NEWS AND EVENTS

Plymouth sets the stage for movie studio vote

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.

Hollywood East

Hollywood East

To those who wonder whether there’s room in Massachusetts for two major movie studios, the answer from the studios is an emphatic yes.

21 is the number on movie in America!

Massachusetts incentives boost shoots

Thanks to the state’s newly renovated film incentives, film production in Massachusetts, which struggled along at one or two pics per year, has ballooned to an anticipated six or seven features shooting simultaneously this spring.

Lights! Camera! Massachusetts!

Lights! Camera! Massachusetts!

The Bay State is fast becoming a favorite location for Hollywood filmmakers, with Taunton’s Whittenton Mills undergoing the latest cinematic transformation into a World War II concentration camp for the upcoming film “Ashecliffe,” directed by Martin Scorsese.

Hub’s Hollywood feast

Hub’s Hollywood feast

The boom in movies being filmed in the Hub has meant millions of dollars in new business for city hotels.

Burlington Mall is center stage in new movie ‘Mall Cop’

Burlington Mall is center stage in new movie ‘Mall Cop’

If patrons of the Burlington Mall notice holiday decorations about five weeks from now, don’t think it’s a rush to create a nine-month shopping season. The decorations will be part of the backdrop as scenes from the film “Mall Cop” will be shot at the mall beginning March 24, the day after Easter.

NECN: Booming Massachusetts movie business – Feb 08

Sean O'Brien, President of Teamster's Local 25, and MFO Executive Director Nick Paleologos join NECN's Jim Braude on Newsnight to talk about the recent success of the Massachusetts Film Office. The number of movies being filmed locally is skyrocketing and so is the...

Lights! Camera! Massachusetts!

Hollywood has growing interest in Bay State

A major movie studio in Plymouth could generate as many as 2,000 well-paying jobs and stimulate the tourism and service industries in the region, potentially becoming the largest private employer in the Plymouth area.

MFO ANNOUNCES 2007 ALL STAR TEAM

Director Sam Weisman, Governor Deval Patrick, Speaker Sal DiMasi and Senate President Therese Murray head the list of MFO ALL STARS for 2007.

Hollywood East

Milton was ready for its close-ups

For five days in November and December, the normally sedate suburban town of 25,000 people became Hollywood Central, with town residents enlisted to serve as extras, police controlling traffic and providing security, and the neighborhood buzz centering around how much taller movie star Cameron Diaz appeared in person.