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Worcester County Offers $100,000 for Movie Production in Ocean City

Worcester County officials say they will provide $100-thousand to produce the movie ”Ping-Pong Summer” that will be filmed in Ocean City at the end of summer.

The resort has pledged a matching amount.

$300-thousand from the Maryland Film Office for the film fell through.

Lisa Challenger, the county’s tourism director told the Salisbury Daily Times, that if the funding gap is not met then the film might not happen.

The producers are expected to spend around $650-thousand during a six-week shoot with more than 25-hundred hotel room nights for the cast and crew of about 60 people.

The film is about a teenage boy in the summer of 1985 who is obsessed with

Don Rush is the News Director at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.