movie studio industry film founded 2008 headquarters 41 47 16.15 n 70 36 6.9 w 41.7878194 n 70.601917 w 41.7878194 ; 70.601917 plymouth massachusetts united states key people david kirkpatrick website plymouth rock studios plymouth rock studios was a proposed film and television production studio in massachusetts . 1 the studio had held a now expired option to buy waverly oaks golf club in plymouth as the site 2 for the 650 million 1 260 000 square foot 117 000 m2 development originally slated to be complete in 2010 . the proposal included fourteen sound stages 10 acre 40 000 m2 back lots a multipurpose theater a hotel and offices . 3 the original proposed location for the studio complex was located in south plymouth near the town lines of bourne and wareham 4 but was rejected because of faulty land titles . 5 construction of the studio was planned to start in july 2009 6 but was delayed indefinitely in november 2009 when construction funding fell through weeks before the planned groundbreaking . 7 contents 1 history 1.1 plans and studio facilities 1.2 local support 1.3 the hollywood east sign 2 references 3 external links history edit plans and studio facilities edit the future home of plymouth rock studios was first proposed in early 2008 . a first site chosen in south plymouth off bourne road was abandoned when title issues threatened to delay construction indefinitely . shortly thereafter a new plan on the site of an existing golf course on long pond road waverly oaks golf course was announced . as of 2011 the facility no longer has any option on the waverly property and the owner is trying to develop a housing community . local support edit plymouth citizens overwhelmingly voted on may 10 2008 in support of the studio . question 3 was a nonbinding referendum used to evaluate whether plymouth voters were in support of plans of plymouth rock studios being built in their town . the vote was in favor with 8 530 votes of yes and 1 118 votes of no. 8 on october 27 2008 a vote by members present at the plymouth town meeting passed articles granting zoning privileges and tax breaks for plymouth rock studios . 9 the hollywood east sign edit in may 2008 plymouth rock studios licensed the rights to the iconic hollywood sign from the hollywood chamber of commerce . the studio planned to erect a hollywood east sign in the plymouth area to accompany the studio . a temporary installation of the sign standing 5 feet 1.5 m tall and 45 feet 14 m across at the plymouth courthouse was unveiled in july 2008 but was quickly removed after various groups objected . references edit legere christine 2008 04 24 . hollywood east . the boston globe . boston herald plymouth rock studios buys plymouth golf course brokaw leslie 2008 07 13 . divergent developments in plymouth . the boston globe . jenna russell 2008 03 08 . technicolor dreams soar in plymouth . boston globe . retrieved 2008 09 29 . emily wilcox . faulty titles strip studio plans . old colony memorial . retrieved 2008 09 29 . christine legere 2009 02 25 . plymouth movie studio on track executives say . boston globe . retrieved 2009 03 03 . plymouth rock studios future up in the air after construction funding deal collapses . patriot ledger . retrieved 2009 11 11 . plymouth voters give thunderous yes to movie studio project quincy ma the patriot ledger plymouth eagerly embraces movie studio plymouth ma cape cod times external links edit plymouth rock studios website not updated since 2009 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title plymouth rock studios & oldid 743016827 categories media companies established in 2008companies disestablished in 2009companies based in massachusettsmassachusetts film and televisionfilm production companies of the united statestelevision studios in the united statesplymouth massachusettsdefunct american film studioshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 7 october 2016 at 07 48 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view