Robert Redford Will Be Directing ‘The Conspirator’ in Savannah
Robert Redford is heading to Savannah this fall for The Conspirator but not as the movie’s star, instead he will direct actors James McAvoy and Robin Wright Penn in the film. The movie, which is being produced by the American Film Company, is a post-civil war drama and filming is scheduled to begin in mid-October. It follows the trial of Mary Surratt, a woman charged with conspiring to kill Abraham Lincoln. The American Film Company has opened a production office and sound stage in the Savannah area and is currently accepting resumes for local hires via an email hotline: conspiratorasst@gmail.com.
Two New Films Begin Filming in Michigan
Danny Glover will star in Highland Park, a movie whose storyline mirrors the real-life struggle to reopen the McGregor Library in Highland Park, MI which closed in 2002 because the city could not afford to keep it open. The movie will be filmed in various locations around Highland Park later this year.
Jennifer Connelly, Emma Roberts, Amy Madigan and real life husband Ed Harris will also be in Michigan this year for What’s Wrong with Virginia? The movie, written by Dustin Lance Black who won an Oscar last year for Milk, is about a sheriff (Harris) whose senate bid is jeopardized when his daughter begins to date the son of a psychologically disturbed woman with whom the sheriff is having an affair. The movie begins filming in Holland on September 28th.
Is ‘Spider-Man 4’ Filming in NYC This Winter?
At the premiere of Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs Bruce Campbell let it spill that Spider-Man 4 will begin filming in January 2010. According to IMDb.com the preliminary filming locations are Los Angeles and NYC.
Update: I missed another one in Michigan. “Alleged” is set to begin filming soon in downtown Flint. The movie stars Brian Dennehy and one time Presidential candidate Fred Thompson.
https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2009/09/location_filming_for_alleged_t.html