Mooneyhan Entertainment Group to make Jax entertainment center?

[rjp2008]

Not sure what to make of this. Computer I'm on has trouble with Flash, so I can only read the text.
Sounds grandiose and we've heard similar ambitions before in real estate ventures, but the fact that this is a film industry venture and centered on a precious resource - the Florida beach area! - catches my interest.
Has anyone heard anything about this?


"Mooneyhan Entertainment Group is about to make the Jacksonville area one of the top entertainment centers of the world by developing various projects related to the entertainment business in different areas of Jacksonville. Mooneyhan Entertainment has chosen the beaches area to develop their first entertainment center...."
more here http://www.mooneyhanfilms.com/main.html

Update, apparently he tried to build a monstrous, Hollywood-level studio in Tennessee, but was unsuccessful. Maybe this guy is a reverse-Kuhn (fails earlier, succeeds later in Jax).

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa5293/is_199811/ai_n24338984

A major film studio in Jax, focused on family-oriented films, would be off the charts!

[BridgeTroll]

I have not heard anything until now... Seems very ambitious.  Phase one... a huge complex in Jax beach... complete with holographic moon that will be seen for miles.

Phase two... a large downtown complex...

Phase three... a large Universal type theme park somewhere around Jacksonville.

[ProjectMaximus]

Wow. Never heard of this before...the company or the projects.

I'll help you out with what I read from the Flash display:
"We have chosen the Jacksonville area because of the many elements that it has conducive to film and television production and tourism. In the early 1900's, Jacksonville was the birthplace of the motion picture industry and had the largest amusement theme park in the world at Jacksonville Beach. It is only fitting that both industries come back to this extremely progressive city."

There are three phases:
1) major development along atlantic Beach that includes a hotel, film and recording studios, and attractions based on the fact that Jax was the "birthplace of the film industry." (Which I did not know was quite the case...semantics I guess." Predominantly a tourist destination.
2) entertainment and dining options in downtown to be called Moonwalk City. An attempt to engage the nightlife downtown.
3) Eventually a major theme park called Movieland USA to be built just outside the city. To rival Disney and Universal Studios. The plans for this one aren't very clear...probably much further down the road.

I'm excited, but am not getting my hopes up til I see much more.

[Beloki]

Bring the entertainment back!

[Driven1]

Bring the entertainment back!

to quote Nirvana, "Here we are now, entertain us"

[civil42806]

Anyone googled this company, it seems a little odd.  Only hits are basically their website.  Can't find a otc, nasdaq or nyse listing, apparently privately owned.  You would think if they are such major players there would be a bit more information out there.

[JeffreyS]

Wow I hope they can pull this off.   With the biz coming to town I'll probably be a big star and you can all brag that I post here.

[ProjectMaximus]

Yeah, I don't think they are major players at all. And I think this plan is a pipe dream...for now at least.

Anyone googled this company, it seems a little odd.  Only hits are basically their website.  Can't find a otc, nasdaq or nyse listing, apparently privately owned.  You would think if they are such major players there would be a bit more information out there.

[JeffreyS]

The downtown rendering has it positioned next to the skyway.

[Beloki]

This is all I could find:

http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=mooneyhan+&x=2&y=4

Doesn't seem like a real large company.....

[copperfiend]

Sounds more like Fred Kahilian.

[thelakelander]

Interesting.  Very ambitious.  However, they'll have to revise their Jax Beach plan.  There's a 35ft height limit.  I wish them well, but I'm not getting my hopes up.

[thelakelander]

I just took a look at Downtown's Moon Walk City.  That's not going to happen unless the Bay Street Station project falls apart.  They appear to be targeted for the same lot.

[JeffreyS]

Interesting.  Very ambitious.  However, they'll have to revise their Jax Beach plan.  There's a 35ft height limit.  I wish them well, but I'm not getting my hopes up.

I just took a look at Downtown's Moon Walk City.  That's not going to happen unless the Bay Street Station project falls apart.  They appear to be targeted for the same lot.

If the money is there to do these projects those issues won't be big hurdles.

[blizz01]

A hologram depicting a full moon over Jax Beach?  Environmentalists would go nuts - I just imagine sea turtle hatchlings being drawn away from their natural environment/ocean - sort of "Pied Piper-esque"