UPDATE: From the City of Savannah at about 2 p.m. today:
SpongeBob sequel scheduled to film in Savannah
The City of Savannah Film Services Office announced today the “SpongeBob Movie 2” will be shooting live action scenes in the Savannah area this September, October and November.
“SpongeBob is a very successful international franchise and we are very excited to be working with Paramount on this project. This is a good fit for us and them. We know from experience how valuable the investment and exposure generated by a project like this can be for our community,†said Jay Self, City of Savannah Film Services Director.
Individuals interested in working as crew may forward resumes to: resumes.spongebob2@gmail.com.
I still think it’s likely that we will hear something about the Affleck film soon.
ORIGINAL POST:
More signs are pointing to the likelihood of Ben Affleck making his adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s Edgar Award-winning novel Live By Night in Savannah in the coming months.
From ‘Blockbuster’ movie could be shot in Savannah in today’s Savannah Morning News:
The deal is “99 percent done†and an announcement could come soon, Jay Self told the Savannah Downtown Business Association. The film would be shot downtown and would generate approximately $250,000 a day in spending, he said.
I don’t have inside knowledge of anything, but it’s no secret that Ben Affleck has looked at Savannah locations for Live By Night. Check out this post from late May for other details and links.
And reliable sources confirmed that Affleck was back in Savannah about two weeks ago.
Lehane’s novel is set during the Prohibition-era in south Florida — that’s a period and a location that existing Savannah locations can support. As I have previously noted, Georgia’s more flexible tax incentives might be giving us an edge over Florida in competition for the shoot.
And a few words of caution: I could be totally wrong and it’s always possible that someone could pull the plug on the entire project.