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Ben Affleck's 'The Town' filming at Old Sully's pub
Ben Affleck's blue-collar heist flick "The Town" is slotted to film all day Friday, Nov. 6 at the old-school watering hole known as "Old Sully's" located at on Union Street near the Community College Station Orange Line T stop, according to a Loaded Gun ...
Tom Cruise's 'Knight & Day' filming in East Boston
Tom Cruise, after spending the weekend dressed as a scarecrow while trick or treating with wife Katie Holmes who sported a dalmation outfit and daughter Suri who sparkled as a blue princess in Beacon Hill's Louisburg Square, was back to work Monday, Nov. ...
Slew of made-in-Boston movies slotted for release
Punctuating a year chock full of locally shot movies, the sci-fi flick "The Box," starring Cameron Diaz and James Marsden, hits theaters on Friday, Nov. 6.And this is just the beginning ... there are a slew of flicks slotted for release in 2010. Can't kee...
'Twilight Saga: New Moon' event hitting Natick mall
The “Twilight" madness continues on Thursday, Nov. 12 where die-hard fans can participate in "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" event at the Natick Collection's Hot Topic and Nordstrom located at 1245 Worcester St.Similar to the scream fest last year in Saug...
Actor Jesse Eisenberg films animal PSA in Boston
When indie film mainstay Jesse Eisenberg takes a break from dodging the undead in "Zombieland" or filming the partially made-in-Boston flick "The Social Network," he takes a stand for displaced animals.The 26-year-old actor, currently filming an overnight...
'Social Network' moves on while Cruise continues
The made-in-Boston movie madness continues with three films shooting in Medford, Charlestown, Melrose and the Fenway Park area throughout the Halloween weekend.Crews with "The Social Network," the partially made-in-Boston flick based on local author Ben M...
'Knight & Day' filming a bridal reception with Diaz
Cameron Diaz and her on-screen sister played by Maggie Grace, known for her work as the poor little rich girl Shannon Rutherford on ABC's "Lost" series, filmed a wedding reception scene for the spy-comedy "Knight & Day" inside of of the Jacob Wirth Re...
'Social Network' moving to Johns Hopkins campus
Crews with "The Social Network," the partially made-in-Boston flick based on local author Ben Mezrich's tell-all book about the founding of Facebook in a Harvard dorm, plan to film some of the Harvard-based dorm scenes at, get this, the Homewood campus of...
The week in quotes from Hollywood in the Hub
"We're going into pre-production of 'Code of Silence' in December, shooting in January."--Mike O'Dea, who unveiled his short film "Townies" at the New York International Film and Video Festival last Friday, tells Loaded Gun Boston that his on-and-off agai...
Tom Cruise's 'Knight & Day' filming at Jacob Wirth
Crews with the Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz spy-comedy "Knight & Day," formerly known as "Wichita," set up shop outside of the Jacob Wirth Restaurant located at 31 Stuart St. in Boston's Theatre District.Based on the production signs outside of the res...
Halloween costumes inspired by locally shot films
On the hunt for an oh-so-clever Halloween costume? Don't fret.Inspiration may literally be around the corner ... especially if you live in the North End where crews with Ben Affleck's "The Town" and other flicks like the indie "OxyMorons" and the Tom Crui...
Tom Cruise's 'Knight & Day' filming at Jacob Wirth
Crews with the Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz spy-comedy "Knight & Day," formerly known as "Wichita," set up shop outside of the Jacob Wirth Restaurant located at 31 Stuart St. in Boston's Theatre District.Based on the production signs outside of the res...
'Social Network' transforms Boston into Harvard
Set designers with "The Social Network," the partially made-in-Boston flick based on local author Ben Mezrich's tell-all book about the founding of Facebook in a Harvard dorm, set up shop at Wheelock College, located at 200 Riverway, as a stand-in for a c...
Jackson Rathbone courts 'Girlfriend' in Wayland
The last place fans will find up-and-coming “Twilight” actor and 100 Monkeys musician Jackson Rathbone?“I don’t go to malls,” he jokes, taking a break from filming the indie flick “Girlfriend” outside of the State Road Auto Body’s garage i...
Ben Affleck's 'The Town' is taking over the town
Just in case you haven't noticed, there's a whole lot of filming going on in Boston.While Cambridge homeboy Ben Affleck filmed scenes for his blue-collar heist flick "The Town" at Twin City Plaza on the Cambridge-Somerville line located at 22 McGrath High...
Ben Affleck's 'The Town' spins New Spin Laundry
Set designers with Ben Affleck's "The Town" transformed New Spin Laundry located at 100 Salem St. in the North End into a convincing faux bank called First Boston Savings on Tuesday, Oct. 6.Boston emcee Slaine (pictured), who made a bang as gun-runner Bub...
The week in quotes from Hollywood in the Hub
"There are so many chances in the world, but everything is connected. There is nothing in existence that doesn't connect us to any experience and any person at any given time anywhere in the world."--Cameron Diaz, currently in Boston filming the spy-comed...
Photos of 'Zookeeper' cast at Fairmont Copley set
In the wee hours of Saturday, Oct. 3, Copley Square was transformed into a Hollywood-esque movie lot with the cast of the Adam Sandler-produced "Zookeeper," including Kevin James, Rosario Dawson and Leslie Bibb, filming scenes at the upscale Fairmont Copl...
Tom Cruise's 'Knight & Day' filming in Charlestown
Crews with Tom Cruise's spy-comedy "Knight & Day," formerly known as "Wichita," continue to film an elaborate stunt in Charlestown involving a vehicle careening off of a bridge.Commuters should expect a traffic snarl or two when shooting is expected t...
Tom Cruise's 'Wichita' film renamed 'Knight & Day'
James Mangold's currently-in-production, Boston-based flick formerly known as "Wichita," starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz, has undergone a name switcheroo. The new title? It's "Knight & Day," according to Variety."Knight & Day" follows Cruise ...

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