Atlantic City’s former Playground Pier at Caesars to become movie and TV studio

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Atlantic City’s former Playground Pier at Caesars to become movie and TV studio
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Cue the skeptics? Not when you consider that New Jersey offers a 35 percent tax credit to companies filming in South Jersey, which has proven to be an enticement. Or the space's 17 kitchens.

ATLANTIC CITY — Let’s be honest, every inch of this picturesque town with a thousand unresolved plot lines could be a movie set.

The group also wants to stage events and entertainment, host parties and wrestling tournaments, all aimed toward a grand opening in time for next summer. Or say the big Buddha from the old Buddakan, or the midcentury decor of the old Continental. “It’s so ginormous,” he said. “We just started looking for investors.”

Previously home to Continental, Buddakan, and other restaurants, that space will now form the main portion for studio sets and sound stages. The fourth floor will continue to be a wedding venue, One Atlantic Ocean, Koriakin said. “There’s a lot of things we can do right now,” Franklin said. “There’s so many different locations and storefronts. It depends on what they’re trying to film. We can build a jail cell, do a nightclub scene.”

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