Two films being shot in Utah will receive $352,000 in post-production rebates from the state's Motion Picture Incentive Fund.
The Utah Board of Business Development recently approved up to $200,000 for "Wieners," a road-trip comedy about three friends on a cross-country search for themselves in a hot-dog mobile, and up to $152,000 for "American Pastime," a period piece about a baseball team that formed in the Japanese internment camp in Topaz during WWII.
The pair, which will receive rebates after the films have wrapped up production in fiscal year 2007, join three other productions that received credits from the incentive fund in April. The five films are expected to generate $12.5 million in revenue for the state.
Wieners is produced by Gregory Smith, who also oversaw the newly canceled television series "Everwood." Besides "Wieners" and "American Pastime," other feature films being shot in Utah this summer include "Dark Matter," starring Meryl Streep and Val Kilmer, "Halloweentown 4," "Ice Spiders" and "The Last Sin Eater," a historical movie about a family in the 1850s directed by Michael Landon Jr.
- Mike Gorrell
Altiris makes growth list
Lindon-based Altiris Inc. once again is among the fastest growing systems-management companies on the 2006 Network World 200 list.
The software-based computer network management company has been ranked in the Top 10 four straight years by Network World (http://www.nww.com), an online site covering the networking software and services industry.
The listing is based on revenue. Altiris has experienced 53 percent growth in four years.
- Bob Mims
DOE checks Morgan plant
Holcim, U.S., Inc.'s cement manufacturing plant in Morgan went through a no-fee U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) assessment earlier this month to identify energy-saving opportunities, particularly in the plant's steam and process-heating systems.
DOE Energy Savings teams spent three days on their "Industrial Energy Saving Assessments," part of a Bush administration campaign - "Easy Ways to Save Energy" - to help energy-using industries to become more efficient
Companies interested in energy-saving resources may check the DOE Web site, http://www.eere.energy.gov/industry/saveenergynow.
- Mike Gorrell
