For people who knew him, its so fitting.
Having this school come together with his name on it is just such an incredible, wonderful thing.
They can travel to other Great Point studios in Buffalo, Georgia and Wales and affiliated Los Angeles stages.
Lionsgate Studios Yonkers; Robert Halmi Jr. with Raising Kanan cast, Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano at ribbon cutting for school named after the late Robert Halmi Sr.Getty Images
Lionsgate Newark in New Jersey just broke ground and should be open in about 16 months.
The secret to why any of these big locations work is great tax credits and great local crews.
And we want Yonkers to have an incredible local crew base, and this is the start of that.
IATSE was a big part of the process.
Theres no better way to do it.
They embraced that immediately.
They put all their education resources at our disposal.
They help track the curriculum.
We have a former IATSE member whos heading up this effort on staff at the school.
Weve been full throughout the strike.
The Lionsgate relationship gives it an edge.
Whatever the studio needs to produce, those shows will come to us first.
And when Lionsgate has a hole in their schedule, we fill it with another show.
The next season of Lionsgate/StarzPower Book III: Raising Kananshoots in Yonkers until April.
He preferred that other shows currently shooting there or coming soon not be named in print.
We have our own bakery.
We have our own cafe.
We have incredible commissary.
It is a turnkey facility.
