Film production

January 25, 2008 -- LOS ANGELES -- RKO Productions, Inc., a subsidiary of RKO Pictures, and the Writers Guild of America (WGA) announced today that they have reached an interim comprehensive agreement.

The company's current production schedule, to be announced next week, includes several original screen projects, as well as the financing, production, and distribution of a number of new versions of classic films from RKO's 1,300-film library.    » read more »

26 January 2008 -- Hollywood movie star Sylvester Stallone admits he used Human Growth Hormone, HGH, to improve the appearance of his body for his latest Rambo movie, and does not think it was wrong to do so.

In an interview with Time magazine, the 61-year-old actor says HGH is not a steroid, and he says everyone over the age of 40 should look into using it because it increases testosterone in the body and improves quality of life.

The latest installment in the Rambo series, which Stallone directed and co-wrote, opened in the United States Friday.    » read more »

New Mexico Governor Richardson credits aggressive marketing and incentives program for continued grown of state’s film industry

January 22, 2008 -- SANTA FE- New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson applauded today’s announcement that four movies filmed in New Mexico have received a total of 14 Academy Award nominations from the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences. The films include Best Picture nominee “No Country for Old Men” which tied for the lead with eight nominations.    » read more »

State Approves Tax Credits for "Sugar" and "Duck Farm No. 13" and Training Funds for the Iowa Motion Picture Association

January 07, 2008 -- DES MOINES – Today, Iowa Governor Chet Culver announced a $50,000 award for the Iowa Motion Picture Association (IMPA) and two tax credit awards providing state incentives to boost Iowa's growing film industry.    » read more »

December 20, 2007 -- SANTA FE -- New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson today announced that Beer For My Horses, a feature film starring country music star Toby Keith (Broken Bridges), and Rodney Carrington (Rodney TV series) will be shot in New Mexico.

Multi-award winner Michael Saloman will direct. Toby Keith, Donald Zuckerman (Not Forgotten currently prepping in Santa Fe, Broken Bridges) , and local New Mexican Brent Morris (Monster, Smoke Signals) will produce the film. T.K. Kimbrell will be the Executive Producer.    » read more »

Two short docs and one work-in-progress to be shown at the Santa Fe Film Festival on November 30th

November 26, 2007 -- SANTA FE - New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson today announced that the winners of the 2007 Governor’s Cup Short Documentary Competition will premiere their films at the Santa Fe Film Festival this week. The screening will take place at the Armory for the Arts, 1050 Old Pecos Trail in Santa Fe, on Friday, November 30 at 7:30 pm. Tickets are free of charge, and available through the Santa Fe Film Festival.    » read more »

November 16, 2007 -- SANTA FE — New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson today announced that the Myriad Pictures production, Not Forgotten, starring Simon Baker (Devil Wears Prada, The Guardian, Something New, Sex and Death 101), will be shot in New Mexico.

Dror Soref will direct and also produce alongside Donald Zuckerman. Myriad Pictures CEO Kirk D’Amico, Michelle Seward and local New Mexican Dennis S. Murphy will executive produce.

The film will be shot in and around Santa Fe and Las Vegas from January 9 through February 23, 2008.    » read more »

November 13, 2007 -- SANTA FE — New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson today announced Brothers starring Tobey Maguire, Natalie Portman and Jake Gyllenhaal, will be shot in New Mexico. Brothers is a Relativity Media/Michael De Luca Productions/Palomar Pictures production.

Jim Sheridan (My Left Foot, In America, The Boxer, Get Rich or Die Tryin’, In the Name of the Father) will direct. Zach Schiff-Abrams and Tucker Tooley will executive produce, and Michael De Luca, Joni Sighvatsson and Ryan Kavanaugh will produce.    » read more »

05 November 2007 -- More than 12,000 U.S. film and television writers are on strike, stalling production of entertainment shows and threatening film production in Hollywood. Mike O'Sullivan reports from Los Angeles, the writers walked out after negotiators failed to reach agreement on key issues.

The first picket lines went up early Monday at New York's Rockefeller Center, home of the National Broadcasting Company. Within hours, picketers appeared outside the production centers of networks and studios at more than a dozen Los Angeles locations, from Disney to Paramount.    » read more »

Nov. 5, 2007 -- Colorado Governor Bill Ritter announced today that SummitWorks LLC, an independent film production company based in Park City, Utah, has received approval by the Department of Defense to film its upcoming feature production, Bring Me Men, on the U.S. Air Force Academy installation in Colorado Springs.

Bring Me Men is the first motion picture to be approved by the Pentagon for filming at the United States Air Force Academy. Principal photography is slated for spring and summer 2008.    » read more »

October 12, 2007 -- DES MOINES – Iowa Governor Chet Culver is calling on Iowans to see “The Final Season,” a major motion picture about the 1991 Norway baseball team, which opens today.    » read more »

Governor Pushes for “More Movies Filmed in Our State”

October 05, 2007 -- DES MOINES — This Sunday, Iowa Governor Chet Culver and First Lady Mari Culver will attend the Iowa premiere of “The Final Season” starring Iowa native Tom Arnold and Sean Austin.

The “Final Season” is a movie based on the real-life story of the 1991 Norway High School baseball team. The movie is scheduled to open on more than 1,000 screens on October 12.    » read more »

September 24, 2007 -- SANTA FE — New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson today announced that Felon, a feature film from Tooley Productions and Vincent Newman Entertainment, will be shot in New Mexico.

The film will be shot in and around Santa Fe from October 9 through November 2 and expects to hire approximately 60 New Mexico crew members and over 300 local principal actors and background talent.    » read more »

29 August 2007, Washington (By Ray McDonald) -- Owen Wilson has pulled out of his upcoming movie with Ben Stiller while he recovers from a reported suicide attempt.

Variety reports the 38-year-old actor has dropped out of Tropic Thunder, a DreamWorks comedy he was set to begin shooting in two to three weeks. The trade paper states Wilson's role would require a week's worth of filming. Stiller, who is producing and starring in the film, began shooting six weeks ago in Hawaii.    » read more »

August 28, 2007 -- SANTA FE — New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson today announced that the Lakeshore Entertainment production, Game, starring Gerard Butler, will be shot in New Mexico.

The film will be shot for 55 days in and around Albuquerque from November 5 through February 5 and expects to hire approximately 182 New Mexico crew members.

The writer-director team is Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor. Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, Richard Wright and Skip Williamson will produce, and local New Mexican David Rubin will executive produce.    » read more »