June 21, 2011, 1:46 pm

The Okanagan will play host to a major film production this summer with country music singer Clint Black cast in a starring role.

Okanagan Film Commissioner Jon Summerland says 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment will shoot the movie Flicka 3 starting in September.

Summerland says the movie will have a five-week production schedule  with specific filming ocations yet to be decided.

Okanagan Film Commission chairman John Trainor credits Summerland with landing the film, which had originally been scheduled to shoot in Manitoba.

While Manitoba has better tax incentives, Trainor says Summerland was able to overcome that with his connection to the producers, the great crew base in the Okanagan and our ability to offer low production costs.

For his part, Summerland said Kelowna resident Elizabeth Scherberger, an assistant director on the project, first approached him about the possibility of the film moving to the Okanagan.

 

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