Showing posts with label Warrior. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Warrior. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Screen Actors Guild Nomination for Nick Nolte for Warrior
Every once in a while, a movie shot in the Pittsburgh area is nominated for an award. Granted, it doesn't seem to happen that often. So, it was nice to see Nick Nolte, who played the father in Warrior, be nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actor. Good luck to Nick!
Full SAG Nominee List
Thursday, September 15, 2011
2011 - Busy Moviemaking Year and More to Come!
I haven't posted here much this year, due more to having a very busy volunteer project. Did a little extra work on Steel Town (later renamed Still I Rise), and was one of about 10,000 free extras who sat in Heinz Field for a Saturday for stadium crowd scenes for The Dark Knight Rises. It looked like Anne Hathaway and Joseph Gordon-Levitt briefly visited the set, but Tom Hardy was there long enough for a general introduction. Sadly, I was out of my seat and looking for some water at that point, so I missed Hardy completely.
The next Tom Cruise movie, One Shot, will be filmed here this fall. Rosamund Pike (An Education) and David Oyelowo (Rise of the Planet of the Apes) will co-star.
Last year, I complained a little that while I'm glad more movies are being shot in the Pittsburgh area, I wished a better quality of movie was filmed here. That just might have happened. While Warrior, shot here in 2009, has been a slow-starter at the box office, it's a very good movie, a darker version of last year's The Fighter. Excellent performances by Joel Edgerton, Tom Hardy and Nick Nolte. If you haven't seen Warrior, go see it even if you don't care for fight movies.
And, Abduction, shot here in the summer of 2010 with some reshoots in May 2011, has been getting lots of TV commercials and trailers. The trailer makes it look quite compelling.
The next Tom Cruise movie, One Shot, will be filmed here this fall. Rosamund Pike (An Education) and David Oyelowo (Rise of the Planet of the Apes) will co-star.
Last year, I complained a little that while I'm glad more movies are being shot in the Pittsburgh area, I wished a better quality of movie was filmed here. That just might have happened. While Warrior, shot here in 2009, has been a slow-starter at the box office, it's a very good movie, a darker version of last year's The Fighter. Excellent performances by Joel Edgerton, Tom Hardy and Nick Nolte. If you haven't seen Warrior, go see it even if you don't care for fight movies.
And, Abduction, shot here in the summer of 2010 with some reshoots in May 2011, has been getting lots of TV commercials and trailers. The trailer makes it look quite compelling.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Rennerdale...East of Hollywood but West of Pittsburgh...
Rennerdale is a tiny town just outside of Carnegie, PA, which is just outside of Pittsburgh. It's one of those "blink and you'll miss it" kind of places. I'd only gotten to know it at all when I moved out to the country a few years back and found it a handy detour around construction on the Parkway West.
If Pittsburgh has (slightly) become "Hollywood East" over the last two years, Rennerdale has become a common small-town location for filming in Western Pennsylvania.
A year ago last spring, some scenes for Shelter were shot on the Rennerdale section of the Panhandle Trail.
This spring, a wedding scene for the CBS pilot Three Rivers was shot at the Presbyterian Church.
Today, I took the back way to Pittsburgh and saw signs indicating Warrior was shooting in the area.
If Pittsburgh has (slightly) become "Hollywood East" over the last two years, Rennerdale has become a common small-town location for filming in Western Pennsylvania.
A year ago last spring, some scenes for Shelter were shot on the Rennerdale section of the Panhandle Trail.
This spring, a wedding scene for the CBS pilot Three Rivers was shot at the Presbyterian Church.
Today, I took the back way to Pittsburgh and saw signs indicating Warrior was shooting in the area.
Friday, May 22, 2009
Now Filming: Warrior
The big shoot in Pittsburgh in April, May and June has been Warrior, a Lionsgate movie about fathers, sons and mixed-martial arts.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette had a great article on the movie a few weeks back.
Nolte has now made three movies here in Pittsburgh - Warrior, Mysteries of Pittsburgh and Lorenzo's Oil. He likes the area, and has said that, when he's done with Warrior, he will have spent an entire year in Pennsylvania over the last 18 years making movies.
This movie also features one of the most visible young actresses in Hollywood - Jennifer Morrison, who plays Nolte's daughter-in-law. She's appeared in House for the last five years, and made a brief but memorable appearance as James T. Kirk's mother at the beginning of the recent Star Trek remake.
They're still looking for extras for the audience of the mixed martial arts competitions, particularly for Saturday, May 30.
Some additional recent articles on Warrior:
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette had a great article on the movie a few weeks back.
Nolte has now made three movies here in Pittsburgh - Warrior, Mysteries of Pittsburgh and Lorenzo's Oil. He likes the area, and has said that, when he's done with Warrior, he will have spent an entire year in Pennsylvania over the last 18 years making movies.
This movie also features one of the most visible young actresses in Hollywood - Jennifer Morrison, who plays Nolte's daughter-in-law. She's appeared in House for the last five years, and made a brief but memorable appearance as James T. Kirk's mother at the beginning of the recent Star Trek remake.
They're still looking for extras for the audience of the mixed martial arts competitions, particularly for Saturday, May 30.
Some additional recent articles on Warrior:
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Welcome to Pittsburgh Flicks
This is a site for movie fans interested in movies that have been shot in Western Pennsylvania.
For the last few years, we've had an unprecedented number of movies shot in our region. Not just local film students making yet another zombie movie with handheld cameras, but major flicks that have been seen around the world - Adventureland, Friday the 13th 3-D, and, of course Zach and Miri Make a Porno. This fall, movies like The Road will be out.
Not only is Pittsburgh home to movie production, but our region has produced people who've gone one to be major players. Three years ago, who'd heard of Zachary Quinto? Now, we know he's been a mass murderer in Heroes and Spock in the reboot of Star Trek.
There are several reasons why Pittsburgh has become "Hollywood East" including experienced crews, interesting locations, a pro-active film office. However, recent passage of a movie-making tax credit has helped make Pennsylvania a more attractive site for movie-making. You'll find more information about the tax credit and its importance posted here shortly; for now, be aware that there will be a public hearing about the tax credit on Friday, June 5, 1pm at the David Lawrence Convention Center. If you support local movie-making, plan to attend this important event.
This site will let you know what's up with local movie making and with local (or formerly local) movie people.
If you've never been around movie-making, and you're curious, Warrior is still looking for extras, particularly for Saturday, May 30. Anyone over 18 can be an extra.
Not only is Pittsburgh the location for movie production, we're seeing some TV production here as well. This week the CBS pilot Three Rivers, which is both set in Pittsburgh and was shot here and in Brownsville, was picked up for the fall. It's not clear yet if the series will be filmed here. CBS has a Web site up for Three Rivers, which includes video from the pilot.
For the last few years, we've had an unprecedented number of movies shot in our region. Not just local film students making yet another zombie movie with handheld cameras, but major flicks that have been seen around the world - Adventureland, Friday the 13th 3-D, and, of course Zach and Miri Make a Porno. This fall, movies like The Road will be out.
Not only is Pittsburgh home to movie production, but our region has produced people who've gone one to be major players. Three years ago, who'd heard of Zachary Quinto? Now, we know he's been a mass murderer in Heroes and Spock in the reboot of Star Trek.
There are several reasons why Pittsburgh has become "Hollywood East" including experienced crews, interesting locations, a pro-active film office. However, recent passage of a movie-making tax credit has helped make Pennsylvania a more attractive site for movie-making. You'll find more information about the tax credit and its importance posted here shortly; for now, be aware that there will be a public hearing about the tax credit on Friday, June 5, 1pm at the David Lawrence Convention Center. If you support local movie-making, plan to attend this important event.
This site will let you know what's up with local movie making and with local (or formerly local) movie people.
If you've never been around movie-making, and you're curious, Warrior is still looking for extras, particularly for Saturday, May 30. Anyone over 18 can be an extra.
Not only is Pittsburgh the location for movie production, we're seeing some TV production here as well. This week the CBS pilot Three Rivers, which is both set in Pittsburgh and was shot here and in Brownsville, was picked up for the fall. It's not clear yet if the series will be filmed here. CBS has a Web site up for Three Rivers, which includes video from the pilot.
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