Author: Matt Artz

Walton Goggins To Replace Joe Manganiello In ‘Six’

Matt Artz
Walton Goggins stars in 'Six', filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina.

The great Walton Goggins has been cast in the History Channel miniseries Six, filming in Wilmington, North Carolina. He will play Rip Taggart, replacing Joe Manganiello who abruptly exited the project recently due to an unknown health issue.  Goggins is a veteran numerous TV series and films, including The Shield, Justified, Django Unchained, House of 1,000 Corpses, and most recently Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight. Six had filmed almost two of its eight-episode order when production was abruptly shut down for Manganiello to address an undisclosed health issue.  There is currently…

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Joe Manganiello Exits ‘Six’ And His Role To Be Recast

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Filming of the History Channel miniseries Six was halted last week so actor Joe Manganiello could address an unknown health issue, and now we have word that the former True Blood star will not return to the production and his role is now to be recast.  Six had filmed almost two of its eight-episode order when production was abruptly shut down for Manganiello to address an undisclosed health issue.  There is currently no restart date set to resume filming, but Manganiello’s scenes will be reshot with his replacement, to be…

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Debra Messing Not Happy ‘Dirty Dancing’ Couldn’t Relocate After HB2

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

While much of the country continues to boycott North Carolina over the recent adoption of House Bill 2 (HB2), filming of ABC’s upcoming TV musical remake of Dirty Dancing started this week in the Asheville area,  as production was already too far underway to consider relocating amid the ongoing Hollywood backlash aimed a Gov. McCrory, but one of the ABC movie’s stars, Debra Messing (Will & Grace), tweeted today about her displeasure that she has to work in the state in light of the current discrimination controversy. Messing tweeted today, “Heading to…

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Asheville 48 Hour Film Project Registration Now Open

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Registration is now open in Asheville, North Carolina for the annual 48 Hour Film Project, where interested filmmakers from all over the Asheville area will compete to see who can make the best short film in only 48 hours. The winning film will go up against entries from around the world at Filmapalooza 2017 for a chance at the grand prize and an opportunity to screen at the Cannes Film Festival 2017 Court Métrage. Registration officially opened today, and you can register now online here. The early bird entry fee of…

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‘Shots Fired’ Filming in Gastonia This Week

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Helen Hunt on the set of Shots Fired in Gastonia, North Carolina. Photo by John Clark/Gaston Gazette

If you happened to drop by Gastonia City Hall on Tuesday, you probably got a glimpse of Oscar award winner Helen Hunt filming scenes for the upcoming Fox series Shots Fired, a drama featuring a fictional North Carolina town in turmoil after a racially-charged shooting, which will premiere on the Fox network this fall. Evan Showler, a Gaston County native, is an assistant location manager for the show. He recently told the Gaston Gazette that he relishes the chance to work on productions in his hometown. “We love being in Gaston County,”…

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‘Game of Thrones’ star Peter Dinklage Joins ‘Three Billboards’

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Game of Thrones star Peter Dinklage has joined the all star cast of writer/director Martin McDonagh’s drama Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, about to start filming in western North Carolina. The film tells the story of a mother, played by Frances McDormand (Fargo), whose daughter was murdered, after which she goes to war with the police, thinking that they are not interested in pursuing justice. Infuriated because the sheriffs in her hometown are more interested in persecuting black people than finding the killer, she then pays for three local billboards…

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‘Dirty Dancing’ Cast Original vs Remake

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Sarah Hyland as Lisa Houseman in Dirty Dancing, filmed in North Carolina. photo: Twitter

Filming of ABC’s upcoming TV musical remake of Dirty Dancing started today in the Asheville area of North Carolina, and we already have a preview of Sarah Hyland’s new look as Lisa Houseman (revealed today via Twitter), which you can check out below. With filming beginning today, we thought it would be fun to take a look at some side-by-side comparisons of some of the key original cast members next to their new counterparts. Check it out below! The new three-hour Dirty Dancing musical event will air on the ABC television network. The…

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When Will ‘Max Steel’ Land in Theaters?

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'Max Steel', filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina

Filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina way back in 2014, the live action adaptation of the popular Mattel toy franchise Max Steel could finally land in theaters this summer. Max Steel will reportedly open in theaters on August 26, 2016, and while an official press release was never put out, both the film’s IMDb and Wikipedia pages have recently been updated to reflect this release date.  If the action adventure is set to arrive on August 26, we can likely expect a trailer for the film any day now. Be sure…

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‘Dirty Dancing’ To Begin Filming April 11

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Nicole Scherzinger rehearsing for 'Dirty Dancing' in North Carolina. (via Instagram)

Though Lionsgate pulled its new Hulu series from North Carolina due to the industry’s swelling opposition to the state’s recent adoption of House Bill 2, the studio’s upcoming TV musical remake of Dirty Dancing is thankfully too far into pre-production to consider relocating, and now we know when filming in the Asheville area of western North Carolina is set to begin. With pre-production already well underway at locations including the High Hampton Inn in Cashiers, filming of ABC’s three-hour Dirty Dancing remake is scheduled to start this Monday, April 11, shooting first…

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‘The Disappointments Room’ Release Pushed Back (Again)

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Kate Beckinsale on the set of 'The Disappointments Room', filmed in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Filmed in Greensboro, North Carolina, the thriller The Disappointments Room, starring Kate Beckinsale (Underworld), has had its scheduled release date postponed already numerous times due to the bankruptcy hearings of Relativity Media, and now its most recent move sets it up unfortunately against the next Star Wars movie. Originally dated for September of 2015 and then rescheduled for March 25 (against Batman v Superman), the film was once again put on the shelf late last month, until Relativity recently revealed its updated release schedule, again pushing the supernatural movie back…

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