With the recent hearing for the Assembly Bill 238 Nevada Film Tax Incentive bill by Sony Pictures, Warner Bros., and Howard Hughes Holdings, the activity for Nevada’s future as a film and media hub had a rather quiet week! On Friday, March 7th, the Nevada Film Office released an article that essentially summarized the journey Read more

Today got off to a surprising start with the announcement that Warner Bros. has officially rekindled their partnership with Sony towards building a film studio in Las Vegas! In this case it is for the Summerlin Studios development and leaving behind the Nevada Studios Media Campus project with the University of Nevada Las Vegas. This Read more

So soon after our review of the latest draft of the Nevada AB238 Film Tax Incentive bill by Sony Pictures, we now have the announcement today of the SB220 bill by Warner Bros. and UNLV! The bills are surprisingly similar in their text, possibly basing both off of the same original template when they were Read more

A new draft of the Nevada AB238 bill by Sony Pictures and Howard Hughes Properties has been posted in an official form and we have reviewed it for any changes and amendments. From what we can see, a number of questions have been cleared up simply by the bill offering more specifics and clarifications. While Read more

This is a summary of our findings while reviewing the current draft bill of the Nevada Assembly Bill 238: Enacts the Nevada Studio Infrastructure Jobs and Workforce Training Act. (BDR S-63) While we have posted our findings on a detailed thread on X, they may have been too lengthy for the system as it disappears Read more

We have reached out to many different parties to find solutions for building Babs Do Studios. Some have been helpful, others hopeful for our future, and there are times when we run into gates and solid walls that simply confound us, particularly in the form of lack of vision and foresight. As we have shared Read more

In our efforts to build Babs Do Studios in Nevada, we have been met with a surprising amount of skepticism and many negative comments and points of view regarding the film industry and even the need for such entertainment infrastructure in the state due to “the current market”. Despite these statements, the speakers gloss over Read more

As we attended the first American Film Market in Las Vegas earlier this month, we were overwhelmed by the support we had received from our professional peers for our work at Babs Do Productions and our hopes for Babs Do Studios in Nevada. With so many stories of how people got their start in the Read more

The month ahead holds very much for the country with a presidential election as well as the state of the film industry with the first American Film Market event in Las Vegas. For Babs Do Productions and the future for Babs Do Studios, this is going to be a key time to follow news and Read more

With the announcement of Warner Bros. taking over the Las Vegas Media Campus development and absorbing Nevada Studios with Sony Pictures committed to continuing with the other half of the once shared development in Summerlin, the buildup for new film tax incentives in Nevada gained some new traction. With Babs Do Studios remaining independent and Read more