$18 million-dollar psychological thrillerTriangle will boost Gold Coast jobs with local retailers, hospitality, construction and tourism set to profit.

Produced by Gold Coaster Chris Brown and starring Australian actress Melissa George, site foreman Chris Turner said it was great to see Triangle employing Queensland crew.

“Every time a big show comes to town, we don’t get a look in because they employ people from Sydney, but that’s slowly changing,” he said.

Filmmakers have started building a 55m three-storey-high replica ocean-liner at The Spit which will take about seven weeks to complete and employ more than 20 people.

Producer Chris Brown said; “It’s going to be pretty huge and it will probably become a tourist attraction.”

Gold Coast-based location manager Mike McLean said local movie-making had been quiet due to the US-Australian dollar exchange rate.

“It’s great for international productions because Queensland offers incomparable financial incentives- they’re getting value for money,” he said.

Gold Coast talent agent Tay O’Keefe said Triangle offers local talent the opportunity to take part as supporting-roles and extras.

“The Triangle will employ roughly 100 talents as extras, and auditions for supporting roles are already underway.”

“The film’s a great boost for the industry,” she said.

Brown said the film would be based at Warner Roadshow Studios at Oxenford, where they are working on building a yacht inside the studio’s $2.1 million water tank.

The tanks are the only facility of their kind in the southern hemisphere which the State Government invested in late last year and is expected to bring more film projects to Queensland.

Public access to the final 80m of The Spit’s southern seawall will be restricted for the next three months. Source.