Just over 130 years ago, an odd, 49-by-18 foot tar-paper shack appeared in West Orange, Essex County. It was the start of the movie business.

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West Orange is well known for housing the Essex County Turtle Back Zoo and Thomas Edison National Historical Park. South Orange is the home of Seton Hall University.

West Orange Township Council approved Matrix Development Group's purchase of a 12-acre site for a proposed film studio. The project would be near Thomas Edison’s first film studio, the Black Maria.