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When Christopher Keyser, creator of “Party of Five,” took the stage at the Mass Media Expo in November 2018, he was pretty tight-lipped about his new Netflix show, which was filmed in close to a dozen towns in Massachusetts last year, other than to call it a modern-day “Lord of the Flies.”

Filmed in Massachusetts, American Woman, is the story of Deb Callahan (Sienna Miller), who life is changed forever when her teenage daughter mysteriously disappears. Deb is left to raise her young grandson and navigates the trials and tribulations of subsequent years, until a long-awaited discovery of the truth is revealed.

The forum is designed for narrative and documentary filmmakers, producers, investors, and developers who are interested in learning the nuts and bolts of film financing from industry professionals who specialize in getting projects made.

The inaugural Taiwan Film Festival will be held on Memorial Day weekend, May 26th and 27th 2019, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
This year, the Festival will feature six poignant and critically acclaimed documentaries from Taiwan, plus in-person discussions with directors and producers, all under one roof in the heart of Kendall Square.

“Christmas a la mode” is one of the entries in an ice cream flavor contest to raise money to save the family farm in the indie movie “A Sweet Romance,” which is scheduled to begin filming next week.

No one to stop us. No one to save us.
When everyone else mysteriously vanishes from their wealthy town, the teen residents of West Ham must forge their own society to survive.
The Society arrives May 10 on Netflix.

As filming for “Honest Thief” continues throughout Worcester, the Department of Public Works is warning drivers of road and intersection closures. The Monday release details road closures through Wednesday, Dec. 5.

PRESENTED BY FILM COMMENT MAGAZINE WITH SUPPORT FROM THE ART HOUSE CONVERGENCE NEW YORK, NY (November 16, 2018) – Black Panther returns to the big screen with free screenings at …

The long-vacant Worcester Memorial Auditorium will have a part in the movie “Honest Thief.”

Through the magic of Hollywood, the first-floor lobby of the historic building will transformed into a bank lobby, and the scene that will be filmed there involves actor Liam Neeson breaking into the bank’s vault, according to Alex Berard, the location manager for the film project.

As the city of Boston cheered on the Red Sox at the team’s World Series parade, the cast of “Little Women” quietly filmed scenes a few miles south in Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum, located in Jamaica Plain.

Mass Media Expo is “New England’s Largest Media Conversation.”
A daylong conference and exhibition attended by over 500 film and media industry members that include producers, filmmakers, craft professionals, creative agencies and production houses; and allied business and creative sectors including education and innovation communities.

Actor Mark Wahlberg is getting back to his Massachusetts roots while shooting his latest film, “Wonderland.”

Apple has given an eight-episode straight-to-series order to drama Defending Jacob, headlined and executive produced by Captain America and The Avengers star Chris Evans.

Kids of the 90s can live out their Halloween dreams with year with a self-guided tour to the filming locations of the 1993 classic film Hocus Pocus.

Set Your GPS For A Creepy, Stephen King-Inspired Road Trip

Join the @BostonPublicLibrary and @WGBH for a conversation between BPL President David Leonard and filmmaker Frederick Wiseman, whose latest film “Ex Libris” is about the public library as a modern institution. On Monday, August 27 at 12:30 pm, Wiseman and Leonard will explore the role of the modern library and also Wiseman’s unique and celebrated approach to documentary filmmaking.

DENZEL Washington is back in the latest instalment of the Equalizer franchise, gracing the screens once again as vigilante justice bearer Robert McCall. Where does the Equalizer take place? Where was it filmed?

A psychological-horror series set in the Stephen King multiverse, Castle Rock combines the mythological scale and intimate character storytelling of King’s best-loved works, weaving an epic saga of darkness and light, played out on a few square miles of Maine woodland as played by Massachusetts.

Imagine Impact is a new and dynamic creative program that’s designed to turn an idea into a sellable screenplay, teleplay or presentation in just eight weeks.

One man has no equal. Denzel returns in #TheEqualizer2 on the big screen July 20th – watch the new trailer now.