from: Thea Green, P3update.com — George Lucas, the director known for making one of the largest and most-loved franchises of all time, believes the present and future state of the industry leave something to be desired. Lucas, who created a blockbuster that in some ways defined modern story structure in films, mentioned at a Sundance that he believes modern movies...
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from: Nick Goundry, The Location Guide — Veteran actor Patrick Stewart has started filming new comedy series Blunt Talk on location in Los Angeles. Executive produced by Family Guy guru Seth MacFarlane, the story will follow Stewart’s British broadcaster Walter Blunt as he transfers to a new job in US cable news. Television location filming in Los Angeles...
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from: Nick Goundry, The Location Guide — The Location Managers Guild of America has announced the nominations for its second annual awards show. Location professionals will spend the next few weeks voting and the winners will be announced at a ceremony in Beverly Hills on 7 March. Gone Girl filmed in Missouri and Los Angeles and the movie’s Location Managers Rick...
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The City of Newport Beach has approved an agreement with FilmL.A. establishing the not-for- profit as the film permit coordinator for the area. FilmL.A. will now accept applications for permits to film within Newport Beach city limits. The City of Newport Beach is located in the coastal center of Orange County, with Los Angeles County to the north and San Diego County to...
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from: Nick Goundry, The Location Guide — Filmmaker Michael Mann shot his cybercrime movie Blackhat in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia and Los Angeles. Chris Hemsworth stars as a computer expert recruited to hunt an international gang of cyber criminals. “Michael Mann wanted to have a sense that the computer hack was on an international scale,” explains Janice...
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from: FilmLA eNews — In December, FilmL.A. joined with several local film production companies and entertainment vendors to take part in a second annual “Angel Tree” holiday toy and basic needs drive. The drive, which was organized by Location Manager Jennifer Dunne of the Warner Bros. Television drama “Stalker,” brought together a dozen industry partners to...
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