'Sesame Street' Gets an Orlando Address for 3-D Film
(Orlando Sentinel) -- Big Bird has landed at Universal Studios, and attraction officials hope that flocks of film-production projects for theme parks will follow. The Sesame Street character and friends such as the Cookie Monster are starring in a 3-D film being made for a coming attraction at Universal Studios Japan. Although the 20-minute film isn't a likely Academy Award nominee, Universal officials have been keeping its plot and the name of the new Japanese attraction under wraps during production during the past two weeks. That's be-cause no announcement of the new attraction has been made in Japan, and marketing officials want to pre-serve the surprise. But the production, which wraps up today, has been good news for many in the film indus-try and other businesses in Orlando for several weeks. Costing in the range of $7 million to $10 million, the movie has employed -- at various times -- roughly 200 workers and purchased everything from balloons to bur-lap to make the props and set. Universal's Orlando sound stages won the right to produce the film over Ses-ame Street's usual television studio in New York because the facilities here offer higher ceilings that can ac-commodate the extra lighting needed for 3-D production.
(Orlando Sentinel) -- Big Bird has landed at Universal Studios, and attraction officials hope that flocks of film-production projects for theme parks will follow. The Sesame Street character and friends such as the Cookie Monster are starring in a 3-D film being made for a coming attraction at Universal Studios Japan. Although the 20-minute film isn't a likely Academy Award nominee, Universal officials have been keeping its plot and the name of the new Japanese attraction under wraps during production during the past two weeks. That's be-cause no announcement of the new attraction has been made in Japan, and marketing officials want to pre-serve the surprise. But the production, which wraps up today, has been good news for many in the film indus-try and other businesses in Orlando for several weeks. Costing in the range of $7 million to $10 million, the movie has employed -- at various times -- roughly 200 workers and purchased everything from balloons to bur-lap to make the props and set. Universal's Orlando sound stages won the right to produce the film over Ses-ame Street's usual television studio in New York because the facilities here offer higher ceilings that can ac-commodate the extra lighting needed for 3-D production.