News and Events
Developer wants to build South Boston soundstage
Boston Herald, August 7, 2008
Welcome to Southie-wood. Developer Tim Pappas is floating plans to build an L.A.-style movie production complex on a vacant lot he owns at the corner of West First and E streets.[...]
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Boston’s Tinseltown Walk
Hartford Courant, July 24, 2008
Boston has been home to more than 400 movies and television shows. Add to that the seven major movies that have been shot in Massachusetts just this year alone — and suddenly it doesn't seem so crazy that Boston fancies itself Hollywood East.
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Lights, camera, shop! Boston boutiques wrapped up in movie boom
Boston Herald, July 23, 2008
“It’s been wonderful for the city and it’s great for us,” said Lisse Grullemans, who, as assistant to the vice president at Barneys, has coordinated pulls for about eight costume designers for everything from Ricky Gervais’ “This Side of the Truth” to the Kate Hudson/Anne Hathaway comedy “Bride Wars.”[...]
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Roll film in Berkshires
The Berkshire Eagle, July 9, 2008
With the region's talent, low costs and natural beauty, the Berkshires should be attractive to directors, producers and studios, and it is encouraging that a concerted effort is in place to make them welcome here.[...]
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Patrick: Let cameras roll for Hollywood East
The Patriot Ledger, July 8, 2008
Gov. Deval Patrick said he believes Hollywood East will help boost Massachusetts’ place in the national spotlight.[...]
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Lights, camera, Berkshires …
The Berkshire Eagle, July 8, 2008
The Berkshire Film and Media Arts Commission, a nonprofit coalition seeking to connect the Berkshires to the Hollywood film community, is looking to market the Berkshires--in part by creating a Berkshire Production Guide.[...]
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Plymouth golf course eyed for $300M studio project
Boston Globe, July 3, 2008
Plymouth Rock Studios has picked a golf course in Plymouth as the site of its $300 million "Hollywood East" project.[...]
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Film boom’s special effect: Production crews and related firms see more work
Boston Globe, June 29, 2008
At the halfway mark in 2008, business for the Massachusetts film industry is, in a word, booming.[...]
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The final cut: DiCaprio decamps after filming wraps
The Hull Times, June 26, 2008
Scorsese and the film’s star, Leonardo DiCaprio, arrived at Pemberton Point early Monday morning to prepare for filming on Peddocks Island, which has been transformed into the set of “Ashecliffe,” a movie based on Lehane’s 2003 novel “Shutter Island.” [...]
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Boston called ‘the new Toronto of the film industry’
Lynn Daily Item, June 21, 2008
Massachusetts is fast assuming a new image as a place where Hollywood-style motion pictures are made.[...]
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Scorsese shooting film in area
Walpole Times and Daily News Transcript, June 20, 2008
Hollywood has invaded Walpole’s neighbors over the last few months as Academy Award winning director Martin Scorsese begins to wrap up shooting for his new movie “Ashecliffe.”[...]
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Actors’ strike could hurt Mass. movie biz
Boston Herald, June 20, 2008
After escaping fallout from the three-month writers’ strike that ended in February, Massachusetts’ growing motion picture economy faces another potential setback in a looming strike by the Screen Actors Guild.[...]
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Lynn’s true grit used as backdrop to reel violence
Boston Globe, June 19, 2008
Bruce Willis was on hand for filming in Lynn on May 30th, but stunt doubles took over yesterday for car and helicopter chases. "The Surrogates," a sci-fi thriller starring Willis and Ving Rhames, is also being filmed in Worcester, Lawrence, Wayland, Taunton, Hopedale, and Boston. [...]
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Next on Mass. filmmaking checklist: Soundstage
Associated Press, June 18, 2008
With Massachusetts experiencing a mini-boom in filmmaking, the push is on to build a full-scale studio.
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Boston Movie Mania Boosts Retail
Women's Wear Daily, June 18, 2008
Actress Jayma Mays spent March through May shooting the comedy "Paul Blart: Mall Cop," in Burlington Mass. Mays' co-workers splurged at Marc Jacobs, Envi, Calypso and Gretta Luxe, and the movie's costume designer, Ellen Lutter, spent more than $100,000 locally.
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Film tax break helps Massachusetts go Hollywood
Springfield Republican, June 13, 2008
Seven films have wrapped up production so far this year - and while Boston has most often been the location for filming, this year moviemakers have moved outside the city to Beverly, Gloucester, Rockport, Woburn, Lowell, Worcester and other communities.
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Lights, Camera, Tax Credit: Massachusetts Lures Filmmakers With Generous Rebate
New York Times, June 5, 2008
Since last July, when Gov. Deval L. Patrick signed into law a 25 percent film tax credit, a wave of major film projects has landed in Massachusetts.[...]
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Great race heats up for Mass. movie Hub
Boston Herald, June 4, 2008
A local developer who owns land on South Boston’s waterfront is drawing up plans for a movie production complex, state Rep. Brian Wallace (D-South Boston) said yesterday.
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Bruce Willis to film action scene in Hopedale
Milford Daily News, June 4, 2008
Scenes for Willis' new movie, "The Surrogates," a sci-fi thriller, will be filmed at the Draper mill complex later this month.[...]
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Lights, camera, economic action
Boston Herald Editorial, June 2, 2008
The film tax credit has proven its worth.[...]
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Keeping the cameras rolling in Mass.
MetroWest, June 2, 2008
"Making movies is a recession-proof, clean growth industry. The benefits of bringing more movie business to Massachusetts could touch virtually everyone." ---Joe Maiella, President - Massachusetts Production Coalition[...]
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Patte Papa, Boston’s Movie Permit Czar
Boston Globe, June 1, 2008
For years, while Boston had no formal film liaison, Patte Papa stockpiled knowledge as she oversaw events from the Boston Marathon to the gay pride parade. Now her experience is enabling the city to juggle multiple films at once.[...]
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Lucent building brings starpower to North Andover
Lawrence Eagle Tribune, June 1, 2008
The former Lucent plant on Route 125 has landed on a short list of prime filming spots across the state.[...]
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Lynn stands in for Hollywood
Boston Globe, May 31, 2008
Lynn became the area's latest Hollywood backlot yesterday as the cast and crew of "The Surrogates" shot scenes inside the former Security National Bank.[...]
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STATE REPORT: FILM TAX CREDITS COULD BRING IN $700 MILLION, 5,000 NEW JOBS
MFO News, May 31, 2008
In a report issued earlier this week, the Massachusetts Department of Revenue (DOR) predicted that the newly enacted film tax credits could bring in over $700 million of new investment and more than 5,000 new jobs.[...]
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Local film rivals team up
Boston Herald, May 29, 2008
A pair of longtime Boston-area video and film equipment companies are teaming up to cash in on the surge of Hollywood movies filming in the Bay State.[...]
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Voters OK movie studio
Cape Cod Times, May 11, 2008
Voters yesterday gave an enthusiastic green light to a proposal to build a movie studio on 300 acres of town-owned land a few miles from the Bourne Bridge.[...]
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Extra! Extra!
Boston Globe, May 11, 2008
The recent boom in feature films being made around Boston has led to all kinds of action for people who want to act out their dreams.[...]
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Plymouth sets the stage for movie studio vote
Cape Cod Times, May 8, 2008
Voters here have seen the message on 1,500 lawn signs, seen it on TV ads, read it in e-mails and pamphlets, and heard it in phone and personal pleas: Say "Yes to the ROCK." That's the rallying cry for a citizens' committee that has blitzed the town with their message about Question 3, a nonbinding referendum on Saturday's ballot in Plymouth. [...]
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Hollywood heads to Worcester
Worcester Telegram and Gazette, April 25, 2008
The city has reeled in a big one — and there may be a few more on the line. Production crews for a new Bruce Willis movie, “The Surrogates,” are set to start work in Worcester Monday and will stay through August.[...]
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Hollywood East
Boston Globe, April 24, 2008
To those who wonder whether there's room in Massachusetts for two major movie studios, the answer from the studios is an emphatic yes. [...]
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Too soon for new film break
Boston Globe, April 21, 2008
It's too soon to know whether private investors will build production and post-production facilities without a costly new tax incentive.[...]
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21 is the number on movie in America!
Weekly Variety, April 7-13, 2008
MFO Variety ad congratulating 21 on being the number one movie in America.[...]
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Stars, dollar signs shine in Lowell
Lowell Sun, April 12, 2008
Crews from This Side of the Truth, the romantic comedy that begins filming in Lowell tomorrow, have made their mark on the local economy.[...]
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New dollars: $544 million attributed to film productions
Associated Press, March 27, 2008
88 film productions with end dates between 2006 and 2008 spent a total of $544 million in the state.[...]
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Massachusetts incentives boost shoots
Variety, March 14, 2008
Thanks to the state's newly renovated film incentives, film production in Massachusetts, which struggled along at one or two pics per year, has ballooned to an anticipated six or seven features shooting simultaneously this spring.[...]
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Lights! Camera! Massachusetts!
Brockton Enterprise, March 11, 2008
The Bay State is fast becoming a favorite location for Hollywood filmmakers, with Taunton’s Whittenton Mills undergoing the latest cinematic transformation into a World War II concentration camp for the upcoming film “Ashecliffe,” directed by Martin Scorsese.
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Scorsese found secluded Taunton mill a perfect fit for his film
Brockton Enterprise, March 11, 2008
Hollywood’s path to the Whittenton Mills complex began when filmmakers were scouting Massachusetts for a state hospital.[...]
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Hub’s Hollywood feast
Boston Herald, March 3, 2008
The boom in movies being filmed in the Hub has meant millions of dollars in new business for city hotels.[...]
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Burlington Mall is center stage in new movie ‘Mall Cop’
Daily Times and Chronicle, February 27, 2008
If patrons of the Burlington Mall notice holiday decorations about five weeks from now, don't think it's a rush to create a nine-month shopping season. The decorations will be part of the backdrop as scenes from the film "Mall Cop" will be shot at the mall beginning March 24, the day after Easter.[...]
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GONE BABY GONE EARNS ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATION
Weekly Variety, February 4-10, 2007
MFO Variety ad congratulating Amy Ryan on her Academy Award nomination for GONE BABY GONE.[...]
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Hollywood has growing interest in Bay State
Brockton Enterprise, January 28, 2008
A major movie studio in Plymouth could generate as many as 2,000 well-paying jobs and stimulate the tourism and service industries in the region, potentially becoming the largest private employer in the Plymouth area.[...]
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Milton was ready for its close-ups
Boston Globe, January 3, 2008
For five days in November and December, the normally sedate suburban town of 25,000 people became Hollywood Central, with town residents enlisted to serve as extras, police controlling traffic and providing security, and the neighborhood buzz centering around how much taller movie star Cameron Diaz appeared in person.[...]
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Hollywood Invasion
Boston Magazine, December 15, 2007
So clogged has Boston been with filmmakers that during the first week in September, crews shooting in the Back Bay kept crossing walkie-talkie signals. In a city where only five movies were filmed in the previous seven years, these are new and pleasant problems.[...]
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Worcester goes Hollywood, Feature film does location shots at local museum
Worcester Telegram & Gazette, December 4, 2007
If your timing was really good, you might also have caught the illustrious likes of Morgan Freeman or William H. Macy making their way from their dressing-room trailers in the Trinity Lutheran Church parking lot to the Worcester Art Museum, where a Hollywood crew was at work on a one-day shoot for a new movie. [...]
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Boston cop patrols a star-studded beat
Boston Globe, November 27, 2007
Rubbing elbows with the stars is nothing new for Sgt. Michael O’Connor, 54, a veteran of 21 years who is now the Boston Police Department’s motion picture liaison.[...]
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GAME PLAN is the number one movie in America!
Weekly Variety, October 15-21, 2007
MFO Variety ad saluting GAME PLAN as the number one movie in America.[...]
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Small businesses benefiting from movie-struck Hub
Boston Business Journal, October 12, 2007
The increase in action is causing a surge in business for a range of companies and individuals related to filmmaking.[...]
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Film Union membership up in Mass., Incentives drive jump
The Boston Herald, September 15, 2007
Local 481 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts has seen a 37 percent surge in members since Massachusetts’ new film tax incentives took effect last year. More than 140 new enrollees have signed on, bringing its membership to a record 537.[...]
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Action
The Boston Globe, August 25, 2007
For years, Hollywood producers steered clear of the 'celluloid pariah' known as Massachusetts. But now they're all over Boston, thanks to tax breaks and a warm welcome.[...]
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Audio & Video Stories
Mass. tops on Hollywood’s filming list- Intrepid fan catches up with DiCaprio in Hull
- Hollywood East unveiled in MA
- Movie projects could bring the Bay State $200M
- Booming Massachusetts movie business
- Governor Deval Patrick at the MA Film Tax Credit Press Conference
- Speaker Sal DiMasi and Sen. Cynthia Creem speak about new tax credit
- MFO Exec Director Nick Paleologos at the MA Film Tax Credit Press Conference