LivePlanet Moves Downtown

An entertainment production company that includes actors Ben Affleck and Matt Damon has become one of the few--and by far most prominent--Hollywood firms to set up shop in downtown Los Angeles.

LivePlanet moved its 30-member headquarters staff into about 10,000 square feet of office space at Los Angeles Center Studios, the former Unocal headquarters. The complex adjacent to the Harbor Freeway includes several other entertainment-related firms and six large sound stages.

Company spokesman Keith Quinn said the firm moved from its quarters on Robertson Boulevard near Melrose Avenue because the firm needed room to grow.

LivePlanet was founded early last year when Affleck, Damon and producers Chris Moore and Sean Bailey folded their production companies into the firm. The company will create productions that integrate film, television and other traditional forms of media with the Internet, wireless communications and participatory events.