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Article: Studio mulls location for 'Superman'.(Los Angeles officials hope Warner Bros will make next "Superman" movie in Los Angeles)
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- Los Angeles Business Journal
- Article date:
- March 3, 2003
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As rumors swirl in the trades and on fan Internet sites about which Hollywood hunk will be cast to play the next Man of Steel, a quieter more critical debate is taking place at Warner Bros.' corporate offices about where to build Metropolis.
With hundreds of jobs at stake, local officials have been putting on a full-court press to keep "Superman" in town.
Against a backdrop of runaway production that has seen L.A.'s entertainment workforce lose more than 10,000 jobs over the past decade, every studio feature that is made in L.A. these days is celebrated as a victory for local workers.
Keeping the "Superman" production has taken on added weight ...