Now we're really hoping that the city, Windsor, and the County of Essex, gets involved and gives us that support so that we can build this way bigger than just one production team, but bring a whole bunch of different productions here.” “Usually, you want those things to follow. My understanding is the study does give a big thumbs-up to getting a film commissioner, but in fairness to them, they're holding on to the study because there's been no industry here yet,” he explained. To my surprise, they said yes, they did the study. “I asked the city to do a study about two years ago to get a film commissioner. So at any given time, you should have about 100 people employed and that should be just the beginning,” said Trenhaile. We should be able to get up to a point where we have two crews running at any given time and local actors etc. “It means the establishment of a new industry for Windsor. Trenhaile told CTV News there’s hope the city, county, or both local governments, can bring a film commissioner to the region to attract more media production crews to shoot in Windsor-Essex. “This is a ‘movie of the week’ that everybody's going to be able to see on the Lifetime Channel when it comes out and provided we've stayed on time and on budget, which it looks like we have, then we should get an order for another four movies that are all movies of the week that you'll see on Lifetime and Hallmark.”įilming for the upcoming Lifetime Channel movie “Show and Tell” has wrapped up. “This is our first test run,” Trenhaile explained. Trenhaile said efforts with his business partner to attract film and television productions to the region have been years in the making, suggesting Windsor’s proximity to Detroit, combined with smaller city hospitality, makes the Windsor-Essex region ideal for movie making. He continued, “You've got it all in one place, which is actually really, really, really uncommon.” You can do a downtown scene that looks like Chicago or New York and you have everything in between.” “It's like you can shoot on a rural setting like a vineyard. “This is when your passion for storytelling meets your passion for the city and your passion for business,” said co-producer Rhys Trenhaile. Hopes are high that Windsor-Essex can soon shine on the silver screen more than ever before, now that the filming of a new movie has wrapped.įilm crews spent the last 12 days shooting scenes across the city and county for the upcoming Lifetime Channel movie “Show and Tell” with on set officials confident more productions are on the way.
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