/tags/film-industry film industry en-US Copyright Mon, 22 Jul 2024 09:00:00 GMT /arts-culture/2024-07-22/motion-picture-company-coming-to-dublin-has-high-hopes-for-ohios-film-industry Fallback Studios aims to help grow Ohio's film industry, currently valued at around $300 million, to $3 billion in the next five years. Mon, 22 Jul 2024 09:00:00 GMT /arts-culture/2024-07-22/motion-picture-company-coming-to-dublin-has-high-hopes-for-ohios-film-industry Matthew Rand /2022-05-06/lebron-movie-shooting-stars-filming-around-northeast-ohio-with-help-of-7-6m-incentive Production of a film sharing the story of LeBron James’ early years in basketball is underway around the region until the beginning of June. Fri, 06 May 2022 19:04:01 GMT /2022-05-06/lebron-movie-shooting-stars-filming-around-northeast-ohio-with-help-of-7-6m-incentive Carrie Wise /wvxu-stories/2020-01-30/bruce-willis-shooting-fourth-movie-in-cincinnati Bruce Willis will return to Cincinnati for the fourth time in four-and-a-half years to star in Open Source, directed by Matt Eskandari. Thu, 30 Jan 2020 21:18:29 GMT /wvxu-stories/2020-01-30/bruce-willis-shooting-fourth-movie-in-cincinnati John Kiesewetter /news/2019-08-28/the-russo-brothers-from-superhero-sagas-to-opioid-drama Last month, Cleveland's home-grown moviemakers Joe and Anthony Russo broke the all-time box office record with their latest film, "Avengers: Endgame," surpassing 2009's “Avatar.” Their next movie, “Cherry," will focus on a much more modest story centered around Northeast Ohio’s opioid crisis. Anthony Russo was in town recently, and he doesn’t see the new film as a conscious attempt to step back from super heroes. Wed, 28 Aug 2019 20:50:39 GMT /news/2019-08-28/the-russo-brothers-from-superhero-sagas-to-opioid-drama David C. Barnett /wvxu-stories/2019-08-28/tv-series-2-more-movies-gearing-up-in-cincinnati Producers of a TV series, and two more feature films, are preparing to shoot here, says Kristen Schlotman, Film Cincinnati executive director. "It's... Wed, 28 Aug 2019 16:18:09 GMT /wvxu-stories/2019-08-28/tv-series-2-more-movies-gearing-up-in-cincinnati John Kiesewetter /news/2019-08-14/farm-on-film-international-festival-highlights-agriculture-in-ohio While agriculture is the largest industry in Ohio, most residents haven’t lived on a farm for three generations. A new international film festival… Wed, 14 Aug 2019 09:00:00 GMT /news/2019-08-14/farm-on-film-international-festival-highlights-agriculture-in-ohio Debbie Holmes /wvxu-stories/2019-08-07/photos-from-another-day-at-hillbilly-elegy-in-middletown Shortly after noon, actress Glenn Close and director Ron Howard relaxed together in front of a Middletown house which has played a central role in... Wed, 07 Aug 2019 21:28:31 GMT /wvxu-stories/2019-08-07/photos-from-another-day-at-hillbilly-elegy-in-middletown John Kiesewetter /wvxu-stories/2019-08-05/stars-come-out-in-middletown-for-hillbilly-elegy Seven-time Oscar nominee Glenn Close made her Middletown film debut in a most unglamorous way – chain-smoking cigarettes while wearing an oversized pink... Mon, 05 Aug 2019 21:07:00 GMT /wvxu-stories/2019-08-05/stars-come-out-in-middletown-for-hillbilly-elegy John Kiesewetter /wvxu-stories/2019-08-04/middletown-ready-for-its-hillbilly-elegy-close-up-monday Hillbilly Elegy production crews have spent the weekend in Middletown preparing to film scenes in the hometown of author J.D. Vance starting Monday. Sun, 04 Aug 2019 16:46:37 GMT /wvxu-stories/2019-08-04/middletown-ready-for-its-hillbilly-elegy-close-up-monday John Kiesewetter /ideastream/2019-07-29/new-cleveland-film-commission-president-shoots-for-more-business The script for Evan Miller’s 15-year Hollywood career started in a talent agency mailroom. “It was filling envelopes with resumes and headshots, and then a lot of filling in,” Miller said. “It was great, because it exposed me to voiceovers, to commercials, to new theatrical work. I really got to see the business as a whole and figured out pretty early on that my passion was in TV and film and representing those actors.” Mon, 29 Jul 2019 08:30:00 GMT /ideastream/2019-07-29/new-cleveland-film-commission-president-shoots-for-more-business David C. Barnett