Matthew Modine is expected to attend a screening of his 1985 film Vision Quest at the Spokane Film Festival this weekend.
Vision Quest, which was based on Terry Davis’ coming-of-age novel of the same name, was shot in Spokane, Washington in 1984. Modine plays a Spokane high school wrestler in the movie who falls in love with an older woman, an aspiring artist from New Jersey on her way to San Francisco.
The screening will also act as a fundraiser to benefit Ferguson’s, a local restaurant hit by fire last year and one of the filming locations for the film.
One of our readers brought the casting call below to our attention.
RPM Casting in Louisiana is looking for “put-together” extras for the upcoming movie The Host, which is based on Stephanie Meyer’s best selling book of the same name.
Diane Kruger has joined the cast of the film, scheduled to shoot February 13, 2012 to April 20, 2012 in Baton Rouge and New Orleans, as this casting call confirms.
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Vanessa Hudgens, and Josh Hutcherson recently sat down for a roundtable interview with reporters to discuss their new movie Journey 2: The Mysterious Island.
The 3D family adventure, which is a sequel to the 2008 hit Journey to the Center of the Earth, centers around Sean Anderson (Hutcherson) who receives a message from his long-lost grandfather Alexander Anderson (Michael Caine), who seems to have discovered a fabled Mysterious Island. Sean is determined to find the island but must take along his stepfather, Hank ( Johnson), who he resents. The only person willing to fly them to the Mysterious Island is Gabato (Luis Guzmán), a desperate helicopter pilot, and his strong-willed daughter Kailani (Hudgens). The four then embark on the journey of a lifetime on the beautiful, but dangerous island.
Journey 2, was filmed at Screen Gems Studio in Wilmington, NC, but they spent several weeks filming on location in Oahu, Hawaii, around the Waimea Valley and Kualoa Ranch.
During the roundtable interviews, the cast talked about filming in Hawaii and what impact it had on them and the movie.
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) announced several road closures due to the filming of The Bourne Legacy in the city this weekend.
The movie, which began filming in the Philippines earlier this month, will be shooting on major thoroughfares from Friday to Sunday.
MMDA advised the outer lane of EDSA northbound from Taft Avenue to Tramo will be temporarily closed to traffic on Saturday and Sunday for the shoot and the Tramo in front of the Five Star Bus Terminal will also be closed on Saturday.
Earlier this week we posted a story about the upcoming movie Captain Phillips, starring Tom Hanks, and the recent rumors that the movie would spend some time filming in Massachusetts this year.
Captain Phillips was originally going to be shot in New Orleans but, due to logistical issues, they chose to change locations. Then, last week, location scouts were spotted in Framingham, MA looking for a home to use in the film.
There were also rumors this week that CP Casting in Boston was handling extras for the movie during a possible March shoot, and today they posted the following casting call:
Thanks to one of our readers, Tracy, we have a first glimpse of Marion Cotillard and Joaquin Phoenix filming The Untitled James Gray Project in New York City.
Today was the first day of filming on the movie, also know as Low Life, about “an innocent immigrant woman (played by Marion Cotillard) is tricked into a life of burlesque and vaudeville until a dazzling magician tries to save her and reunite her with her sister who is being held in the confines of Ellis Island.”
According to TV Line, White Collar star Matt Bomer is close to signing a deal to play Blaine’s older brother in a guest-staring role on Glee.
This will not only be the first of Blaine’s family members that we get to meet, it will also be the first time we’ll get to hear Matt sing in a TV series! Apparently, his character will duet with Blaine on at least one number.
But don’t worry White Collar fans, Matt’s hiatus won’t last much longer. He’ll return to the streets of New York this spring to begin work on White Collar’s next season.
