Medient Studios Inc. (fka MDNT)

[Debbie777]

I wasn't surprised to see Jake say they probably would pull out of "Kickback". The projected budget on that was $10M and it's going to be filmed in the UK. If it could have been filmed in the Savannah area, it might have been a different story. But, because of the true story line, it would make no sense to film it in Georgia. I'm disappointed, because I love the story of Kickback, but I do understand the decision under the current circumstance.

Manu had a slate of four new movies (Battle, Kickback, The Damned and Kilat). "The Damned" was the only movie slated to be filmed in Georgia and it only has an estimated budget of $1M.

Right now, Medient needs to spend movie production money in the Savannah area so they can create jobs, as well as get the tax benefits. Jake has said several times this last week, that they are going to get back to making movies in the local area.