The June 20th episode of The Boondocks, which airs on Atlanta based Adult Swim, was a blistering, and I do mean blistering, parody of Atlanta based filmmaker Tyler Perry and his Tyler Perry Studios. In comparison to the The Boondock’s “Pause” episode, South Park‘s riffs on Scientology and Tom Cruise seem almost tame. If [Read More]
Today, the 48 Hour Film Project announced the audience award winners for the Atlanta 2010 edition. The winners are: Audience Award—GROUP A “Always Remember the Little Things” Suspense/Thriller Whatever Jeff Shipman Audience Award—GROUP B “Reel Life: I Live with a Method Actor” Mockumentary Lemon Party Matt Swinsky [Read More]
As it is with most states, South Carolina is dealing with budget shortfalls and one of Governor Mark Sanford’s solutions is to end the state’s film incentive program. The SC House has already voted to 104 to 7 to override Sanford’s veto of the program, and now it’s up to the state’s Senate to complete [Read More]
Just received an interesting press release from the Atlanta Film Festival. It appears that Gabe Wardell is out as the Executive Director at ATLFF365. No word yet, on whether or not it was a mutual decision. [Read More]
Mean Girls 2, which will start filming in Atlanta soon, has found it’s cast. Meaghan will be the main mean girl, taking the place of Rachel McAdams’ Regina. Her character, named Jo, will befriend outcast Abby because Abby’s father offers to pay for Jo’s expensive college education. We aren’t going to question the [Read More]
Motion Graphics Festival :: July Tour 2010 Atlanta, Philadelphia and San Francisco The Motion Graphics Festival is the premier creative conference for motion design, visual effects, sound design and interface technology, presenting a wide array of events including: art showcases, workshops, panel discussions, studio tours, theater screenings, [Read More]
Ever wanted to learn how to edit? Not just for professional purposes but maybe you want to put together a cool birthday or anniversary reel? Now is your time to learn FINAL CUT PRO. With changing technology this is the perfect time to enhance your skills. Please join AABJ for an exclusive AABJ FINAL CUT PRO Workshop. Register [Read More]
If you’re into hip-hop and were living in the A in the 1990s, you’ll know how much love folks here had for Outkast. Well, not all folks, with the success of their debut album Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik, the expectations were they would just keep doing that. When they dropped ATLiens (still my personal favorite), it threw many [Read More]
Want to be Oprah’s new BFF? Want to be on TV? What are we saying? Of course you do. So make plans to attend the final open casting call for the original series “Your OWN Show: Oprah’s Search For The Next TV Star.” Star searchers will be at the Kohl’s in Roswell this Saturday. The [Read More]
In the eight years since the number of states offering incentives to lure film production ballooned from under ten to forty, the incentives have been praised by industry advocates and damned by financial hawks. For many states, it’s been about bad timing, as the incentives for some were enacted just a year or two before [Read More]
North Carolina is keeping busy. The state’s House recently okayed a bill to expand tax breaks aimed at computer simulation games and green-based business parks. The bill will also allow productions to write off actor and director salaries over $1 million. Not sure if the language from this brief piece is the same used in [Read More]
After two decades Dirty Dancing is one of those films that young girls–and young men–all over the country rediscover every year. I can remember working at Suncoast Motion Picture Company almost 10 years ago and each week reliably selling a few copies of the film to pre-teens who weren’t even born when the film became [Read More]
@davidforbes Council votes 6-0 to end film festival #avlgov Founded in 2003, the Asheville Film Festival was on hiatus for 2010, as the City Council, which oversaw it’s operation and funding, decided the event’s fate. The writing was already on the wall last week as the proposed 2011 budget included no funding for the fest. [Read More]
Here’s a quick hit of news from Around the South for June 22. According to Anne Thompson’s Thompson on Hollywood Director Craig Brewer has found a cast for his Footloose remake. The film is slated to start shooting in Georgia this Fall. Tonight Memphis Beat debuts on TNT at 10pm. Featuring Jason Lee (My Name [Read More]
Premiere Screenings Group C Screening on Sunday, June 27th, at 1:00 PM Atlas Productions, Jorge Sanchez CatchingDreamz, Jacquay Waller Companyname.tv, David Fugate Cool Hat Productions, Matt Nielsen doactcrazy, David Fugate Matriculation Circle, Angus Guberman and Reeves Moore Mavin, Pat Clark People Be Trippin’ Productions, Chris Braz [Read More]
Premiere Screenings Group A Screening on Friday, June 25th, at 7:00 PM Asian Film & Theater, Kevin Tremble Avalanche, Josh Williamson & Danielle Kaiser Circle Slash Productions, George Carlos Ferret Goddess Productions, Dana Lamont Memesmith Productions, Vijay Das Team Offenberger, Andy Husley The Bomb Squad, Vatrice Gibbs Under Dog Filmz, [Read More]
From the same team that brought you Dumpster Baby (that should give you an idea of what sort of film this is). Big World Pictures is casting the new Horror / Exploitation period film “DEAR GOD NO!”. It’s bikers vs. monsters in an action packed throwback to the Drive-In & Grindhouse flicks of the 70′s. [Read More]
Mary Jane Coleman who founded Sinking Creek Film Festival in 1969, which would become what is now known as the Nashville Film Festival in 1998, has died. Nashville’s festival is not only the oldest in the South, it’s one of the oldest in the nation. The Greeneville Sun includes this quote in their writeup: In [Read More]
Over the last two years Tennessee, more specifically Memphis, has lost out on some high profile projects to surrounding states. The Blind Side, came to Georgia to shoot, even though the film was based in Memphis. Footloose, which was slated to originally film in Georgia, was going to relocate to Tennessee when native Craig Brewer took on [Read More]
Last year the Twitter Effect was a major topic of conversation. As films like BRUNO underperformed and films like THE HANGOVER were surprisingly strong in 2009, many pondered the impact social media was having on Opening Weekend box office. The main hypothesis for the Twitter Effect was that Saturday audiences were beginning to be influenced [Read More]