‘We’re the Millers’ Racks Up 6 MTV Movie Award Nominations

North Carolina productions will have a good presence at the 2014 MTV Movie Awards next month, with We’re the Millers nominated for six awards, along with The Conjuring and Iron Man 3, which also received nominations, all three of which were filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina. We’re the Millers is nominated for Best Female Performance (Jennifer Aniston), Breakthrough Performance (Will Poulter), Best Kiss (Emma Roberts, Jennifer Aniston, and Will Poulter), Best Comedic Performance (Jason Sudeikis), Best Shirtless Performance (Jennifer Aniston), and Best Musical Moment (Will Poulter singing “Waterfalls”).

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‘Honeymoon’ Reveals Creepy Teaser Trailer

'Honeymoon' teaser poster

Filmed in and around Hendersonville, North Carolina, Honeymoon, from writer / director Leigh Janiak, is gearing up for its world premiere as part of the Midnighters and Short Film program at the annual South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival happening in Austin, Texas this month, and we now have the first official teaser trailer to share with you. Starring Rose Leslie of HBO’s Game of Thrones and Harry Treadway of Showtime’s upcoming Penny Dreadful, you can scroll down to watch the teaser in the player below!

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Indie ‘Until the Bloody Reign is Over’ Premiere Announced

'Until the Bloody Reign is Over' was filmed in Monroe, North Carolina.

We are all about supporting independent North Carolina filmmakers following their passion, which is why we had to share news of this month’s premiere screening of the homemade family-filmed feature Until the Bloody Reign is Over, filmed in Monroe, North Carolina. You can watch the official trailer for this ambitiously creative neighborhood project in the player below, and then scroll down to read the full press release!

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‘Honeymoon’ Debuts First Teaser Poster

'Honeymoon' teaser poster

Filmed in and around Hendersonville, North Carolina, Honeymoon, from writer / director Leigh Janiak, is gearing up for its world premiere as part of the Midnighters and Short Film program at the annual South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival happening in Austin, Texas this March 7-15, and the first official poster for the horror film was revealed today. Starring Rose Leslie of HBO’s Game of Thrones and Harry Treadway of Showtime’s upcoming Penny Dreadful, you can view the official teaser poster below!

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NC Secretary of Commerce Says Film Incentives Will Return!

North Carolina Secretary of Commerce Sharon Decker says that the state’s film incentives will be expanded, at least in some form, beyond the current sunset at the end of this year, with plans to have legislation ready for the upcoming short session of the General Assembly, in hopes that there will be no gap in the incentive program, according to the Charlotte Business Journal. Decker spoke at the North Carolina Governor’s Conference on Tourism in Charlotte this morning, where she said she is “encouraged and optimistic” about ongoing film industry discussions regarding the state’s…

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Our State Magazine Celebrates NC Film in First Movie Issue!

Our State Magazine - March 2014 Movie Issue Cover

North Carolina film legend and Hollywood icon Ava Gardner graces the cover of the newest edition of Our State Magazine, dubbed the publication’s first ever “Movie Issue”. Almost all of the March 2014 issue of Our State is devoted to features about the North Carolina film industry, including a profile on Gardner and features on hometown theaters around the state and Wilmington as “Hollywood East”.

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Support NC Film at Red Carpet Oscar Fundraiser

An Evening on the Red Carpet - March 2, 2014

You are invited to walk the red carpet like a celebrity at the annual Oscars fundraiser for Wilmington, North Carolina’s Cucalorus Film Festival, which will celebrate its 20th anniversary this fall. Scroll down to read the full press release on this year’s “Evening on the Red Carpet”, happening at EUE / Screen Gems Studios on Oscar Sunday, March 2.

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‘Careful What You Wish For’ Reveals New Photo

Nic Jonas and Isabel Lucas get close in 'Careful What You Wish For', filmed in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Filmed in Charlotte, North Carolina, the erotic thriller Careful What You Wish For, starring Isabel Lucas (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen) and former Disney star Nick Jonas of The Jonas Brothers, has revealed a new photo from the film via director Elizabeth Allen’s official website, which you can view below. You can watch the brief skin-bearing teaser for Careful What You Wish For in the player below!

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