By Brandy McDonnellThe streaming wars are on, and Oklahoma's burgeoning film and television industry is entering the fray with the founding of Green Pastures Studio and the Oklahoma Film & Television Academy. Melodie Garneau and Richard Janes, who are with Green Pastures Studio, and Tava Sofsky, director of the Oklahoma Film + Music Office, visited The Oklahoman studios today to chat with me about this exciting new venture in the local film industry.As my excellent colleague William Crum recently reported, the Oklahoma City School Board agreed earlier this month to sell Green Pastures Elementary School for $300,000 to Green Pastures Studio LLC.Backers plan to convert the 12-acre former school site into a movie soundstage and backlot, an academy for aspiring crew members to learn film-set skills and etiquette, and a co-working space for film and television companies and entrepreneurs."When you look at the streaming of wars that are going on, you've got all of these networks like Netflix, like Amazon, who are committing millions and millions - in some cases, billions of dollars - more to produce content," Janes said in today's interview.Read more on NewsOK.com

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