Author: Matt Artz

TNT Reveals ‘Good Behavior’ Official Trailer

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Michelle Dockery stars in the TNT series 'Good Behavior', filmed in North Carolina.

TNT recently released the official trailer for the new drama Good Behavior, now filming in Wilmington, North Carolina and set to premiere on the network later this year. After the pilot episode was shot in Wilmington last summer, the future of the show was uncertain until TNT stepped in to pick up the show for a full first season. Good Behavior stars Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey), based on the Letty Dobesh books by North Carolina author Blake Crouch and Chad Hodge (Wayward Pines), telling the story of Letty Raines (Dockery), a thief and a…

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Watch Debra Messing Dish To Rachael Ray About ‘Dirty Dancing’

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Debra Messing stars in 'Dirty Dancing', filmed in North Carolina.

Debra Messing (Will and Grace) appeared on Rachael Ray’s talk show last week, where she discussed her role in the upcoming TV musical remake of Dirty Dancing, about to start filming in western North Carolina, near where the classic original movie was also made. You can watch Messing express her excitement for the project and for coming to work in North Carolina in a clip from the episode in the player below (starting at about the 2:22 mark)!

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Helen Hunt, Richard Dreyfuss, Stephen Moyer Join ‘Shots Fired’

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Three more high profile actors have joined the cast of the new series Shots Fired, to be filmed in and around Charlotte, North Carolina. Deadline reports:  Oscar winners Helen Hunt and Richard Dreyfuss and True Blood alum Stephen Moyer have been set for lead roles in Shots Fired, Fox’s drama series that examines the dangerous aftermath of racially charged shootings in a small town in North Carolina. Hunt, who has signed a one-season deal, will portray Patricia Eamons, the fictional governor of North Carolina. Dreyfuss will play Arlen Cox, a real estate…

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Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell Join ‘Three Billboards’

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The independent feature film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, filming in western North Carolina, has added two big name actors to it cast. Woody Harelson (Natural Born Killers, The Hunger Games) and Sam Rockwell (Moon, Poltergeist) will join the previously announced Frances McDormand (Fargo), Abbie Cornish (Sucker Punch), and Caleb Landry Jones (X-Men: First Class) in the film, written and directed by Martin McDonagh, according to Deadline.

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Billy Dee Williams Joins ‘Dirty Dancing’ Remake

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The cast for ABC’s upcoming Dirty Dancing remake continues to grow, today adding some Star Wars star power in the form of Lando Calrissian himself, Billy Dee Williams (The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, Batman), set to play band leader Tito (played by Charles Coles in the original film). Yesterday we reported that Modern Family star Sarah Hyland is also set to put on her dancing shoes for the musical event, as well as former Pussycat Dolls lead singer Nicole Scherzinger, who was also announced this week to have…

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‘Modern Family’ Star Sarah Hyland Joins ‘Dirty Dancing’ Remake

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Sarah Hyland stars in 'Dirty Dancing', filmed in western North Carolina.

The cast for ABC’s upcoming Dirty Dancing remake continues to heat up, with Modern Family star Sarah Hyland now set to put on her dancing shoes as the newest addition to the musical event. Just yesterday, former Pussycat Dolls lead singer Nicole Scherzinger was also announced to have officially joined Abigail Breslin (Scream Queens, Little Miss Sunshine) and Debra Messing (Will and Grace) in the upcoming TV musical remake of Dirty Dancing, about to shoot in western North Carolina, near where the classic original film was also made.

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Nicole Scherzinger Dances onto ‘Dirty Dancing’ TV Remake

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Nicole Scherzinger stars in 'Dirty Dancing', filmed in western North Carolina.

Former Pussycat Dolls lead singer Nicole Scherzinger has officially joined Abigail Breslin (Scream Queens, Little Miss Sunshine) and Debra Messing (Will and Grace) in the upcoming TV musical remake of Dirty Dancing, about to shoot in western North Carolina, near where the classic original film was also made. The new three-hour Dirty Dancing musical event will air on the ABC television network.

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North Carolina Awards Three Film Grants

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Sanaa Lathan stars in ‘Shots Fired’, filmed in North Carolina.

The North Carolina Department of Commerce announced on Friday that three upcoming film and TV productions are each recipients of funds from the state’s Film and Entertainment Grant program this year, including Dirty Dancing, Shots Fired, and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. You can read the full press release below, and then give us your thoughts in the comments! 

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Joe Manganiello Enlists In History Channel SEAL Team ‘Six’

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Wilmington, North Carolina has been selected as the filming location for the upcoming History Channel series Six, a new scripted drama that is inspired by real missions from the military special operations unit Navy SEAL Team Six, and we have some updated casting news for you. Former True Blood werewolf Joe Manganiello has joined the cast of action military drama, according to Variety, and he will play Rip Taggart, a onetime leader of the SEAL Team Six squad who now patrols an African village to protect its residents from Boko Haram. Additional cast members recently announced include Barry Sloane (Revenge), Dominic…

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Debra Messing Joins ‘Dirty Dancing’ TV Remake

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Debra Messing is the latest cast member to join Abigail Breslin (Scream Queens, Little Miss Sunshine) in the upcoming TV musical remake of Dirty Dancing, expected to shoot in Asheville, North Carolina where the original was filmed. The new Dirty Dancing musical event will air on the ABC television network, though it will be pre-recorded and not a live performance, as some recent network TV musicals have been.

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