Hawaii Film Studio is planning to boost its appeal with $3.5m of renovation work to improve the decades-old facility.
Author: Nick Goundry
Published: 09 Oct 2015
Hawaii Film Studio is planning to boost its appeal with $3.5m of renovation work to improve the decades-old facility.
The complex currently offers a 16,000 sq ft sound stage and additional facilities including a construction mill and production bungalows. But the studio is in desperate need of renovation using money made available by the Governor’s Office last year, reports local news outlet KHON2.
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“Parts of it date back to the 70s,” said state film commissioner Donne Dawson, in comments to the outlet. “This film studio is a critical piece to Hawaii’s growing film industry. The cottages are more than 40 years old. They are termite-eaten [and] rat-infested.”
Hawaii is a popular filming location, especially for exotic jungle settings within the US. The state offers a refundable tax credit of up to 25% and productions are specifically incentivised to shoot on the archipelago’s smaller islands.
The hit TV drama Lost previously helped Hawaii sustain its production profile and a reboot of the classic 80s crime drama Hawaii Five-0 has since found new success.
Recent high-profile feature productions to film in Hawaii have included Jurassic World, Godzilla and Alexander Payne’s Oscar-winning family drama The Descendants.
For more on filming in Hawaii, see our production guide.
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