After searching from California to the Czech Republic, Twentieth Century Fox Studios built a multimillion-dollar, state-of-the-art production facility outside Rosarito in Baja California, just 20 minutes south of the U.S.-Mexico border. Originally constructed for production of the epic blockbuster, Titanic, Fox planned to turn the facility into a permanent operation, designed to bring major film projects to the area. This story explores the production of Titanic and the impact on the region of these new studios. The local film industry wonders whether Mexico’s involvement will be limited to providing workers for the low-end jobs in production, or whether a more balanced creative partnership will form between Mexican and American filmmakers.  Will Fox Studios provide training and transfer technology to Baja California or will the industry become more like the assembly-oriented maquiladoras so common in the border region?