LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – A major push to bring major movie studios to Nevada. The public face of the effort is a famous one. Mark Wahlberg now lives in Nevada and is trying to get Hollywood to relocate here too. Thursday night, Wahlberg sat down for a conversation with the Nevada Independent on making that happen.
“I know what we can create here…It is not a matter of if, it is a matter of when,” Wahlberg contended.
The now Las Vegas resident taking the stage to tell his own story during Indyfest, sharing how the Nevada chapter of his life began when Wahlberg exchanged the Hollywood spotlight for the bright lights of the Vegas Strip a couple years ago.
“We knew that raising children in LA was very problematic,” Wahlberg stated.
“Fifteen minutes away is this kind of beautiful, peaceful community that I have found to be my happy place,” Wahlberg described his Summerlin community.
Wahlberg is now trying to rewrite the script of the longtime California based movie industry. If his efforts prove successful, Hollywood 2.0 would be located here.
“I work with Warner Brothers, I work with Sony, I work with Netflix, I work with Disney,” Wahlberg explained.
“You going to bring them all here?,” asked the moderator, Jon Ralston.
“I think ultimately that would be the goal. They all used to make movies right there in LA and people don’t do it anymore,” Wahlberg revealed.
In May of last year, Wahlberg testified before Nevada lawmakers on his vision to bring silver screen productions to the Silver State.
“As Vegas grows and thrives with sports, entertainment, and everything else, it makes complete sense…I think the commitment that we have from Sony, people like Warner Brothers coming to the table…This is not something I’m throwing out there. If it works it is not great onto the next. You know I’m here I’m ready to go,” Wahlberg promised.
Wahlberg says he is about to shoot a movie in London that could have been shot here.
Wahlberg also shared that he has talked with Governor Joe Lombardo several times on how to make his vision a reality. Ultimately, the biggest piece of the puzzle in luring in studios: film tax credits is something that is expected to go before the legislature next year.
Copyright 2024 KVVU. All rights reserved.
