Here are the key players behind the proposed film studio in south Plymouth.
Plymouth Rock Studios Name of the proposed 1 million square foot film studio in south Plymouth. Project Julia LLC The company proposing to build Plymouth Rock Studios. It was named for Julia Roberts because backers hope the studio will attract stars of Roberts’ caliber. Good News Holdings A Sherman Oaks, Calif.-based multimedia company focusing on the Christian market that made initial inquires about a south Plymouth studio. The company has some of the same principals as Project Julia LLC, but Project Julia is an autonomous company Co-founder, Project Julia LLC and Good News Holdings. Former president of production at Touchstone Pictures and Walt Disney Pictures through the 1980s; president of Paramount Pictures in the early 1990s.
Consultant, Project Julia LLC. Co-founder, with former state treasurer Joe Malone, of M/D Group, a Humarock-based consulting firm specializing in corporate strategy; former senior vice president of administration and chief financial officer of the Boston Celtics. |
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Earl Lestz Managing officer, Plymouth Rock Studios President of the Studio Group at Paramount Pictures from 1985 to 2005; founder of ESL Consulting, a studio-facilities consulting firm; chairman of Hollywood Chamber of Commerce from 1987-88; member of the board of directors for the Hollywood Entertainment Museum. Managing officer, Plymouth Rock Studios. Background: Co-founder and director of “Spiritainment” for Good News Holdings; former partner of Barna Group, a Ventura, Calif.-based Christian marketing research firm founded by Good News Holdings co-founder and chairman George Barna. Managing officer, Plymouth Rock Studios. Co-founder and director of content development at Good News Holdings; former producer for NBC Nightly News and the West Coast producer for the Today Show; executive producer on a project under 20th Century Fox’s faith-based initiative; one of 12 fellows in the inaugural Directors Guild of America Single Camera Directors’ Prep Program. The Shindler Perspective Consultant brought on by Project Julia to measure the proposed studio’s economic affect on the region. Husband and wife management consulting team based in Encino, Calif. Marty and Roberta Shindler have provide business-management services for creative, technology and emerging companies since 1996. They both attended college in Massachusetts. |
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Sources: goodnewsholdings.com; www.ishindler.com, mdgroupllc.com; hollywoodmuseum.com