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Film producer has plan to bring big-budget movies to NC - StarNewsOnline.com

To manage this state-wide stage system effectively, he said, the State Film Office would need to oversee the stages moreso than our regional film


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Outer Banks home plays starring role in new film (The Virginian-Pilot)

RODANTHE, N.C. When the movie crew for “Nights in Rodanthe” renovated the house called “Serendipity” for its big screen appearance, nasty storm clouds threatened.


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'Ugly' trend hitting Hollywood where it lives - Los Angeles Times

Every state in the union (and more than one city) has its own film commission, tasked with bringing home a slice of the Hollywood bacon.


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Production update: Korea - Variety

The most aggressive region in Korea is Gyeonggi Province through its Gyeonggi Digital Contents Agency, launched in 2004, and the Gyeonggi Film Commission in 2005. Those bodies are behind the construction of a huge complex dubbed “Hallyu-wood,” (hallyu being the term used for “Korean wave” of entertainment) while joining venture capital funds to raise coin for films. Their programs range from the small — renting expensive software to small CG and game production companies — to the large — the Gyeonggi Location Incentive offers cash; this year two films have nabbed $50,000 each.


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Spike Lee hopes his Miracle launches a film trend - Malaysia Star

Miracle was shot last fall, mostly on location in Tuscany, and in the fabled Cinecitta Studios in Rome - "a studio built by Mussolini," Lee notes with no


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Vikram Bhatt returns to Yorkshire for UK premiere of 1920 - The Asian News

Said: Sally Joynson, Chief Executive at Screen Yorkshire: "Promoting the region as a film location across the globe is at the heart of our work to ensure


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The movie and TV shooting locations near you - Entertainment Weekly

USA Today has a fun list of which movies and TV shows have been shot in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. It’s a good reminder that you don’t necessarily have to live in Los Angeles or Manhattan to wake up and find a film crew shooting outside your front door. Nor do you have to live near a famous landmark, like Mount Rushmore (pictured, in North by Northwest).


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Local filmmaker will show work at festival - Colts Neck News Transcript

“I just love shooting films in New Jersey. I always try to film here since you have so much control over the location. In New York you have to deal with hassles like parking and unwanted noise. I’ve used Point Pleasant, Brick, and even George Washington’s old house in Morristown as locations for filming,” Valenti said.


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Execs scout Lowell locales for Ward flick - Lowell Sun

LOWELL — The Fighter, the long-anticipated movie chronicling local boxing legend Micky Ward’s life, is inching closer to becoming reality. Scouts for Paramount Studios spent part of the weekend in Lowell, visiting sites central to the film’s plot …


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Metro Detroit cities cutting red tape for moviemakers - Detroit Free Press

The Michigan Film Office estimates studios have spent $400 million since April on hotel rooms, crew salaries, equipment and other location expenses.


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Unexplored Finnish locales luring Indian film fraternity - Times of India

Also, the Finnish government has set up a film commission to lure film fraternity of this country. Scenic beauty of Finland makes it an apt destination for


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Concerted Effort to Promote Country As Film Location - New Era

Concerted Effort to Promote Country As Film Location - New Era


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Sparks' books become popular movies, made in and around Wilmington - StarNewsOnline.com

‘Nights in Rodanthe,” the latest big-screen romance based on a novel by Nicholas Sparks, opens Friday at cinemas everywhere.

The story is supposed to be set at an inn in the Hatteras Island village of Rodanthe. Folks in Wilmington, though, will be watching especially closely, since scenes were shot at EUE/Screen Gems Studios and other area locations between May 21 and June 29 of this year.


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Baz Luhrman’s Australia: the epic Outback - Daily Telegraph

“The challenges involved with making a film of this scale in this place are immense,” said the location manager, Phillip Roope, whose film credits include Superman Returns, The Beach and Tomorrow Never Dies. “We have our own water trucks, a grader for making roads and I think we must have hired every rental car in the Top End.” …


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San Bernardino County official aims to help businesses … - San Bernardino Sun

Dowling: I was first hired to work with the Inland Empire Film Commission. We worked in conjunction with the state film office, and we recruited filming


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Queens house is an unlikely ‘Ugly Betty’ co-star (New York Daily News)

The filming of “Ugly Betty” has switched from Los Angeles to New York this season, but the Suarez clan has always called Jackson Heights home.


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HKIFF names Soo Wei Shaw exec director - Hollywood Reporter

Shaw, who has worked for the Singapore Film Commission and as a media consultant and briefly as a branding and marketing specialist for the Hong Kong office


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Making Movies In The Mountain State - Wheeling News Register

But she said one of the most popular examples of a filming location becoming a lucrative business attraction is what happened in Iowa after the Kevin


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MOFTB: Reel Jobs NYC

MOFTB | Reel Jobs NYC


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Variety TV Production Chart

Variety | TV Production Chart


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Cell company filming ad in Rock Hill - The State

ROCK HILL — Another film crew came to Rock Hill on Tuesday, not to shoot a movie but a TV commercial for the cell phone provider T-Mobile, which just launched service in the Carolinas. The ad shows bystanders watching curiously as three big trucks …


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On location: California, Cannes… and now Cardiff - The Independent

Cardiff is not the first name that springs to mind when discussing glamorous film-making locations, but the Welsh capital is, increasingly, becoming the movie and television producer’s venue of choice. For many years the city was best known for its …


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More Terminator Surprises From Set (Sci Fi Wire)

Josh Friedman, the creator and executive producer of Fox’s Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles , told SCI FI Wire to expect more visitors from the future–as well as more scenes set in the post-apocalyptic future.


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