Fox has announced their schedule for the upcoming fall TV season and mid-season additions, revealing that we will have to wait until early 2017 to the see new series Shots Fired, a drama featuring a fictional North Carolina town in turmoil after a racially-charged shooting, filmed in Gastonia, North Carolina and the Charlotte region. In the official announcement released today, Fox has set Shots Fired for a “spring” 2017 premiere in the 8-9pm time slot on Wednesday nights, following the fall debut of Lethal Weapon in the same time slot. We…
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Walton Goggins To Replace Joe Manganiello In ‘Six’
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…
Read MoreJoe Manganiello Exits ‘Six’ And His Role To Be Recast
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…
Read MoreDebra Messing Not Happy ‘Dirty Dancing’ Couldn’t Relocate After HB2
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…
Read More‘Shots Fired’ Filming in Gastonia This Week
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,”…
Read More‘Dirty Dancing’ Cast Original vs Remake
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…
Read More‘Dirty Dancing’ To Begin Filming April 11
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…
Read MoreTNT Reveals ‘Good Behavior’ Official Trailer
TNT recently released the official trailer for the new drama Good Behavior, now filming in Wilmington, North Carolina and set to premiere on the network later this year. After the pilot episode was shot in Wilmington last summer, the future of the show was uncertain until TNT stepped in to pick up the show for a full first season. Good Behavior stars Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey), based on the Letty Dobesh books by North Carolina author Blake Crouch and Chad Hodge (Wayward Pines), telling the story of Letty Raines (Dockery), a thief and a…
Read MoreWatch Debra Messing Dish To Rachael Ray About ‘Dirty Dancing’
Debra Messing (Will and Grace) appeared on Rachael Ray’s talk show last week, where she discussed her role in the upcoming TV musical remake of Dirty Dancing, about to start filming in western North Carolina, near where the classic original movie was also made. You can watch Messing express her excitement for the project and for coming to work in North Carolina in a clip from the episode in the player below (starting at about the 2:22 mark)!
Read MoreHelen Hunt, Richard Dreyfuss, Stephen Moyer Join ‘Shots Fired’
Three more high profile actors have joined the cast of the new series Shots Fired, to be filmed in and around Charlotte, North Carolina. Deadline reports: Oscar winners Helen Hunt and Richard Dreyfuss and True Blood alum Stephen Moyer have been set for lead roles in Shots Fired, Fox’s drama series that examines the dangerous aftermath of racially charged shootings in a small town in North Carolina. Hunt, who has signed a one-season deal, will portray Patricia Eamons, the fictional governor of North Carolina. Dreyfuss will play Arlen Cox, a real estate…
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