The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and Screen Actors Guild are pleased to announce that members of both organizations have overwhelmingly voted to approve a merger, creating a new entity, SAG-AFTRA.
NEWS AND EVENTS
SHOWTIME’S TONY COX SCREENPLAY COMPETITION
Showtime’s Tony Cox Screenplay Competition recognizes an emerging screenplay as the best from the pool of submissions each year.
Women in Film & Video/New England 10th Annual Screenwriting Competition Call for Entries
Women in Film & Video/New England (WIFV/NE) announces a March 1st call for entries for its Tenth Annual Screenwriting Competition, sponsored by Su-City Pictures, InkTip, and Final Draft. The WIFV/NE Screenwriting Competition aims to promote the work of women screenwriters and support the creation of worthy film roles for women
ABC ENTERTAINMENT PILOT, ‘GILDED LILLYS,’ TO BE SHOT ENTIRELY IN MASSACHUSETTS
The Patrick-Murray Administration’s Massachusetts Film Office (MFO) today announced that ABC Entertainment’s pilot “Gilded Lillys” will be filmed in Massachusetts in March 2012, bringing another Hollywood production to the Bay State.
NEW Production Guide & Open Registration
The Massachusetts Film Office is thrilled to announce the launch of a new software system for promoting you and/or your business or service to the film industry-at-large.
Locally produced film about troubled teen to premiere on Lifetime this weekend
An independent movie shot entirely in Worcester that deals with the timely and troubling topic of teenage bullying will have its premiere on the Lifetime Network at 8 p.m. Saturday.
NEA Chairman Landesman announces Challenge America Fast-Track grants
NEA Chairman Landesman announces Challenge America Fast-Track grants.
The Top 10 Locations in the Universe
The list of this year’s top worldwide locations demonstrates just how big of a comeback the United States has made.
ICG Magazine’s Great Union Locations
The landscape has changed a bit since july 2010, when ICG Magazine last surveyed union friendly locations around the United States.
SoCA Film Festival Call for Submissions
The SoCA (South of CAnal Street) Winter Film Festival, set for February 17-19th, 2012, seeks to provide a channel for local filmmakers to gain exposure and showcase their talents through their work and bring more visual arts to Boston’s West End.
Lights, camera, Zombie
Halloween may have ended two weeks ago, but there were still costumed witches in Salem this week.
Douglas Trumbull To Receive The VES 2012 Georges Méliès Award
Visionary filmmaker, innovator and entrepreneur, Douglas Trumbull, has been selected by the VES Board of Directors as the recipient of the 2012 Georges Méliès Award. The award will be presented at the 10th Annual VES Awards, which will be held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on February 7, 2012.
PATRICK-MURRAY ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCES PRODUCTION OF UNIVERSAL PICTURES’ R.I.P.D.
The Patrick-Murray Administration’s Massachusetts Film Office (MFO) today announced that R.I.P.D., a supernatural action-adventure from Universal Pictures, will begin principal photography in Massachusetts this September and that production will occur entirely in the Commonwealth. Through early 2012, the project will create jobs and significant economic activity while boosting the state’s growing film industry.
SILVER CITY ON THE SILVER SCREEN
Don’t count Taunton’s Mayor Charles Crowley among those having second thoughts about the state’s film tax credit law.
“I saw the benefits,” Crowley said. “They absolutely help.”
Quincy collects $114,500 from filming of Kevin James movie
Columbia Pictures, which shot the feature film “Here Comes the Boom” in Quincy, paid the city $114,500 in rental fees for the buildings it used. The film, starring Kevin James, is expected to premiere next summer.
Reeling in the movies
Peabody is getting a dose of Hollywood this summer, with two big-budget films — “I Hate You, Dad,” starring Adam Sandler, and “Here Comes the Boom,” starring Kevin James — already passing through, and dropping thousands of dollars along the way.
What’s Your Number? opens September 2011
Wyn Trailer WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER?, starring Anna Faris & Chris Evans--shot in Massachusetts in 2010--opens nationally on September 30, 2011.
FILM, TELEVISION INDUSTRY VETERAN SELECTED TO LEAD MASSACHUSETTS FILM OFFICE
The Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism (MOTT) today announced that Lisa Strout, a veteran in the film and television industry and the former director of the film division in New Mexico’s Economic Development Department, will lead the Massachusetts Film Office (MFO) beginning June 15th.
‘Broken Silence’ begins shooting in Worcester
Worcester this week took on some of the glitter of Hollywood as Frenemy Films LLC began shooting “Broken Silence,” an independent feature about school bullying.
East Bridgewater High School to be used as location for Adam Sandler film
It seems there is a silver lining to having a rundown and outdated high school.
People in Hollywood looking for a realistic setting for a movie may come knocking.