Entertainment Partners, a payroll and production services company with offices in nine other states, announced February 18 that it was expanding into North Carolina. The company will provide both payroll and procurement services and will be based at EUE Screen Games Studio in Wilmington.
HBO announced on October 27 it had committed to a third season of the comedy “Eastbound & Down.” While the first season of the show was filmed in Wilmington, the second season principally filmed in Puerto Rico (standing in for Mexico), and returned for only a few days of filming in North Carolina. So far, [...]
The Directors Guild of America selected Alex Moratto, a 2010 graduate of the School of Filmmaking at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, to receive its Best Latino Student Filmmaker jury award for his student film “The Other Side.”
The CW announced in October it had picked up nine additional episodes for the current season of “One Tree Hill,” allowing the series to complete a full 8th season. “One Tree Hill” is filmed in Wilmington, at the EUE/Screen Gems studio. In the announcement, Dawn Ostroff, President of Entertainment for The CW said that the [...]
Illumination Dynamics has established a camera division at its North Carolina facility. The addition of cameras will further complement the rental of lighting, grip, generators and power distribution to the entertainment, live broadcast and special event industries. The new department will be fully supported by parent company ARRI CSC and will start with a camera [...]
On September 23, Lifetime Television announced it had renewed the popular series “Army Wives” for a fifth season. The show, which is filmed in Charleston, South Carolina, received a 13 episode commitment and will likely resume production in January 2011. “We are thrilled that ‘Army Wives‘ will be back for a fifth season,” said South [...]
On October 18, North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue announced that New Line Cinemas would soon begin production in Wilmington on “Journey 2: The Mysterious Island.” The 3-D adventure film will star Dwayne Johnson, Michael Caine, Kristin Davis and Josh Hutcherson. “Journey 2: The Mysterious Island” is a sequel to 2008′s “Journey to the Center of [...]
HGTV is seeking participants in the Charlotte area for the third season of its reality show “My First Sale.” They are looking for “fun, high-energy, enthusiastic people” who are just starting the process of selling their first home. The show follows first-time sellers and capture all the trials and tribulations, stress and success of prepping [...]
The short film “Crossbar Hotel” wrapped production in October. The 20-minute film follows a man recently released from prison, who tries to bond with his young son, who he barely knows. The film’s 12-person crew, led by co-director Will Joines and writer and co-director Karrie Crouse, principally consisted of recent alumni from UNCSA in Winston-Salem [...]
A NASCAR film largely shot in Chester County, South Carolina, completed its 10-day shoot in October. The film profiles the life of Wendell Scott, the first black man to win a NASCAR race, and was shot at the I-77 Speedway in Richburg, South Carolina. The film, directed by Rory Karpf and produced by NASCAR Media [...]
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