At the 13th annual RiverRun International Film Festival, acclaimed actor Michael Shannon received the festival’s Emerging Artist award.
The independent feature “Hellphone,” filmed in August in Madison and Mayodan, North Carolina, will hold its world premiere on November 16 at the Carousel Luxury Cinemas in Greensboro. This low-budget combination of horror and humor marks the first feature-length collaboration between Jason Pierce, the film’s writer, director, editor and co-producer and Stephen van Vuuren, the [...]
The sci-fi thriller “Eyeborgs,” which was shot throughout Winston-Salem in the summer of 2007, made its DVD and Blu-ray debut via Image Entertainment on July 6. The film marks the maiden production of Crimson Wolf Productions, an independent production company based in Lewisville, North Carolina. “Image Entertainment is a great company and we couldn’t have [...]
The independent comedy “Elephant Sighs,” starring Edward Asner, completed principal photography in January 2010 in High Point, North Carolina, and has begun post-production.
“Blood Done Sign My Name,” the big-screen adaptation of Tim Tyson’s non-fiction best-seller, dramatizing the events surrounding a racially-charged murder that occurred in 1970 in Oxford, North Carolina, received a limited release in 95 theaters throughout Georgia and the Carolinas on February 19.
The just-in-time for Valentine’s Day release strategy for “Dear John,” the Screen Gems adaptation of Nicholas Sparks’ best-selling novel, proved to be the right move for the film. Released nationwide on February 5, the film topped the box office charts its opening weekend with a $30 million take — effectively knocking “Avatar” out of the top spot.
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