This is one of those stories where I hope that all of the skeptics, including me, are proved embarrassingly wrong. Medient Studios‘ plans to build one of the nation’s largest film studios in Effingham County got a boost this week.…
Tag: Film
Here it is, the trailer for “Sharknado”
A few great lines from this trailer for The Asylum’s latest effort Sharknado: “We can’t just wait here and wait for sharks to rain down on us.” “There are too many of them. We’re going to need a bigger chopper.”…
ET premieres theatrical trailer for feature film “Savannah”
From ET Online: Set in the post-civil war era, Savannah is the true story of the legendary Ward Allen (Caviezel), an Aristocrat-turned-market hunter, his, business partner — a freed slave named Christmas Moultrie (Ejiofor), and the love of his life,…
Ben Affleck’s “Live By Night” is likely “blockbuster” poised to film in Savannah — or is it SpongeBob 2?
UPDATE: From the City of Savannah at about 2 p.m. today: SpongeBob sequel scheduled to film in Savannah The City of Savannah Film Services Office announced today the “SpongeBob Movie 2” will be shooting live action scenes in the Savannah…
Will Ben Affleck make his next movie in Savannah?
Ben Affleck was apparently wandering around downtown Savannah on Monday (yesterday) scouting locations for an upcoming film.
A word of caution: the film business is pretty fickle. Sometimes, projects evaporate overnight and production plans shift in a heartbeat. I have no idea if Affleck is considering other cities or how much of the film might be shot in Savannah if things move ahead.
I don’t have any inside knowledge about much of anything, but it’s worth noting that there has been considerable press recently about Affleck’s newest project Live by Night, which he is apparently producing, directing, writing, and starring in.
Momentum building for Gregg Allman biopic by “CBGB” filmmakers
From The Hollywood Reporter’s Cannes: Gregg Allman’s Autobiography to Become a Movie: Open Road Films and Unclaimed Freight Productions’ Randall Miller and Jody Savin are partnering to bring My Cross To Bear, Gregg Allman’s autobiography to the screen. Miller and…
Private Savannah screening of “CBGB” gets a good reaction
Well, I wasn’t invited — no reason I should have been — but there was a private screening of the upcoming movie CBGB last night in the 250-seat theater at the SCAD Museum of Art. I gather that the invited…
Feature film “Savannah” set for August release
From Variety’s Ketchup Lands U.S. Rights to ‘Savannah’ (EXCLUSIVE): Ketchup Entertainment has acquired U.S. rights to Annette Haywood-Carter’s historical drama “Savannah,†starring Jim Caviezel and Chiwetel Ejiofor, and set an Aug. 23 theatrical release followed by a VOD/DVD launch on…
“CBGB” filmmakers now working on Gregg Allman biopic
Hollywood Reporter broke the news a couple of days ago with Gregg Allman Music Biopic in the Works From ‘CBGB’ Filmmakers (Exclusive). From that piece: The filmmakers behind the upcoming music-themed feature CBGB are aiming to keep the rock flame…
“CBGB” the movie releases first official posters
From The Hollywood Reporter’s Joey Ramone Rocks out on ‘CBGB’ Poster (Exclusive): Joey Ramone is getting the big screen treatment, and he has the poster to prove it. The new poster for CBGB, which is exclusive to The Hollywood Reporter,…
On the passings of Roger Ebert and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Two unlikely titans of the film industry died in the last couple of days. Last night, after hearing that Roger Ebert’s cancer was leading him to cut back on reviews, I read his upbeat, newsy blog post from April 2nd…
Building on a record 2012 for Savannah filmmaking, “Royal Pains” now shooting here
From the City of Savannah’s press release yesterday, “Savannah breaks records for film production in 2012”: Savannah set records for the number of media projects shot within the City last year, according to the recently released Savannah Film Commission 2012…
“CBGB” filmmakers post a preview clip (embedded here)
“These Birds Walk” — a documentary about runaways in Pakistan — draws raves at SXSW
I first posted something about These Birds Walk last June, so I’m updating and adding to that post here. One of the most interesting things about getting older: seeing the amazing work your old friends do. Omar Mullick wasn’t even…