Richmond has long been in the running to land the $50 million production of Stephen Spielberg’s biopic about Abraham Lincoln.
Rita McClenny
Network passes on Richmond-filmed drama
Richmond won’t be standing in for Washington this fall after all. Film crews and Hollywood stars arrived in Richmond in April to shoot a pilot for the CW network called The Body Politic. The drama centered on a small-town girl (Minka Kelly of Friday Night Lights) turned congressional staffer. But the network passed on the… Read more »
Q&A: Rewriting role of Va.’s film industry
Virginia Film Commissioner Rita McClenny is trying to keep the momentum going, perhaps by bringing Steven Spielberg to the state. But McClenny says that without government funding for attraction programs, Virginia is not competitive enough with other states that do have lucrative incentive programs.