Eddie Cahill and Karla Crome Going ‘Under the Dome’

Karla Crome will make her American TV debut in Season 2 of 'Under the Dome', filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina, two new cast members were announced this week to join the hit CBS series Under the Dome for the upcoming Season 2. Eddie Cahill (CSI: NY) will play Big Jim’s (Dean Norris) brother-in-law, while Karla Crome (Misfits) will play a teacher in the show’s fictional town of Chester’s Mill, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

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‘Banshee’ Renewed for Third Season

Filmed in and around Charlotte, North Carolina, Deadline reports that Cinemax has just renewed its Emmy-winng hit series Banshee for a third season to premiere in 2015. Banshee won the 2013 Primetime Emmy® Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Supporting Role. You can watch a preview of this Friday’s new episode of the current season of Banshee in the player below!

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Angie Harmon Makes City Council Plea for Charlotte Film Studio

Angie Harmon spoke to Charlotte City Council urging them to approve the proposed plan to build a new production studio at the Eastland Mall site. (photo: WSOC)

Actress Angie Harmon (Law & Order) spoke to the Charlotte City Council today, making a passionate plea urging the council to approve plans for the proposed “Studio Charlotte” and the former Eastland Mall site. During an economic development meeting earlier today, Harmon told council members that she is raising her three daughters in Charlotte because she loves the city, but she does not like having to spend many months away from them in Los Angeles filming her TNT series Rizzoli & Isles. She said her current plan is to retire…

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FX Comedy Pilot to Film in Wilmington, North Carolina

The FX network will film a new comedy pilot starring Michael Cera (Superbad, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World) and John Hawkes (Eastbound and Down, The Sessions) in Wilmington, North Carolina this spring. Variety reported yesterday that the first episode of the new series How and Why from writer and producer Charlie Kaufman (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Being John Malkovich) will shoot in Wilmington in the spring.

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Watch Episode 1 of ‘Banshee’ Season 2 and New Previews Online

Filmed in and around Charlotte, North Carolina, the first episode of Season 2 of the hit series Banshee premiered this past Friday night and Cinemax has since made the episode available for free online via YouTube, along with a new 90-minute trailer for the second season. You can watch the full first episode of Season 2 in the player below, and then scroll down to check out new previews of the weeks to come and a sneak peek at this Friday’s new episode!

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‘America’s Got Talent’ Auditions Coming to Greensboro, NC

The celebrity judges of 'America's Got Talent'.

NBC’s hit performance competition series America’s Got Talent will be holding open auditions for the upcoming season this January in Greensboro, North Carolina. Auditions for the upcoming 2014 season of the show will be held in various cities across the country over the coming weeks, including Greensboro, North Carolina on January 29.

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Governor Announces NC Film Industry Generated $254 Million In 2013!

North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory put out a press release today that announces some very positive economic numbers for the state’s film industry, as movie and television productions created $254 million in spending, 25,000 job opportunities, and 5,700 production work days in 2013! You can scroll down to read the full press release, and then let us (and the state) hear your thoughts on the North Carolina film industry in the comments below!

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