With Gov. Deval Patrick's latest budget proposal slotted to restrict tax credits for the
film industry - slashed to $50 million a year for 2010 and 2011 - expect a meaner and
leaner film-production season in 2010.
Yep, say "bye-bye" to big-budget flicks with talent like Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz
who filmed "Knight & Day" in Boston in 2009.
The good news is that the state's 25 percent incentive will subsidize $200 million worth
of production and there are a handful of possible film projects that are in the works.
Here's a list of potential made-in-Massachusetts films for 2010:
The Other Side
Lindsay Lohan is still greenlit to star in "The Other Side," a flick following
a graduate student sent to spend the summer working at a scientific
institute at an island off the coast of Massachusetts. Lohan, raising
eyebrows with her new flick "Machete" after reportedly going topless, is
set to act alongside Woody Harrelson, Giovanni Ribisi, Dave Matthews
and Alanis Morisette.
The Fallen
Word is that Brian Goodman, who did an excellent job with the made-
in-Boston film "What Doesn't Kill You," may finally see the on-and-off
film following a Boston firefighter based on Emilio Mauro and Mike
Yebba's screenplay greenlit for 2010. According to a MTV article and a
source at a new site called Beantown.Name, Samuel L. Jackson is
playing a supporting role. According imdb, James Mottern is directing.
Other contenders:
Also, since we last checked, the on-and-off again indie flick from "Townies"
writer/director Mike O'Dea is scheduled to begin filming on March 17, 2010
or St. Patrick's Day. "Code of Silence" follows boxer Mickey Callaghan with
an extraordinary family legacy ... his father John Callaghan is a feared and
ruthless Winter Hill crime boss.
film industry - slashed to $50 million a year for 2010 and 2011 - expect a meaner and
leaner film-production season in 2010.
Yep, say "bye-bye" to big-budget flicks with talent like Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz
who filmed "Knight & Day" in Boston in 2009.
The good news is that the state's 25 percent incentive will subsidize $200 million worth
of production and there are a handful of possible film projects that are in the works.
Here's a list of potential made-in-Massachusetts films for 2010:
The Other Side
Lindsay Lohan is still greenlit to star in "The Other Side," a flick following
a graduate student sent to spend the summer working at a scientific
institute at an island off the coast of Massachusetts. Lohan, raising
eyebrows with her new flick "Machete" after reportedly going topless, is
set to act alongside Woody Harrelson, Giovanni Ribisi, Dave Matthews
and Alanis Morisette.
The Fallen
Word is that Brian Goodman, who did an excellent job with the made-
in-Boston film "What Doesn't Kill You," may finally see the on-and-off
film following a Boston firefighter based on Emilio Mauro and Mike
Yebba's screenplay greenlit for 2010. According to a MTV article and a
source at a new site called Beantown.Name, Samuel L. Jackson is
playing a supporting role. According imdb, James Mottern is directing.
Other contenders:
Also, since we last checked, the on-and-off again indie flick from "Townies"
writer/director Mike O'Dea is scheduled to begin filming on March 17, 2010
or St. Patrick's Day. "Code of Silence" follows boxer Mickey Callaghan with
an extraordinary family legacy ... his father John Callaghan is a feared and
ruthless Winter Hill crime boss.
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Made-in-Massachusetts movie action in 2010?
by Roland Hansen
by Roland Hansen
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Missing Links
Steve Carell from "The Office" is tee-ing up to produce the
set-in-Boston comedy "Missing Links" following a crew of golfing
buddies. According to the trade pubs, Jay Lavender ("The
Break-Up") is attached to adapt Rick Reilly's tale of a group of
golfing pals at a run-down Boston course. The group discovers
they've been playing next to an elite club and holds a competition
over who will be first to play a round.
Steve Carell from "The Office" is tee-ing up to produce the
set-in-Boston comedy "Missing Links" following a crew of golfing
buddies. According to the trade pubs, Jay Lavender ("The
Break-Up") is attached to adapt Rick Reilly's tale of a group of
golfing pals at a run-down Boston course. The group discovers
they've been playing next to an elite club and holds a competition
over who will be first to play a round.
Hamlet
Original "Twilight" director Catherine Hardwicke teams up with actor
Emile Hirsch in this modern retelling of the Shakespeare classic
"Hamlet." The story takes place at a small New England liberal arts
college where Hamlet’s father is the president. The story will begin with
Hamlet (Hirsch) returning home for his father’s funeral, only to learn that
his uncle, who has taken over his father’s post, is responsible for his
father’s murder.
Original "Twilight" director Catherine Hardwicke teams up with actor
Emile Hirsch in this modern retelling of the Shakespeare classic
"Hamlet." The story takes place at a small New England liberal arts
college where Hamlet’s father is the president. The story will begin with
Hamlet (Hirsch) returning home for his father’s funeral, only to learn that
his uncle, who has taken over his father’s post, is responsible for his
father’s murder.
The buzz is that Steve Carell may do a Kevin James and film two flicks
in the Hub this year. Carell, an Acton native who spends his summer in
Marshfield, may reprise his role as Maxwell Smart in a sequel to the
"Get Smart" remake with Hasty Pudding diva Anne Hathaway as Agent
99.
in the Hub this year. Carell, an Acton native who spends his summer in
Marshfield, may reprise his role as Maxwell Smart in a sequel to the
"Get Smart" remake with Hasty Pudding diva Anne Hathaway as Agent
99.