For 10 weeks, Marketplace Cinemas on S. Beckford Drive in Henderson will show a free movie (free for one child with parent with ticket) on Wednesday and Thursdays at 10:00 am, 12:30 pm and 3:00 pm. Note the free movie is ONLY for the movie depicted on the ticket and movies ARE subject to change. You MUST have a ticket for admission. Otherwise, it costs $3.00 to watch the movie. Movie tickets are available at the cinema, but once June …
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North Carolina filmed Masterminds coming to DVD, Blu-Ray, and digital this month
The North Carolina filmed movie Masterminds will be available on digital January 17th 2017; its DVD and Blu-Ray release is scheduled for January 31st 2017. Masterminds is a comedy feature based on the 1990’s Loomis Fargo bank heist in Charlotte, NC and incidents that followed staring Zach Galifianakis, Kate McKinnon, Owen Wilson, Kristen Wiig, Jason Sudeikis and Leslie Jones. The production, which was heavily recruited by the N.C. Film Office for two years, filmed in Bumcombe, Haywood and Macon counties …
North Carolina adds $60 Million to its Film and Entertainment Grant Fund
The North Carolina legislature has allocated a total of $60 million ($30M for 2015-16 and another $30M for 2016-17) to the state’s film and entertainment grant as part of its fiscal biennium budget. The grant program awards productions a rebate of up to 25% of their qualified in-state spending. Combined with the state’s renowned crew base, established infrastructure, and picturesque locations, the grant should put North Carolina on any upcoming production’s radar. To be eligible, a production must be able to start …
‘Starring North Carolina’ premieres this weekend
“Starring North Carolina!,” at the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh, is the first major exhibit about the state’s role in the film industry – a story that spans 100 years. Opening this Saturday, the blockbuster exhibit celebrates North Carolina’s films, television shows, cast members and production crews. Some 3,000 films and television programs have been made in the Tar Heel State. The exhibit will showcase costumes and props from movies and television shows such as Bull Durham, Last of …
Claim Your Independence This July 4th With NC-filmed TAMMY
WILMINGTON—The North Carolina filmed comedy, Tammy, hits theatres nationwide this Wednesday, July 2, in anticipation of the 4th of July holiday. Filmed in Brunswick, New Hanover, and Pender counties, the feature stars Oscar winner Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids, Identity Thief, The Heat, TV’s Mike and Molly) as a down on her luck fast food worker who hits the road with her profane, hard-drinking grandmother after losing her job and finding out her husband has been unfaithful. Joining McCarthy on the screen …
Cameras roll in Wilmington region
Wilmington will live up to its nickname this week, as three more productions start filming in locations throughout “Hollywood East,” bringing the total number of in-production projects to four. While filming continues on Under the Dome, which started production for its second season in March, three more productions roll cameras this week, with a lot of activity focused downtown. Max Steel, How and Why and The Sin Seer all started production this week, setting the scene for lots of lights, …
Morganton hosts world premiere of sci-fi movie about famous Brown Mountain lights
The Brown Mountain lights, a natural phenomenon seen for centuries near their namesake mountain in Burke County, play an integral role in Alien Abduction, a sci-fi thriller hitting the big screens April 4. The independent movie will hold its world premiere April 1 in downtown Morganton. Director Matty Beckerman and producer Cathy Beckerman, both of Los Angeles, will be on hand for the premiere, and will host a Q-and-A session following the screening. Beckerman learned about the Brown Mountain Lights …
ABC TV pilot ‘Secrets & Lies’ begins filming
StarNews Media reports on ABC’s newest murder mystery pilot “Secrets & Lies” begins production in the Wilmington area this Friday. The series will follow Ben Garner (Ryan Phillippe), a family man and house painter whose life is upended when he stumbles across the body of the 4-year-old boy who lives across the street and quickly becomes the prime suspect in the boy’s murder. “When we were trying to decide where to shoot this, one of the most important things for …
Films, TV productions in N.C. generated $254M in 2013, created 25K job opportunities
Popular television productions fueled one of the strongest years experienced by the film industry in North Carolina, Gov. Pat McCrory announced Tuesday (yesterday). More than 60 productions registered with the N.C. Film Office and filmed in North Carolina in 2013. Those productions amassed a record-high of more than 5,700 production days with filming taking place in more than 30 of the state’s 100 counties. “In addition to our state’s beauty, we’ve developed the workforce and artists that make North Carolina …
Television Series Fuel Strong Year for Film Industry in North Carolina
Popular television productions fueled one of the strongest years experienced by the film industry in North Carolina. More than 60 productions registered with the N.C. Film Office and filmed in North Carolina in 2013. Those productions amassed a record-high of more than 5,700 production days with filming taking place in more than 30 of the state’s 100 counties. “In addition to our state’s beauty, we’ve developed the workforce and artists that make North Carolina an ideal place to produce quality …
Movie Night at the White House
Ever dreamed of having your own short film screened in a movie theater? How about right here at the White House? Great news: We’re inviting K-12 students from around the country to create and submit one- to three-minute short web videos. The topic: Highlighting the importance of technology in the classroom — and imagining how technology will change the educational experience for kids in the future. And finalists could have their videos screened at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, and posted on the …
N.C.-filmed Bad Grandpa takes weekend box office
Paramount’s Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa, which filmed in North Carolina, topped the weekend box office with $32 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. The hidden camera feature shot in North Carolina in 2012 and created 150 job opportunities while having an estimated direct in-state spend in excess of $5 million during its production. The movie filmed in and around Belmont, Charlotte, Gastonia, Raleigh, and Selma. Bad Grandpa is the third Tar Heel State-shot production this year to win its opening …
Homeland renewed for fourth season
Showtime announced on Tuesday (yesterday) that it has renewed its award-winning, N.C.-filmed series Homeland for a fourth season. Production on the third season, which is currently airing on Showtime Sundays at 10 p.m., has just recently completed; production on the fourth season is expected to begin in spring 2014. Primarily filmed in the Charlotte Region, the production has had an estimated direct in-state spend in excess of $90 million while providing more than 6,000 job opportunities in the state, including …
Sleepy Hollow Renewed for Second Season
Fox has ordered a 13-episode second season of Sleepy Hollow, making the fantasy thriller the first fall debut to be renewed for a sophomore run. Renewal arrives just three episodes into the series’ first season. Sleepy Hollow ranks as Fox’s most successful fall drama premiere in more than a decade. The production, which is based out of EUE/Screen Gems Studios in Wilmington, began shooting in the region in late July and will continue until mid-December. In addition to the Port …
Vance Gang Awareness Partnership presents “Throwback Thursday” Free Family Movie Night
Vance Gang Awareness Partnership presents “Throwback Thursday” Free Family Movie Night October 10th, 2013 FREEDOM WRITERS Hilary Swank stars in this story about a teacher in a racially divided school who gives her students what they’ve always needed – a voice. Swank plays Erin Gruwell, the real-life teacher at Long Beach’s Wilson High who inspired her students to overcome the gangs that divided them and the education system that forgot them. Based on the book The Freedom Writers Diary and …
Sleepy Hollow, Under the Dome find big audiences
Monday’s series premiere of Fox’s Sleepy Hollow and the season finale of CBS’ Under the Dome both aired to large national audiences. Sleepy Hollow, a present day re-imagining of the classic Washington Irving story that’s filmed in the Wilmington area, premiered its pilot episode at 9 p.m. to 10.1 million viewers. In the key 18-49 age demographic, which networks and advertisers rely heavily on to gauge a show’s success, the supernatural series garnered a strong 3.5 rating, which trumps several …
Revolution cast, crew reflect on Wilmington in DVD release
NBC’s Revolution may have packed up and moved production to Texas for season two, but the cast and crew can be seen in this week’s first season Blu-ray/DVD release reflecting on their time in the Port City. The 20-epsiode set, which hits stores Tuesday, features several special features that offer insight into the production process and the role Wilmington played in the series. “We really lucked out with Wilmington,” said series creator and executive producer Eric Kripke, in a featurette …
Wilmington area scores three No. 1 movies in a year; N.C.-filmed We’re the Millers opens this weekend
For the first time in Hollywood East’s history, Wilmington has spawned three No. 1 hits at the box office in one year with the release of The Conjuring, Iron Man 3 and Safe Haven. Now, movie buffs and local film industry leaders look to the Port City’s latest flick, We’re the Millers, a comedy starring Jennifer Aniston and Jason Sudeikis, to see if moviegoers will flock to the film. The movie opens this weekend.
As Dome prepares to wrap, road to Sleepy Hollow opens
Dean Norris, Rachelle Lefevre and other cast members of one of network TV’s hottest summer shows, Under the Dome, have immersed themselves in the local scene during shoots in New Hanover, Brunswick and Pender counties for the CBS drama, which is slated to wrap filming this week. During their final days in town, Norris explored Bald Head Island, Lefevre took in a Rockabilly show at Brooklyn Arts Center and Mackenzie Lintz shopped at downtown boutique Edge of Urge for Dome‘s …
Under the Dome renewed for Summer 2014
Under The Dome, television’s #1 summer series in viewers and key demographics, will return in Summer 2014 with 13 new episodes, CBS Entertainment announced this week. Stephen King, whose bestselling novel is the basis for the series, will write the premiere episode of the second season. Under The Dome is a serialized drama from Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television based on Stephen King’s bestselling novel of the same name. The series is averaging 13.84 million viewers, 3.5/10 in adults 18-49 and …