Hollywood discovers
Oregon coast town
ASTORIA (All — I nis town
is stage struck — but It’s movie
money, not glamour, that has
the folks dazzled
Film crews hero this week
wrapped up shooting Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles III and
FlQ0 WiUv and are headed hack
to Los Angoies.
But state officials say yet an
other movie deal may be in the
works.
Karen Runkel. project manag
er with the Oregon Film and
Video Division, said Thursday
that a major independent film
company is interested in using
the state's new sound stages at
North Tongue Point to shoot a
drama.
Scouts will be checking out
locations once casting is com
pleted. Runkel said. If Astoria
is chosen, the film would be
shot this fall.
“I hope to hear by the end of
the week,” Runkel said.
Golden Harvest Films Inc.,
the makers of the third Turtle
movie, invested about $350,000
into building sound stages in
Hangar 3 at North Tongue
Point.
The Oregon Division of State
Lands, owner of the? hangar,
wants to continue leasing the
building to other film makers
for the rest of the year and into
1993.
Jim Maxwell, chairman of
The Committee to Promote As
toria. Is proposing his organiza
tion spend S2.000 for an ad in
the Hollywood Reporter to plug
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"We have the dance hall. We
need someone to come to the
party,” Maxwell said.
Maxwell discussed the idea
Wednesday with City Manager
Bob DeLong, other city officials
and local Chamber of Com
merce director Lynn Wallace.
"1 think it's a good idea."
DeLong said. "The thinking is,
with the sound stage that we
have now, there really is a ra
tionale and business reason be
hind getting a little bit of expo
sure in the film community."
The city also Is getting free
exposure from (Tews that en
joyed their stay in Oregon.
"When we go back home and
they ask us how it was, ull we
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great, and just mention the con
venionco, beauty of the land
scape, the hospitality of the
people and the cooperation of
the mayor and city officials."
said Michael Singer, spokes
man for Free Willy.
Free Willy, a Warner Bros
picture about a street kid who
rescues a killer whale from the
owners of an amusement perk,
is tentatively due for release in
the spring of 1 'iu:i
Teenage Mutant Ninja Tur
tles III, in which the reptilian
foursome go hut k to ancient Ja
pan to rescue their friend April
O'Neil, is due for release in late
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said producer Tom Gray of
Golden Harvest Filins Inc , the
turtles may return to Astoria for
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
IV 'ITie set for the turtles' sub
way den is waiting in storage at
Hangar :i
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