Friday, March 17, 2017

George R.R. Martin starts non-profit film foundation in Santa Fe

(Photo by Mark Davis/Getty Images)

George R.R. Martin, who you may know as the guy behind the Song of Ice and Fire novels — possibly, I dunno — has a new side project: he’s launched a non-profit film company called the Stagecoach Foundation in his hometown of Santa Fe, New Mexico. A Santa Fe resident donated a 30,000 square foot building — formerly the headquarters of Daylight Chemical Information Systems — to Martin, and the author has turned it into an office and film production facility he hopes will attract filmmakers big and small to the area. “Our dream is to bring more jobs to the people of Santa Fe, and to help train the young people of the city for careers in the entertainment industry, through internships, mentoring, and education,” he wrote on his Not a Blog.

Local authorities are giddy over the prospect of pumping Hollywood money into the area. “What this means for the city specifically is more film infrastructure,” said Santa Fe mayor Javier Gonzales. “As a foundation and a non-profit, [Martin’s] vision to make this facility accessible and affordable [so filmmakers can have a place] where they can go and create.”

Gonzales posed for a picture with Martin, too.

As Gonzales says above, the first filmmakers to take advantage of the space will be Joel and Ethan Coen, the guys behind movies like Fargo, The Big Lebowski, and No Country for Old Men.

And now that we have all the info out there, let’s get the primal fan scream out of the way: ‘WHY IS HE OPENING FILM STUDIOS WHEN THE WINDS OF WINTER STILL ISN’T FINISHED?’

Okay, I’m glad that’s over. Best of luck to the Stagecoach Foundation.

 


Via http://winteriscoming.net/2017/03/17/george-r-r-martin-starts-non-profit-film-foundation-in-santa-fe/
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