Hollywood comes home to Pittsburgh

Relocated locals want to turn region into an entertainment capital

By Ron Weiskind, Post-Gazette Movie Editor

A group of Steel City expatriates who have forged powerful careers in show business are returning home this weekend to promote a new vision for Pittsburgh as a film and television production center.

They want to utilize the city's own natural resources -- its people and institutions -- and its largely untapped Hollywood connections to develop talent, scripts and entertainment projects that would bring in jobs and revenue.

The Pittsburgh Entertainment Summit, to be held Saturday at the WQED studios in Oakland, will introduce the concept to an invited audience of 200 civic, business and political leaders.

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