It’s doubtful the upcoming second Sherlock Holmes sequel will feature the line “elementary, my dear California,” but the Golden State sure helped solve the riddle of how to get the latest installment starring Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law and Rachel McAdams financed. With a near-record allocation of just under $20.85 million, Warner Bros’ December 2021- debuting Sherlock Holmes 3 was by far the most rewarded of the 10 films set to receive a boost from the state’s tax credits program managed by the California Film Commission . As you can see from the chart below, this latest round of film credits has the fifth and likely final Purge offering from Blumhouse, as well as another American Pie treat among the five “non-independent” and five independent films that got a piece of the lucrative pie. Related Story Coen Brothers, Eva Longoria & Steven Soderbergh Films Among 22 Features Allocated CA Tax Credits (CLICK ON IMAGE ABOVE TO ENLARGE) … [Read more...] about ‘Sherlock Holmes 3’ & ‘Purge 5’ Among 10 Features Bestowed Big Bucks From California Tax Credits
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‘Rent’ Releases Rare Jonathan Larson Demos in Honor of 25th Anniversary
Before there was Be More Chill, before there was Spring Awakening, before teens were swiping on purple eyeliner and lipsynching to Beetlejuice’ s “Dead Mom” on TikTok, there was Rent. The iconic rock musical was a multicultural paean to the lives of impoverished musicians, filmmakers, philosopher-poets, kinksters, runaways, and junkies struggling to survive in the then-squalid Alphabet City area of Manhattan’s East Village, against the backdrop of the HIV / AIDS crisis. Written by Jonathan Larson, who tragically died before Rent opened to widespread acclaim off- Broadway , the musical was revolutionary for not only depicting, but celebrating, the lives of marginalized youth who had never before had their stories told on Broadway, winning multiple Tonys and a Pulitzer, catapulting songs like “Seasons of Love” and “La Vie Boheme” into the zeitgeist and kickstarting the careers of Anthony Rapp, Idina Menzel, Taye Diggs, and Jesse L. Martin. Related Stories … [Read more...] about ‘Rent’ Releases Rare Jonathan Larson Demos in Honor of 25th Anniversary