Filmed in Asheville, North Carolina this summer, the Zach Galifianakis “Armored Car Heist” movie has finally received its official name – Masterminds. Formerly titled Loomis Fargo the film tells the story of a real life robbery that took place in Charlotte, North Carolina  in 1997, when David Scott Ghantt, the driver of a Loomis Fargo & Company armored car grabbed $17 million, stuck it in a company van, and drove off with the money, committing the third largest cash robbery in United States history at the time.
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First ‘Jessabelle’ Clip Digs Up A Grave
Filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina, the Lionsgate and Blumhouse thriller Jessabelle, from Saw VI and Saw 3D director Kevin Greutert and writer Robert Ben Garant (Reno 911), has released a first clip, featuring a discovery at a lake. From Blumhouse (The Lords of Salem, Insidious, Paranormal Activity) and Lionsgate Studios, starring Sarah Snook (Sleeping Beauty), Joelle Carter (Justified), Mark Webber (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World), Ana de la Reguera, and Amber Stevens, you can check out the first official clip from the film in the player below!
Read More‘Careful What You Wish For’ Official Trailer Revealed
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 official trailer this week. You can watch the official trailer for Careful What You Wish For in the player below!
Read More‘The Disappointments Room’ Release Date Announced
Production started earlier this month in Greensboro, North Carolina on the new thriller The Disappointments Room, starring Kate Beckinsale (Total Recall, Pearl Harbor, Underworld), and Relativity has now announced a theatrical release date for the film. The Disappointments Room will open in theaters in just about one year from now, on September 25, 2015.
Read More‘The Devil’s Hand’ Unveils Sinful New Official Poster
Filmed in and around Wilmington, Currie, Rocky Point, and Burgaw, North Carolina in 2012, we have a new official poster for the horror thriller The Devil’s Hand (formerly The Occult and then The Devil’s Rapture, and then Where the Devil Hides). Starring Rufus Sewell (Dark City), Colm Meaney (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), Leah Pipes (Sorority Row), and Jennifer Carpenter (Showtime’s Dexter), you can scroll down to watch the official trailer and check out the new poster for The Devil’s Hand below!
Read More‘The Disappointments Room’ Begins Filming in Greensboro, NC
Production started this week in Greensboro, North Carolina on the new thriller The Disappointments Room, starring Kate Beckinsale (Total Recall, Pearl Harbor, Underworld), and director D.J. Caruso has revealed the first images from the set via his Twitter account. Caruso tweeted the above image as filming started on Monday, with the accompanying text “The journey has begun…”. Last week, the director also tweeted two other photos from North Carolina, of a production meeting and of “the reflecting pond”, which you can view below!
Read More‘The Disappointments Room’ Begins Filming in Greensboro, NC
Production started this week in Greensboro, North Carolina on the new thriller The Disappointments Room, starring Kate Beckinsale (Total Recall, Pearl Harbor, Underworld), and director D.J. Caruso has revealed the first images from the set via his Twitter account. Caruso tweeted the above image as filming started on Monday, with the accompanying text “The journey has begun…”. Last week, the director also tweeted two other photos from North Carolina, of a production meeting and of “the reflecting pond”, which you can view below!
Read MoreKristen Wiig Talks Spending Summer Filming In Asheville
Kristen Wiig (Bridesmaids) spent much of her summer in Asheville, North Carolina filming a highly anticipated heist comedy (formerly Loomis Fargo) with Zach Galifianakis, Owen Wilson, and Jason Sudeikis, and she talked fondly about her time in the area earlier this week when the actress appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman. You can watch Wiig talk about her summer in Asheville in the player below!
Read More‘The Choice’ Production Dates, Director Announced
Confirming our story from back in July, a second Nicholas Sparks novel adaptation will be filmed in North Carolina this year, following The Longest Ride earlier this summer, as a director has been named and production dates announced for The Choice. The film adaptation of Sparks’ novel The Choice will also be shot in Wilmington and Wrighsville Beach, North Carolina, with production to begin on October 13 and run for 30 days.
Read MoreLucas Till Joins Kate Beckinsale in ‘The Disappointments Room’
Lucas Till, who played Havoc in X-Men: First Class and this year’s X-Men: Days of Future Past, is the latest to join the cast of the thriller The Disappointments Room, starring Kate Beckinsale (Total Recall, Pearl Harbor, Underworld) and Mel Raido (The Informers), which will begin production in Greensboro, North Carolina on September 8. In what is said to be a “flashy role”, THR reports that Till will play a mysterious carpenter who works on Beckinsale’s home in the film.
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