Melissa McCarthy falls in love with Boston during filming

by | Jun 26, 2013 | Article

By Stephen Schaefer Boston Herald June 25, 2013 NEW YORK — Boston made a fan out of Melissa McCarthy after the actress filmed “The Heat” in the Hub. “That was my first time there and I absolutely love Boston. I’m from outside Chicago and it was that same warm,...

Boston feels Hollywood ‘Heat’

by | Jun 26, 2013 | Article

By: Sara Gaynes Boston Herald June 23, 2013 The old Boston Herald building on Harrison Avenue gets the Hollywood treatment this week, courtesy of “Bridesmaids” director Paul Feig. The director of the Sandra Bullock/Melissa McCarthy buddy-cop flick “The Heat” was...

David O. Russell loves filming around Boston

by | Jun 24, 2013 | Article

The Names Blog Boston.com June 23, 2013 Given a choice between shooting a movie in Boston or an anonymous back lot, David O. Russell says the decision is simple: He’ll pick the Hub. Russell filmed “The Fighter,” his Oscar-nominated biopic of boxer “Irish” Micky Ward,...

Calling all Nonunion Actors in New England!

by | Jun 17, 2013 | Article, Events

Do you have questions about SAG-AFTRA? Are you thinking about what direction you want to take your acting career? Do you have concerns about pay and working conditions on set and would like to know how a union would address those issues? Then come join us! When:...

Millers Falls gets facelift for ‘Judge’ filming

by | Jun 15, 2013 | Article

By Chris Curtis The Recorder June 15, 2013 MILLERS FALLS — When a scouting crew for the film “The Judge” stopped into Jonathan Laurent’s East Main Street clock shop in March, they were so absorbed by the setting they wandered into his storeroom unannounced. In...