NC Film Office Mid-Year Report: $268 Million, 19,000 Jobs In 2014

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The North Carolina Film Office released a mid-year financial report today, which estimates another banner year for the state’s film industry, with in-state spending by productions at over $268 million. plus the creation of more than 19,000 job opportunities, with filming taking place in 35 different counties Six months into 2014, the North Carolina Film Office reports an estimated production tally of $268 million in direct in-state spending and nearly 19,000 job opportunities for North Carolinians.

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New ‘Honeymoon’ Trailer, Poster Debut

'Honeymoon' (2014), filmed in Hendersonville, North Carolina.

Filmed in and around Hendersonville, North Carolina, from writer/director Leigh Janiak, the full official trailer for the thriller Honeymoon was released today, along with a new poster. Starring Rose Leslie of HBO’s Game of Thrones and Harry Treadway of Showtime’s Penny Dreadful, you can can watch the official trailer in the player below, and the scroll down to view the new poster!

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‘Jessabelle’ Release Date Moved, New Photos Revealed

Sarah Snook stars in 'Jessabelle', filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina.

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 been pushed back from its originally scheduled August release date, now arriving in theaters on November 7, 2014. 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 watch the official trailer in the player below, and…

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Kate Beckinsale Horror Movie to Film in Greensboro, NC

A new horror movie starring Kate Beckinsale (Underworld, Total Recall, Pearl Harbor) will be filmed in Greensboro, North Carolina later this year. About a family who moves into a haunted house out in the country, The Disappointments Rooms  will star Beckinsale as a mother who begins to question her sanity when she starts seeing ghosts and visions of the house’s bloody past.

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‘Tammy’ is Touching, Funny Tribute to Women [Movie Review]

Filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina, Tammy is a fun and funny coming of age road trip movie that should put the hilarious Melissa McCarthy and her director/co-writer husband Ben Falcone on the A List for comedic talent in Hollywood.  McCarthy is not as foulmouthed as she was in her breakthrough role in Bridesmaids, but she’s still just as lovably blunt in her admittedly often dimwitted role as the title character.

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Nicholas Sparks’ ‘The Choice’ to Film in Wilmington, North Carolina

Production is currently underway on the Nicholas Sparks novel adaptation The Longest Ride in Wilmington, North Carolina, and it looks like yet another Sparks book-to-movie project will also shoot in Wilmington before the end of this year. The Port City Daily reports that the film adaptation of Sparks’ novel The Choice will also be shot in Wilmington, with production to begin in mid-to-late September.

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