NEWS AND EVENTS

Newburyport’s River Merrimac Bar and Grille goes Hollywood

Newburyport’s River Merrimac Bar and Grille goes Hollywood

Tuesday night the restaurant, which opened this past April, played host to the cast and crew of Bjort Productions’ new feature film “The Joneses,” which wrapped shooting with one of the movie’s most climactic scenes set in The River Merrimac’s second-floor dining room.

Get in on the action

Get in on the action

Eight movies already have been at least partly filmed here in 2008. So maybe now, instead of simply charting celebs’ every move in the entertainment news, you want a firsthand peek at them.

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The next act: a film studio for Stoneham?

A Hollywood-type movie studio in Stoneham? It’s possible, says Gary DeCicco, a Nahant-based developer who says he wants to buy the dormant Boston Regional Medical Center in Stoneham and convert the 40-plus-acre property into a studio and soundstage for movie productions.

Boston’s Tinseltown Walk

Boston’s Tinseltown Walk

Boston has been home to more than 400 movies and television shows. Add to that the seven major movies that have been shot in Massachusetts just this year alone — and suddenly it doesn’t seem so crazy that Boston fancies itself Hollywood East.


Developer wants to build South Boston soundstage

Lights, camera, shop! Boston boutiques wrapped up in movie boom

“It’s been wonderful for the city and it’s great for us,” said Lisse Grullemans, who, as assistant to the vice president at Barneys, has coordinated pulls for about eight costume designers for everything from Ricky Gervais’ “This Side of the Truth” to the Kate Hudson/Anne Hathaway comedy “Bride Wars.”

Editorial: Roll film in Berkshires

Editorial: Roll film in Berkshires

With the region’s talent, low costs and natural beauty, the Berkshires should be attractive to directors, producers and studios, and it is encouraging that a concerted effort is in place to make them welcome here.

Editorial: Roll film in Berkshires

Lights, camera, Berkshires …

The Berkshire Film and Media Arts Commission, a nonprofit coalition seeking to connect the Berkshires to the Hollywood film community, is looking to market the Berkshires–in part by creating a Berkshire Production Guide.

The final cut: DiCaprio decamps after filming wraps

The final cut: DiCaprio decamps after filming wraps

Scorsese and the film’s star, Leonardo DiCaprio, arrived at Pemberton Point early Monday morning to prepare for filming on Peddocks Island, which has been transformed into the set of “Ashecliffe,” a movie based on Lehane’s 2003 novel “Shutter Island.”

YouTube: Intrepid fan catches up with DiCaprio in Hull – June 08

(YouTube) Cathleen Jeffrey posts this video of Leonardo DiCaprio in Hull on June 23, 2008 as he departs for a day of shooting on Peddock's Island. Martin Scorsese directs this film adaptation of Denis Lehane's novel "Shutter Island". The working title of the movie is...

Scorsese shooting film in area

Scorsese shooting film in area

Hollywood has invaded Walpole’s neighbors over the last few months as Academy Award winning director Martin Scorsese begins to wrap up shooting for his new movie “Ashecliffe.”

Developer wants to build South Boston soundstage

Actors’ strike could hurt Mass. movie biz

After escaping fallout from the three-month writers’ strike that ended in February, Massachusetts’ growing motion picture economy faces another potential setback in a looming strike by the Screen Actors Guild.

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Lynn’s true grit used as backdrop to reel violence

Bruce Willis was on hand for filming in Lynn on May 30th, but stunt doubles took over yesterday for car and helicopter chases. “The Surrogates,” a sci-fi thriller starring Willis and Ving Rhames, is also being filmed in Worcester, Lawrence, Wayland, Taunton, Hopedale, and Boston.