Wilmington Film News!

This is sure to increase the number of movies and television shows shot in Wilmington:

Massive Film Stage Set to Open in Wilmington
EUE/Screen Gems Studios built it. Now, all the producers have to do is come.
The Wilmington filmmaking facility will show off its newly completed “Dream Stage 10” at noon Monday to local media. A few details still need to be completed, such as electricity hook up and the final building inspection. But by the end of this week the sound stage’s massive airplane hangar doors should be open for business.
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Auditions for Miley Cyrus Movie to be Held in Wilmington
http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20090517/ARTICLES/905179991/1177?Title=Auditions-for-Miley-Cyrus-movie-to-be-held-in-Wilmington

A Look Back: Firestarter

Wilmington, NC, has become quite popular with the U.S. film industry with a long list of films and television series ranging from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to One Tree Hill. But that wasn't always so. Amy Hotz, Staff Writer of the Star News, looks back at the film that helped shape Wilmington's film industry.

Released 25 years ago, 'Firestarter' changed the fate of Wilmington

By Amy Hotz
Staff Writer

Published: Saturday, May 9, 2009 at 7:09 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, May 9, 2009 at 7:09 p.m.

The 25th anniversary of the release of “Firestarter” hardly warrants a raised eyebrow from movie buffs. According to a USA Today film critic in 1984, the movie had “gaping plot holes” and “a parade of badly directed performances.” The film, which starred Drew Barrymore as girl who start fires with her mind, was hardly an Oscar contender.

Even here in Southeastern North Carolina where the film was shot, locals have not marked the day with so much as a banner on a city light pole.
And yet, for this region, and maybe even all of North Carolina, “Firestarter,” released May 11, 1984, was a history-making movie.

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