@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]
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]
Titles and posters are tricky things. Too obscure, you don’t know what the hell a movie is about and you don’t care. Too direct and they spoil the whole movie. Of course, they can also distill a movie down to its essence and when done right they can be as funny as this series of posters [Read More]
This past weekend Atlanta based Campus Moviefest just concluded their International Grand Finale in Las Vegas. Over the years the finale has grown into an ever more impressive event that’s really designed to give the students involved a unique experience. You’d think they’d just be content with an event that boasts having nearly [Read More]
Using Atlanta as a stand-in for the city it was named after, the pilot for ABC’s DETROIT 1-8-7 was shot here last winter and there was great hope it would return if picked up. Quite a few people have been tracking its status and thanks to the magic of twitter, I regretfully can confirm that [Read More]
Via Women and Hollywood, one of my favorite blogs, Melissa Silverstein linked through to some soundbites on the state of feminism in Hollywood from Diablo Cody. For some, Cody is a refreshing, original voice. For others, Oscar for Best Original Screenplay notwithstanding, her scripts are nails on a chalkboard. I personally think she’s got [Read More]
Hollywood has Georgia on its mind. After beefing up its film incentive program in 2008, Georgia has emerged among the top five states in the country for film production, attracting such movies as the Academy Award-winning “The Blind Side,” the Woody Harrelson horror flick “Zombieland” and the fifth installment of [Read More]
Hot off the internets and posted on AJC.com is the news that the Henry County Commission has started the process that could turn Tara Field into production space. The initial step was a 4-1 vote in support of an agreement with Big 5 Enterprises to setup the studio. About 40 minutes from downtown Atlanta, near [Read More]
Someone sent in exclusive pics to Aintitcool.com from THE WALKING DEAD. Currently shooting here in Georgia, the first season of the series is set to debut on AMC later this year. Thanks to Frank Darabont’s involvement, its post-apocalyptic setting and AMC’s track record on MAD MEN and BREAKING BAD, the excitement has been building on [Read More]
Tyro TV, another video site among a myriad of many I have never run across before, is running a contest and their first challenge is something they’ve named The Marijuana Mash-Up. Below is the gist (the short film they’re referring to is embedded below). Think you can make a more persuasive short film than this? [Read More]
You may not know it, but the art of the music video isn’t dead, despite what MTV may have told you. I give you Exhibit A: the latest video from OK Go, “End Love.” This is just another in their long line of creative videos that push the form to the highest levels. Check it [Read More]
When PRINCE OF PERSIA underperformed, a few articles and blogs popped up asserting that Jake Gyllenhal was the weakest link. Last week THE A-TEAM got stomped by THE KARATE KID, trailing it’s fellow remake/re-imagining by $30 million. Already one piece has materialized laying partial blame on Bradley Cooper. It’s true that the current [Read More]
Year five and CinemATL is not only still kicking, we’re rocking a new look and a renewed commitment to be your go to source for information and opinion about film and filmmaking from an ATL perspective. We hope you enjoy the new site and that we’ll be around for another five years. [Read More]
In my day job at the Atlanta Film Festival, I was looking for some links to use for the 48 Hour Film Project, when I stumbled across the old CinemATL blog. The particular portion I hit was from my first Sundance and the first Sundance we covered in 2006. [Read More]
Earlier this week the announcement that the City of Atlanta was close to signing a deal with Screen Gems to convert a long dormant portion of Lakewood Fairgrounds into a studio, spread like viral wildfire on Facebook and Twitter. After a year and a half of explosive growth in Georgia’s film industry, it was not [Read More]