6.30.08 On Location News

Sad news for set-jetters, the popular San Diego restaurant where Tom Cruise crooned in Top Gun was gutted by fire last week.

Extras are needed for Whip It, Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut. The film begins shooting in Michigan this summer.

Nacogdoches, Texas has become “film friendly” in an effort to draw film productions to the region.

Two more movies have been green-lighted to begin production this year in South Carolina.

Here is a cool blog documenting the last couple of days of Public Enemies in WI including a few nice shots of Johnny Depp.

Homes featured in the upcoming Tree of Life (starring Brad Pitt) are giving a boost to the housing market in Smithville, TX, another benefit of on location filming.

Seriously?

The first batch of films have been announced for the Toronto Film Festival.

Finally, for our friends in NYC, here are some NY “hotspots” you may want to know about so you can keep up on all the latest filming news while you out and about!

All Good Things NYC Set Photos

Last week we reported All Good Things was filming in New York and this week we have some great shots of Kirsten Dunst and Ryan Gosling from that shoot!

All photos courtesy of Justin Steffman.

6.29.08 & 6.30.08 Filming Locations

6.29.08

The Soloist is filming at 202 W. 1st St in Los Angeles.

Eagle Eye is filming at 831 Francisco St in Los Angeles.

When in Rome is filming near the corner of Reade St and Elk St in NYC. (Sign says filming dates are 6/26-6/30, Thanks to Holly!)

6.30.08

Life is filming at 622 N. Main St in Los Angeles.

The Surrogates is filming in Hopedale, MA.

Rescue Me is filming in Brooklyn, signs have been spotted on New Dock St, Water St (continued up to the intersection of Main St), Plymouth St, Adams St, and John St. (Thanks to Holly and Amy!)

Ugly Betty is filming on W. 55th and 11th Ave. (Thanks to Justin!)

 

UPDATE: Gossip Girl is filming on Long Island again (Roslyn). A base camp was spotted at 2 Harbor Park Dr South, Port Washington, NY.

Also, signs for Lipstick Jungle were spotted near E 50th between Park and Lex in Manhattan.

Pictures from the set of Farlanders in New Haven

Yesterday, we were in New Haven, CT on the set of Farlanders! We got there late in the afternoon while they were filming what appeared to be a party scene in a private residence. They filmed the scene at least 6 times while we were there and stopped traffic on the street each time even though it was an interior shot. Needless to say there were many angry drivers since it was around rush hour on a Friday night! At the end of the scene we could hear John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph open the front door and say “bye, guys”. When they were done shooting, a crew member yelled, “moving upstairs” so I think they were filming a bedroom scene next.

As people filed out of the house there were quite a few kids and extras and then we spotted Maya Rudolf come out the front door (we were across the street) and then John Krasinski (Jim Halpert, himself!) came out and stopped on the steps and shook hands with several crew members, he was smiling and seemed to be very friendly to everyone! We watched him walk down the street and cross to a parking lot where several trailers were parked.

We decided to wait for him to come back and see if we could get another shot. We waited about 20 minutes when he reemerged with Maya Rudolph (they seemed to get along quite well) and crossed back over the set right in front of us. We had cameras so they spotted us right away and were whispering but when they were closer to us I called out his name and John stopped (Maya wasn’t stopping for anything!) and I asked for a picture with him, he said “of course”. I apologized because I felt bad to stop him on the way back to work but he was very nice he kept saying “oh no, no problem” and after we took the picture I thanked him and he thanked me and told me to have a good day! We left shortly after we took the picture but I wanted all of the John Krasinski fans out (and I know there are alot of you) to know he really is that nice!

Below is a video of them filming a scene (though you can’t see much), set pics, a picture of John and Maya (in their PJs), and the picture I took with John (the worst pic of me ever but he looks good so I guess that is all that matters)!

Enjoy!
Christine

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6.27.08 Filming Locations

Gossip Girl is filming in Manhattan near Mulberry St (somewhere near Prince St, exterior shots).

Farlanders is filming at 560 Chapel Street New Haven, CT (Thanks to Matthew).

Ashecliffe is filming at the Nahant Country Club and Medfield State Hospital in Medfield, MA.

Eagle Eye is filming at 265 S Main St. & Harlem Pl Alley between 2nd St and 3rd St from Main St - Spring St in L.A.

Lipstick Jungle is filming at the Tompkins Square Basketball Court.

The Surrogates is filming in Lynn, MA. (Thanks Morky)

6.27.08 Filming News Round Up

First of all, you may have noticed we have a new look! It is still a work on progress but we hope once everything is up and running our new format will make it easier for you to find what you are looking for!

Yesterday, we reported Lipstick Jungle was in Brooklyn. You can check out photos from the set at Filming in Brooklyn. Filming in Brooklyn is also reporting the following about the Transformers 2 shoot on the Brooklyn Bridge that may or may not have happened over the weekend:

Filming In Brooklyn has just learned that T2 had a permit to shoot from a helicopter for a couple of hours in the middle of the night. They were supposed to be shooting a car driving over the Brooklyn Bridge.

See the entire story here!

John Travolta and Robin Williams have been filming Old Dogs (reshoots) at the Santa Ana Zoo.

OK magazine has a report from the Veronika Decides to Die wrap party.

The Hull Times has a rare picture of Leonardo DiCaprio in costume on the set of Ashecliffe.

The location manager of Wanted discusses filming in Chicago with Movie Maker Magazine.

Pictures from Transformers 2 (including Rainn Wilson!!)

Our man on the street in Princeton, J.D., sent us the following report from the Princeton set of Transformers 2 yesterday (including where they are headed next)! He also sent us these great pictures of the set and Rainn Wilson. The Transformers 2 Unofficial Blog has more information about Rainn Wilson’s character (*spoilers*). Thanks J.D.!

The last day of the shoot was yesterday. There were two (2) scenes filmed in a classroom with Rainn Wilson aka Dwight Schrute.

The cast and production is supposed to be going to the west coast to film. I’m not sure if that is their final destination or not but a production woman gave me a pretty vague answer which essentially said there will be a “short break” then “we go back to the west coast.”

The pictures include Rainn Wilson in two pics, the lecture hall used in Wed Shoot, the silver saturn used in the crash scene from monday and the hallway near Holder Hall used in a shoot on tuesday.

“All Good Things” and “Rescue Me” Set Photos!

Thanks to our tip yesterday, two of our readers, Tiffany and Vanessa, met Ryan Gosling and Kirsten Dunst on the set of All Good Things! Below is a picture of Tiffany and Ryan. Check out more on her blog!

Vista was also there and directed us to these great pictures.

Also, our friends over at Filming in Brooklyn caught Rescue Me filming in Dumbo at Jay and Front streets yesterday! Check out more pics from the set and a full report on their site!

Thanks to Tiffany, Vanessa, Filming in Brooklyn, and Vista for sharing!

6.26.08 Filming News

Below are two links with more pictures and a wrap up of the Transformers 2 shoot in Princeton, NJ.

WPRB

Transformers 2 Unofficial Movie Blog

Nailed is shut down again in South Carolina.

Lauren Conrad’s neighbors hate her too.

6.26.08 Filming Locations

24 is filming at 312 W. 5th St in Los Angeles. They will also be filming at 202 W. 1st St in Los Angeles through tomorrow.

Manure is filming at 1360 E. 6th St in Los Angeles.

All Good Things is filming 38th St & 8th Avenue in NYC again today.

Ashecliffe is filming at Medfield State Hospital and on Hull Island, MA, near Hull High School, 180 Main St. It looks like they will continue filming through next month in MA.

Public Enemies has been filming in Chicago near Lincoln and Wells, rumor has it they may still be there today.

Lipstick Jungle is filming near Franklin and Milton Sts in Brooklyn. FYI: We also had a report that LJ was filming on Manhattan Ave and Eagle St in Brooklyn too.

Gossip Girl is filming at Fort Tilden Beach.

Also, we heard a rumor that Farlanders will be back in New Haven, CT tomorrow, we will keep you posted if we get any details!

 

All Good Things in NYC

All Good Things is filming on 38th St & 8th Avenue today. (Thanks to Charlynne!!)

6.25.08 Filming News Wrap Up

No one seems to know what’s up the actor’s strike.

Grant Wilfley is casting extras for Ugly Betty in NYC!

Here’s an article about the European locations for Mama Mia and another about Angels and Demons.

Looks like a few fans found Chace on the set of GG, maybe that is what all this is about?

Amelia wrapped in Nova Scotia.

This week’s Entertainment Weekly has a Special Movies Portfolio featuring candid set pictures (from Marie Antoinette, Dangerous Liasions, The Departed, and Closer to name a few) by Brigitte Lacombe.

Finally, below is a video of Shia on the set of Transformers 2 in Princeton this week. We don’t know what he is doing either!

UPDATE: Two more articles, One about the estate where Gossip Girl has been filming on Long Island. And another about set-jetting to Rome where they are filming Angels and Demons.

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