Robert Rippberger Relaunches 200-Acre North Carolina Studio Lot With New Partners (Exclusive)

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Veteran director Robert Rippberger relaunches North Carolina's Ascent Studios as the new White Lightning Studios, attracting big-name investors and lining up his next feature film.

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Former NFL star Jason Brown, who runs a food relief non-profit, is among Rippberger's new investors for the studio, which spans 200 acres and six soundstages.
White Lightning Studios has already booked its first feature, 'A Good Fight,' a heartfelt comedy written by Pierce Gardner and directed by Rippberger, produced by the team at Miami's Sobe Brooke Studios.

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Robert Rippberger, Jason Brown, Kelly Lynn Reiter, Roger Goff, Pierce Gardner, Justin Shaner, Fernando H. Rojas, Frankie Muniz, Danny Glover, George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Ascent Studios, White Lightning Studios, First Fruit Farms, Sobe Brooke Studios, A Good Fight, Renner, Those Who Walk Away, Strive, How To Build a Truth Engine

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