Showtime for Wayans: Oakland council moves forward with studio plan
Four-month agreement on development at former Oakland Army Base
By Cecily Burt, STAFF WRITER
Article Launched: 07/18/2007 02:44:29 AM PDT
OAKLAND - It's showtime for the Wayans Brothers, and Oakland couldn't be more ready. The Oakland City Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to spend the next four months working with the Wayans development group, pinning its hopes that the partnership will produce a world-class movie studio and arts, entertainment and retail destination spread over 62 acres at the former Army base in West Oakland, and finally give Oakland the cache and recognition it so desires.
A previous agreement with the Wayans Brothers' Fulton Development Group expired in May after two disappointing years. This time around, Keenen Ivory Wayans, brother of Marlon, Shawn and Damon and creative mind behind the movies "White Chicks" and "Little Man," and the "Scary Movie" franchise, teamed up with Britten Shuford of the Pacifica Capital Group. Wayans said previously that he thinks Oakland is primed for new opportunity, calling the city "a sleeping giant."
He said he sees no negatives in bringing his ambitious project to Oakland, which is just fine for the many people who have shown Wayans nothing but love and support since he first came to town nearly three years ago.
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