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Movie and TV film production news for Wilmington, North Carolina

New Photos Reveal First Look At ‘Under the Dome’ Season 2

Matt Artz
'Under the Dome' Season 2, filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina, production on Season 2 of the hit CBS drama Under the Dome is currently underway, and six new photos teasing the new season have just premiered online, via USA Today. Among the more interesting images from the first episode of the new season are the above shot of a number of Chester’s Mill residents inexplicably collapsing just as Big Jim is about to execute Barbie, as well as a shot of Stephen King’s own cameo appearance in the first episode of Season 2, which the author of…

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Kristen Wiig to Film ‘The Heart’ in Wilmington in May

Matt Artz
Kristen Wiig stars in an untitled heist comedy (formerly 'Loomis Fargo'), filmed in Asheville, North Carolina.

Kristen Wiig (Bridesmaids) was recently confirmed to star in The Heart with Sam Rockwell (Moon) and Allison Janney (Tammy), and we  now know that the comedy drama will begin shooting in Wilmington, North Carolina in May. To be written and directed by Jim Rash and Nat Faxon, pre-production on The Heart will begin next month in Wilmington, according to The Wilmywood Daily.

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John Elvis on Living a Dream ‘Under the Dome’ [Interview]

Matt Artz
John Elvis returns as Ben Drake in Season 2 of 'Under the Dome'.

John Elvis gets all the best lines on Under the Dome, as the show’s lovable wisecracking skater Ben Drake, the loyal best friend of the hit CBS series’ protagonist, who can’t help but lighten the mood in an otherwise dark town that finds itself cut off from the rest of the world. “The writers actually told me I’m one of their favorite characters to write for, because I get the cool line, the funny line,” Elvis told us. “It’s such a serious show, I feel like I bring a goofy part…

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New Trailer and Poster Preview ‘A Short History of Decay’

Matt Artz
'A Short History of Decay' Official Poster

Filmed in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina and starring Wilmington, NC resident Linda Lavin, a new trailer for the independent comedy drama A Short History of Decay has been released online along with the official poster. You can watch the new trailer in the player below, and then scroll down to view the poster!

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Study Says NC Film Incentives Provide 4,000 Jobs, Positive Economic Growth

Matt Artz
North Carolina cities where filming has occurred.

We were hesitant to publish this today for fear it may get lost amid the many fake April Fools Day stories, but this is no joke and it’s too serious to wait, as the much anticipated study by NC State University regarding the real impact of North Carolina’s film incentive program was released today, finding that allowing the incentives to expire at the end of this year could cost the state approximately 4,000 jobs.  The study also finds that for every dollar of the film incentive credit that the state issues,…

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‘Red Zone’ Begins Filming in Wilmington

Matt Artz
Anthony LaPaglia stars in 'Red Zone', filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Just as ABC’s pilot episode of Secrets & Lies wraps production in Wilmington, North Carolina, the new Nikki Toscano-produced drama Red Zone started filming in the city yesterday. Anthony LaPaglia (Without a Trace) stars in Red Zone as Holden Weller, a retired CIA operative and intense high school football coach/athletic director who is pulled back into action when a terrorist event rocks Washington, D.C., forced to investigate closer to home where the next generation of terrorists is being bred.

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