Wyoming filmmaker and actor Sean Patrick Higgins recently welcomed the world to his new basecamp in Missoula, Montana.

The University of Wyoming graduate and Sheridan native hosted a ribbon cutting May 16, unveiling The Studios @ Story House Montana — a 47-acre film production facility coming to life on the campus of the former Roseburg Forest Products plant and lumber mill.

In search of tax incentives unavailable in Wyoming, Higgins moved his film production operations to Montana.

"There's no incentives in Wyoming right now," Higgins said during a recent phone interview from California, where he was meeting with investors for three film projects planned for production this fall. "There's a better runway in other places."

The site, formerly owned by what Story House described as "a com

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