NEWS AND EVENTS

Lynn’s true grit used as backdrop to reel violence

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.

Boston Movie Mania Boosts Retail

Boston Movie Mania Boosts Retail

Actress Jayma Mays spent March through May shooting the comedy “Paul Blart: Mall Cop,” in Burlington Mass. Mays’ co-workers splurged at Marc Jacobs, Envi, Calypso and Gretta Luxe, and the movie’s costume designer, Ellen Lutter, spent more than $100,000 locally.

Film tax break helps Massachusetts go Hollywood

Film tax break helps Massachusetts go Hollywood

Seven films have wrapped up production so far this year – and while Boston has most often been the location for filming, this year moviemakers have moved outside the city to Beverly, Gloucester, Rockport, Woburn, Lowell, Worcester and other communities. 


Great race heats up for Mass. movie Hub

Great race heats up for Mass. movie Hub

A local developer who owns land on South Boston’s waterfront is drawing up plans for a movie production complex, state Rep. Brian Wallace (D-South Boston) said yesterday.

Keeping the cameras rolling in Mass.

Keeping the cameras rolling in Mass.

“Making movies is a recession-proof, clean growth industry. The benefits of bringing more movie business to Massachusetts could touch virtually everyone.” —Joe Maiella, President – Massachusetts Production Coalition

Lynn’s true grit used as backdrop to reel violence

Patte Papa, Boston’s Movie Permit Czar

For years, while Boston had no formal film liaison, Patte Papa stockpiled knowledge as she oversaw events from the Boston Marathon to the gay pride parade. Now her experience is enabling the city to juggle multiple films at once.

Lynn’s true grit used as backdrop to reel violence

Lynn stands in for Hollywood

Lynn became the area’s latest Hollywood backlot yesterday as the cast and crew of “The Surrogates” shot scenes inside the former Security National Bank.

Great race heats up for Mass. movie Hub

Local film rivals team up

A pair of longtime Boston-area video and film equipment companies are teaming up to cash in on the surge of Hollywood movies filming in the Bay State.

Voters OK movie studio

Voters OK movie studio

Voters yesterday gave an enthusiastic green light to a proposal to build a movie studio on 300 acres of town-owned land a few miles from the Bourne Bridge.

Lynn’s true grit used as backdrop to reel violence

Extra! Extra!

The recent boom in feature films being made around Boston has led to all kinds of action for people who want to act out their dreams.

Voters OK movie studio

Plymouth sets the stage for movie studio vote

Voters here have seen the message on 1,500 lawn signs, seen it on TV ads, read it in e-mails and pamphlets, and heard it in phone and personal pleas: Say “Yes to the ROCK.” That’s the rallying cry for a citizens’ committee that has blitzed the town with their message about Question 3, a nonbinding referendum on Saturday’s ballot in Plymouth.

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.