Marina Studios

09/24/2023

Hollywood Hits New England — Featured in Variety Magazine

Insights on the film industry in MA and it’s significant impact.

Read more at the link in bio.

09/14/2023

Featured in Variety Magazine

“The state’s production infrastructure has also grown to meet the demand with a pair of new production complexes launched under the Marina Studios banner.”

09/13/2023

“When people discuss busy U.S. production hubs outside of Los Angeles and New York, they tend to name- check Georgia and New Mex- ico. But since Massachusetts enacted a 25% film and TV credit in 2007, the common- wealth has quietly estab-lished itself as another top destination for Hollywood…”

Featured in Variety Magazine

Read more at the link in bio.

03/30/2023

It was a great night on Tuesday for the Annual Quincy Chamber Meeting and Business Showcase!

Thank you to the Quincy Chamber, Phyllis Godwin, Tim Cahill, Mayor Koch, Chris Walker, and Denella Clark from BAAF.

Congratulations Rob Hale on the lifetime achievement award.

The $7500 scholarship for Marina Studios goes to BAAF ♥️

03/01/2023

In the News…

Featured in Forbes—link in bio for the article.

02/28/2023

THUG Team ♥️

“Owner Marina Cappi is a first-class movie studio owner. Her personal commitment to making sure the crew and team were welcomed in Boston made Marina Studios the obvious choice.”
- Warren Goz, Sculptor Media

Director: Hans Peter Moland
Screenplay Writer: Tony Gayton
Producer: Sculptor Media and Electromagnetic Productions
Cast: Liam Neeson, Ron Perlman, Daniel Diemer, Yolanda Ross
Film Studio: Marina Studios Canton

02/22/2023

Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody Team ♥️

Now on Digital!
Produced by
Written by
Directed by
Filmed at Marina Studios Quincy

02/22/2023

Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody Team ♥️

Now on Digital!
Filmed at Marina Studios Quincy

02/21/2023

filming at Marina Studios Quincy. They shot 3 scenes for their feature film Ugly Sweater. The big theme of the film is breaking stereotypes. The film teaches us that things aren’t always as they seem. It is loaded with sisterly advice and tricks to combat hard feelings.

Purple Magnet Productions is a woman owned and operated, committed to the much needed movement for inclusion of diverse voices in the film industry, and to the most kind, ethical, and supportive practices possible in making movie magic. Their intent is to create content that inspires people, shares unique voices, and energizes the creative community.

02/15/2023

02/15/2023

“Combining an unparalleled drive with an unrivaled intuition and savvy business sense Marina Cappi is reinventing the movie industry with her brand new ‘Hollywood East’ studios around Boston. With the release of this winter’s Whitney Houston biopic smash box office hit, she has now positioned Boston -and herself- to take over the age-old industry.”

Featured in BostonMan Magazine
Written by Alexandra Solomen
Photography
HMUA
Stylist

Link in bio to read the story.

02/04/2023

Never stop dreaming and believing in yourself ♥️

02/02/2023

“and this one is no different. I genuinely believe that throughout this process we were getting help. At every turn when things could have gone wrong, they went right. And I can't explain it. All I can say is we were so lucky to have had the chance to tell this once-in-a-lifetime story about one of the greatest of all time, Whitney Houston. It felt like she was with us the entire way and Naomi was the conduit to let her shine one more time.” - Jeff Kalligheri

‘Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody’
Produced by Compelling Pictures
Directed by Kasi Lemmons
Written by Anthony McCarten
Filmed at Marina Studios

01/30/2023

Moments from ‘Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody’ - filmed at Marina Studios Quincy ♥️

“The team that I worked with on ‘I Wanna Dance with Somebody’ was so talented. The strong friendships that came from that production are very special to me.” - Marina Cappi

01/23/2023

Dream big, anything is possible ♥️

01/20/2023

"My daydreaming goals are very large, but my day-to-day goals are entirely realistic. It’s a balance. The year before the Whitney film came along, I’d told myself that I wanted to play a role that scares me. So that’s why I threw my hat into the ring – I just thought, why not? I’m throwing things at the wall and seeing what sticks." - Naomi Ackie

Congrats to Naomi on the 2023 Rising Star Nomination

Naomi as Whitney Houston in
‘I Wanna Dance with Somebody’

01/12/2023

‘Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody’ filmed in MA

The Biopic features key scenes shot around the state, at Boston landmarks and at Marina Studios Quincy.

1. Gillette Stadium in Foxborough
2. Gillette Stadium in Foxborough
3. Boch Center’s Wang Theatre
4. People’s Baptist Church in Roxbury
5. Marina Studios Quincy
6. Citizens Bank Opera House
7. Broadway Bridge in South Boston

Link in bio to read more. Via

01/10/2023

“We always want to start our year off strong,” said BostonMan Publisher Matt Ribaudo in regards to the decision to peg Cappi as his first cover of 2023. “We feel the timing of everything Marina (Cappi) is doing to make waves in the film industry -combined with the release of the Whitney Houston movie this Christmas- is the perfect combo to launch us into the New Year.”

Stay tuned for Cover Story featuring Marina and Marina Studios and the release of the magazine in late January.

01/06/2023

“In this state, we are all trailblazers. We are all leaders. That’s why we live in Massachusetts. What story will we write together?”

Congrats to Maura Healey on becoming the first female governor of Massachusetts! We are excited for our future, and can’t wait to make a difference together. ♥️

01/05/2023

So much love for Naomi Ackie and 🤍

Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody — now playing exclusively in theaters!

Filmed at Marina Studios

12/28/2022

This is unique and special, like Whitney. ♥️

Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody
Now playing in theaters everywhere!

Filmed in MA at Marina Studios

12/28/2022

This is unique and special, like Whitney. ♥️

Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody
Now playing in theaters everywhere!

Filmed in MA at Marina Studios

12/24/2022

Now playing worldwide Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody. Experience “the greatest love letter of all” Exclusively in movie theaters.

So much love and gratitude for this journey. Thank you for endless support. Now we can’t wait to share it with you ♥️

12/20/2022

“I was asking everyone: am I doing okay? It was a constant thing of me searching for reassurance from outside of myself, and it came from Polly, Kasi, Jeff, Anthony and Clive. But also it was coming from Whitney. There were many times especially on performance days that even hearing her voice and being able to rest on the power of her voice was enough for me to melt into it and go okay, I understand.” - Naomi Ackie

I Wanna Dance with Somebody
in theaters Dec 23rd
Link in bio for tickets.

12/10/2022

Dream BIG, always.

12/09/2022

I Wanna Dance with Somebody — Best Films of 2022
via Variety

“The kind of lavish impassioned all-stops-out pop-music biopic you either give in to or you don’t — and if you do, you may find yourself getting so emotional, baby. As Whitney Houston, Naomi Ackie is far from the singer’s physical double, yet she nails the hard part: channeling her incandescence. She shows you the freedom that made Houston tick and the self-doubt that ate away at her, until she fell from the mountaintop she’d scaled. The director, Kasi Lemmons, creates a portrait of Houston’s dilemmas and demons that’s bracingly authentic, from the drugs to the family backstabbing to the love relationship with Robin Crawford (Nafessa Williams) that a homophobic society made her feel compelled to repress, from the attacks she weathered for her music being “not Black enough” to the self-destructive refuge she sought in her relationship with the sexy scurrilous lightweight Bobby Brown (Ashton Sanders). As Clive Davis, Stanley Tucci captures the Arista mogul’s bone-dry dictator-mensch savoir faire. Whitney gets dragged down by forces both in and outside her. Yet through it all, her voice, her songs, her artistry of faith shines like a rapturous light.”

Exclusively in Theaters Dec 23rd.
Link in bio for tickets.

12/05/2022

BTS: ‘I Wanna Dance with Somebody’

Scenes shot in MA and at Marina Studios Quincy

Exclusively in theaters December 23!

12/02/2022

December Issue of Boston Common Magazine

Swipe for the feature of Marina dishing on her beginnings in the industry, upcoming projects and more.

“I look forward to continuing to be a sought-after filming destination in the industry and supporting an incredible network of job growth in and around New England.”

Link in bio for the feature.

11/30/2022

That’s a wrap on ‘Thug’. Filmed at Marina Studios Canton

What a dream with an incredible team. We are blessed to work with such talented people. ♥️