Originally Posted By 9oldmen Well, one of the things that the studio theme park was supposed to be, was an actual PRODUCTION facility, on a par with the counterparts in Hollywood. Disney and Universal both tried to do this,(moving Hollywood to Florida). And, yes, I know there is a "Hollywood,Florida", but you know what I mean. Universal tried, with feature films like Ron Howard's "Parenthood"(released in '89, a full year before USF itself opened to the public) and Joe Dante's "Matinee"(with scenes filmed on location in Key West). Disney shot their new MM Club(with Brittany and Christina) and other T.V. shows like "Thunder In Paradise" at their Florida studio, and of course, they had a working animation studio, which I miss. So, that's one of the things that definitly didn't quite pan out as planned with these Florida Studio/Theme Parks.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 Disney and Uni did try, but I believe it was half-assed at best. And they sure quit quickly, except for Disney's late great Florida Animation Studio. But you also can't force an industry to develop somewhere unless you make it very attractive for them. That's why places like Vancouver and even New Zealand have become big players in production and Orlando might as well be Hollywood (FLorida, that is) because folks aren't filming. And Disney has given up ... two of its soundstages are now TSMM and a third will eventually be an attraction. The last real taping I ever went to there was for the syndicated 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire' in early 2006, and by that point they were very uncommon.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer It's a shame- a lot of smaller ABC shows could be easily filmed there.
Originally Posted By MPierce Didn't Burt Reynolds, and Lonnie Anderson have a production company in Florida also, and it didn't pan out.
