots, a multipurpose
theater
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, a
hotel
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and
office
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s. The original proposed location for the studio complex was located in
South Plymouth, near the town lines of
Bourne
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** Bourne Abbey
** Bourne railway station
* Bourne (electoral division), West Sussex
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* Bourne ...
and
Wareham, but was rejected because of faulty land titles.
Construction of the studio was planned to start in July 2009, but was delayed indefinitely in November 2009 when construction funding fell through weeks before the planned groundbreaking.
History
Plans and studio facilities
The future home of Plymouth Rock Studios was first proposed in early 2008. A first site chosen in South Plymouth, off Bourne Road, was abandoned when title issues threatened to delay construction indefinitely. Shortly thereafter a new plan - on the site of an existing golf course on Long Pond Road (Waverly Oaks Golf Course), was announced.
As of 2011, the facility no longer has any option on the Waverly property and the owner is trying to develop a housing community.
Local Support
Plymouth citizens overwhelmingly voted on May 10, 2008, in support of the studio. Question 3 was a nonbinding referendum used to evaluate whether Plymouth voters were in support of plans of Plymouth Rock Studios being built in their town. The vote was in favor with 8,530 votes of yes and 1,118 votes of no. On October 27, 2008, a vote by members present at the Plymouth town meeting passed articles granting zoning privileges and tax breaks for Plymouth Rock Studios.
Plymouth eagerly embraces movie studio - Plymouth, MA - Cape Cod Times
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The "Hollywood East" Sign
In May 2008, Plymouth Rock Studios licensed the rights to the iconic Hollywood sign
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from the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. The studio planned to erect a "Hollywood East" sign in the Plymouth area to accompany the studio. A temporary installation of the sign, standing tall and across, at the Plymouth Courthouse was unveiled in July 2008, but was quickly removed after various groups objected.
References
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External links
Plymouth Rock Studios website
(not updated since 2009)
Defunct film and television production companies of the United States
Cinema of Massachusetts
Television in Massachusetts
Companies based in Massachusetts
Plymouth, Massachusetts
Mass media companies established in 2008
Mass media companies disestablished in 2009