LOCAL INDUSTRY NEWS
Film studio donates $5K toward library fix
Arms Library’s Pratt Memorial Library Building has gotten a little closer to its goal this week, with a $5,000 donation from the Warner Bros. film studio.
2014 BLUECAT SCREENPLAY COMPETITION CALL FOR ENTRIES
The 2014 BlueCat Screenplay Competition is now accepting feature and short screenplay submissions. This year’s competition will award a Grand Prize of $15,000 for Best Feature Screenplay and $10,000 for Best Short Screenplay – the world’s largest cash prize for shorts!
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS in theaters OCTOBER 11, 2013 – Trailer
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, was partially filmed in Lincoln and Sudbury, Massachusetts in 2012. Opens in theaters nationwide October 11th! To learn more about CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, click here.
The Hollywood Reporter Unveils the Top 25 Film Schools of 2013
Local films schools Boston university and Emerson College make The Hollywood Reporter’s Top 25 Film School List.
MASSACHUSETTS FILM OFFICE ANNOUNCES FILMING OF HBO AND PLAYTONE MINISERIES – OLIVE KITTERIDGE – ON NORTH SHORE THIS FALL
MA Film Office announces HBO and Playtone filming 4-part miniseries on North Shore this fall.
On Location: A New England Village
By Pat Ryan The New York Times August 15, 2013 SHELBURNE FALLS, Mass. — UP in the highlands of western Massachusetts, a Brigadoon lies squirreled away in the dense forest. Indians fished for salmon at the falls on the Deerfield River here in the 17th century;...
The Crane Estate: A Hollywood hit
By Jonathan Phelps SalemNews.com August 14, 2013 'The Equalizer,' Denzel Washington, make way to Ipswich IPSWICH — Denzel Washington is making the rounds on the North Shore in filming for his new movie, “The Equalizer,” and yesterday he arrived in Ipswich. The...
First look: David O. Russell’s ‘American Hustle’
Massachusetts made AMERICAN HUSTLE was filmed Boston, Brockton, Lynn, Malden, Medford, Norwood, Salem, Swampscott, Woburn and Worcester in 2013. It is set to open in theaters December 25, 2013.
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Six memories of when Hollywood came to town
By Enterprise Staff Report Enterprise.com July 18, 2013 R.I.P.D. wasn’t first 1. The summer blockbuster “R.I.P.D.” – which opens today – is the most recent Hollywood movie to be filmed in southeastern Massachusetts, but it’s not the first. The special-effects...
Celluloid circus: Hollywood’s lights shine on Massachusetts
When the undead cop comedy “R.I.P.D” opens Friday, it will be the fourth shot-in-Massachusetts film opening within the past month at the multiplex. Director Paul Feig’s comedy “The Heat,” led off this local celluloid circus June 28. Then, the Marshfield-set “The Way, Way Back” arrived July 5 (going wide July 26). Adam Sandler’s “Grown Ups 2,” which was shot on the North Shore, hit Friday.
Denzel Washington filming in Hamilton
The “Malcolm X” and “American Gangster” star is filming scenes for his next movie, “The Equalizer,”
The Way Way Back – Limited Release July 5th!
THE WAY WAY BACK, filmed in Massachusetts in 2012, opens in limited theaters July 5, 2013. To learn more about THE WAY WAY BACK, click here.
Made in Mass. film THE HEAT, opens in theaters June 28th!
Made in Mass. film THE HEAT opens in theaters June 28th!
Melissa McCarthy falls in love with Boston during filming
Boston made a fan out of Melissa McCarthy after the actress filmed “The Heat” in the Hub.
Boston feels Hollywood ‘Heat’
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
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.
Calling all Nonunion Actors in New England!
This is your opportunity to ask questions to union staff and members about what it means to join SAG-AFTRA, what are the requirements, work opportunities after joining, and anything else you have on your mind.
Millers Falls gets facelift for ‘Judge’ filming
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.
Global spending for media and entertainment to rise steadily
Worldwide spending for entertainment is expected to steadily rise over the next five years as consumers increasingly use smartphones and tablets and as Brazil, China and India further develop into vibrant media markets.