Here’s a round-up of the latest filming and movie news from around the world. If you have any scoop or photos to share, let us know about it at olv@onlocationvacations.com!
But first, check out the photo above Jeanine sent to us of Jennifer Aniston filming Wanderlust in New York a few weeks ago!
– Sarah Jessica Parker is joining Garry Marshall’s New Year’s Eve, which will begin filming in NYC on Feb. 1. [THR]
Update: NYE may begin filming this month after all, which was the original plan. Signs have spotted around NYC for a project called Happy New Year and there have been casting calls spotted for the movie too. Stay tuned!
– Jon Favreau will not be not directing Iron Man 3. [SlashFilm]
– Journey 2 is scheduled to begin filming in Wilmington in January. [StarNewsOnline]
– The King’s Speech and The Fighter lead the SAG nominees with four each. [THR]
– Dolphin Tale officially wrapped in Florida last week and they left behind a few new features for the Clearwater Marine Aquarium where much of the film was shot including an 80,000-gallon pool movie producers built for filming. [TampaBay.com, TBO]
– Tom Cruise wrote a Thank You letter to Dubai for their assistance while he was there filming MI: Ghost Protocol. [TomCruise.com]
– A Very Small Array has created a graph of the Top 100 Films by Location (if you can understand it). [A Very Small Array]
– Tuesday, Hugh Jackman was injured while filming a segment for Oprah’s Ultimate Australian Adventure. [THR]
– One of our readers sent us this cool picture of Jack Black with Richard LinkLater and Dale Dudley (a local Austin radio host 93.7 KLBJ) filming Bernie on location in Texas.
– Slamdance announced the special screenings and shorts that will be featured during next month’s fest including Oaks and Gandu. [Salt Lake Tribune]
– This year, The Whistler Film Festival chose substance over star power, which might explain why no one heard about it. [THR]
– Cash Cab is currently filming in Chicago, but without Ben Bailey. [ChicagoDispatcher]
– In Broadway casting news, James Franco may play opposite Nicole Kidman next fall in Sweet Bird of Youth, while Katie Holmes is considering a return to Broadway in William Mastrosimone’s psychological drama Extremities and Alexis Bledel has joined the cast of Love, Loss and What I Wore. [Showbiz411, JustJared, JustJared]
– Apollo 18 will be shot on a very tight schedule at a studio in Vancouver, from Dec. 20 through Jan. 13, 2011. [IMDb.com]
– Here’s a first look at Matthew Perry in Mr. Sunshine which premieres on ABC in Feb. The series is using the L.A. Forum as one if its primary locations. [JustJared]
Update: The “Happy New Year” signs spotted around NYC are very a pretty small production, stay tuned for more on NYE, it should still be starting soon!