First, check out the first trailer for the made-in-New-York movie Going The Distance above.
•Anyone know what Orlando Bloom is filming in London? We got two tips that he was filming yesterday and now Just Jared has photos of him filming, but they only refer to the project as “a new movie.” Orlando is having a busy year, he also just signed on for The Three Musketeers. [Just Jared]
•You might remember the amateur video we posted a couple weeks ago of the filming in Transformers 3 in Los Angeles, well, it turns out Paramount didn’t take too kindly to the video and filed a DMCA complaint against the person with Youtube. [BenBrown]
•Looks like we were right. Kevin Smith confirmed on Twitter that he will not start filming Hit Somebody in Michigan until he wraps Red State. He tweeted, “RED starts mid-August. Wanna start pre on HIT when I wrap post on RED.” [Twitter]
•Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, which was filmed in the north east corner of Thailand, won the coveted the Palme d’Or prize at the Cannes Film Festival. [BBC]
•The Descendants, starring George Clooney, has wrapped on the island on Kaua’i and has return to Oahu for the final few shots, leaving the crew “depressed.” We would be too! The movie has been filming in Hawaii for the past few months. [Honolulu Advertiser]
•NYC’s banks refused to let Oliver Stone scenes for Wall Street 2 inside their buildings. Stone told the BBC, “The big banks were very arrogant, they wouldn’t let us in.” [BBC]
•Here’s the official synopsis of Cowboys & Aliens, which begins filming in New Mexico this summer. [ComingSoon.net]
•Tourists are still flocking to Bodega Bay, CA where Hitchcock filmed The Birds. [IdahoDating.com]
•While Michelle Williams’ Dawson Creek co-star Katie Holmes gets set to play Jackie O in a new History Channel movie, Michelle is preparing to play JFK’s rumored mistress, Marilyn Monroe. [People]
•Wild Oats, starring Shirley MacLaine, Maria Bello, Christina Ricci, John Corbett, Christopher Walken and Bill Pullman will begin filming in Nevada & Connecticut in August. [ComingSoon.net]
•Morgan Spurlock and Joss Whedon are collaborating with Stan Lee on a documentary about Comic-Con fans entitled Comic-Con Episode Four: A Fan’s Hope. Filming begins next month. [Digital Spy]
•Tom Arnold recently posted his picks for eats and bowling in Detroit, where he is currently filming Restitution with Mena Suvari. He added, “I like Detroit. I like the people and their strength and good humor in the face of constant adversity but I also have, for the first time in 3 years, the feeling that things are beginning to turn around.” [TomArnoldComedy.com]
