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Alex Berard, assistant location manager for Olive Avenue Productions, updated the selectboard Wednesday night on the final filming of scenes for “Castle Rock,” the Stephen King-inspired television series that has been filming in town for Hulu

The era of high quality scripted series arrives in Massachusetts with “Castle Rock”, a new Hulu Original dramatic series from J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions and Warner Bros. Television. An original suspense thriller set in the Stephen King multiverse, Castle Rock explores the themes uniting the entire King canon, while brushing up against some of his most iconic and beloved stories set in the fictional Maine town. Producers Robin Sweet and Colin Walsh, co-executive producer/director Michael Uppendahl, and key personnel from the “Castle Rock” team discuss trends in prestige series production, and the impact of making an episodic program in Massachusetts.

New England’s largest media conversation returns on Saturday, November 4th. Tickets are now available for #MASSMEDIA17 at WGBH Boston!

The Creative Board, led by Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. with founding members Viola Davis, Ezra Edelman, Jodie Foster, Meryl Streep, and Residente, is now accepting submissions for scripted and unscripted television projects that connect with the passions and values of the country’s diverse youth.

Beloved cult classic “Hocus Pocus,” starring Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy debuted in theaters 24 years ago, on July 16, 1993. Although it wasn’t a huge theatrical success, bringing in just over $37 million at the box office, the film has since become an iconic holiday film. So much so that nearly a quarter century after the film first premiered, the town of Salem, Massachusetts, has tips on where to go to see where the film was made.

A motorcycle pursues a robbery getaway driver through a Boston highway tunnel, dogging the wheelman’s BMW. But this isn’t a traditional cops and robbers chase – the vehicles move cautiously, haltingly, the bike almost like an animal stalking prey. Finally, both open the throttle and then the chase is on for real, and it will end with a nasty collision.
This is Wheelman, with Frank Grillo as the title character, caught in a life-threatening trap after a robbery goes sideways.

Filmed in Massachusetts, the X-Men spin-off New Mutants, introduces a new crop of teenage mutants.

Filmed in Massachusetts, Professor Marston and the Wonder Women is a biographical drama film about American psychologist William Moulton Marston, who created the fictional character Wonder Woman.

Enter the chilling world of Castle Rock, the new Hulu Original drama series from Executive Producer J.J. Abrams and the mind of Stephen King

21st Century Fox Inclusion is excited to announce the launch of the 2018 Fox Writers Lab (“FWL”). Applications are open September 25th, and will close on October 22nd or once Fox has received 750 complete applications (whichever comes first).

The first television series to be based in Massachusetts in more than three decades is reportedly shooting scenes at Tewksbury State Hospital this month. Hulu’s series “Castle Rock,” which is based on stories set in the fictitious Maine town of the same name that shows up in many Stephen King stories, have been shooting at sites throughout the state this summer.

The cast and crew for the Hulu series Castle Rock has transformed downtown Orange into their own film set.

The cast and crew for the Hulu series Castle Rock has transformed downtown Orange into their own film set.

Guide to films Bostonians should definitely check out this fall

The film about Boston Marathon bombing survivor Jeffrey Bauman and starring Jake Gyllenhaal was filmed in Braintree, Weymouth, and Easton.

Great stories happen everywhere. And great film can be created anywhere. The Hometown Heroes Crowdfunding Rally champions the next generation of filmmakers making movies with their local community and resources: talent, locations, production houses and partners.

When the location scouts first approached Lancaster resident Hollis Petri, they said they were looking for a house with “masculine” features and that his Neck Road multifamily fit the bill.

I Feel Pretty is still filming around Boston, but according to the film’s location manager, the city will stand in for New York in the comedy.

Netflix’s exclusive action flick Wheelman stars Frank Grillo, with producer Joe Carnahan.

Just a friendly reminder that you have less than 2 weeks left to submit your film to the Hometown Heroes crowdfunding rally to get the chance for Mark and Jay Duplass to executive produce YOUR film.