LOCAL INDUSTRY NEWS

Hollywood heads to Worcester

Hollywood heads to Worcester

The city has reeled in a big one — and there may be a few more on the line. Production crews for a new Bruce Willis movie, “The Surrogates,” are set to start work in Worcester Monday and will stay through August.

Hollywood East

Hollywood East

To those who wonder whether there’s room in Massachusetts for two major movie studios, the answer from the studios is an emphatic yes.

21 is the number on movie in America!

Massachusetts incentives boost shoots

Thanks to the state’s newly renovated film incentives, film production in Massachusetts, which struggled along at one or two pics per year, has ballooned to an anticipated six or seven features shooting simultaneously this spring.

Lights! Camera! Massachusetts!

Lights! Camera! Massachusetts!

The Bay State is fast becoming a favorite location for Hollywood filmmakers, with Taunton’s Whittenton Mills undergoing the latest cinematic transformation into a World War II concentration camp for the upcoming film “Ashecliffe,” directed by Martin Scorsese.

Hub’s Hollywood feast

Hub’s Hollywood feast

The boom in movies being filmed in the Hub has meant millions of dollars in new business for city hotels.

Hollywood East

Action

For years, Hollywood producers steered clear of the ‘celluloid pariah’ known as Massachusetts. But now they’re all over Boston, thanks to tax breaks and a warm welcome.