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CA: Ted Evanoff: Making movies in Memphis

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CA: Ted Evanoff: Making movies in Memphis Marie Pizano never has made a blockbuster movie, though in America’s new golden age of film, which we live in now, even divorced single moms in Memphis can dream of motion picture fame. “I’m sitting on a gold mine of Memphis stories,” Pizano said. “I want to make movies out of them.” Actually seated in a Downtown cafe the other day, talking about her life, Pizano offered her own storyline: She has opened MVP3 Entertainment Group at 5100 Poplar, bought the movie rights to six local books, and this month brought aboard Hollywood insider Steven … Continue reading CA: Ted Evanoff: Making movies in Memphis

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MDN: Malco Moving Forward With Downtown Theater

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MDN: Malco Moving Forward With Downtown Theater Malco Theatre’s multimillion-dollar Downtown movie theater has taken another step toward completion. A $5 million building permit application for the foundation of a new seven-screen movie theater was filed with the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement. The Malco project will be located at 45 E. G.E. Patterson St., at the southeast corner of Front Street. It is part of the greater $55 million redevelopment of Central Station, which includes a boutique hotel, apartments, restaurants, retail and significant infrastructure and landscaping improvements to the surrounding South Main area spearheaded by Henry Turley Co. … Continue reading MDN: Malco Moving Forward With Downtown Theater

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Cultured Vultures: 10 Best Film Festivals Worth Your Time In 2017

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Cultured Vultures: 10 Best Film Festivals Worth Your Time In 2017 … Given that we’re talking about holy ground for music lovers, it isn’t surprising that the Indie Memphis Film Festival has what one might call a slight focus on music. Soundtracks are created from the festival highlights each year, and live music figures heavily into many of the events. In terms of the screenings themselves however, there is a lot of exciting work to be discovered between November first and November seventh. …. Cultured Vultures: 10 Best Film Festivals Worth Your Time In 2017 Continue reading Cultured Vultures: 10 Best Film Festivals Worth Your Time In 2017

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CA: ‘This Is Us’ NBC television series shooting in Memphis (& Seeking Extras)

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CA: ‘This Is Us’ NBC television series shooting in Memphis “This Is Us,” an award-winning comedy-drama that has become a ratings winner for NBC, will shoot scenes for a coming episode Thursday and Friday in Memphis. … Created by Dan Fogelman (a writer whose credits include the animated hits “Cars” and “Tangled”), “This Is Us” follows the intertwined lives of several characters who share the same birthday, with frequent flashbacks to decades past. Much of the footage to be shot in Memphis is supposed to take place in 1976; as a result, local extras have been warned to avoid “trendy or modern haircuts or … Continue reading CA: ‘This Is Us’ NBC television series shooting in Memphis (& Seeking Extras)

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MDN: New Video Pays Homage to Local Side of Memphis

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MDN: New Video Pays Homage to Local Side of Memphis “Do you see it?” That’s what a new video created by local filmmaker Edward Valibus asks about the new Memphis that we’re living in. Filmmaker Edward Valibus wanted to capture the sights and sounds of Memphis that might not make it in a traditional tourism video by focusing on local artists and small businesses. Valibus was tapped for the project by the New Memphis Institute, a nonprofit organization whose goal is to attract, develop, activate and retain young talent in the Bluff City. The video was created to both inspire … Continue reading MDN: New Video Pays Homage to Local Side of Memphis

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CA: ‘Million Dollar Quartet’ renamed ‘Sun Records,’ to debut Feb. 23

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CA: ‘Million Dollar Quartet’ renamed ‘Sun Records,’ to debut Feb. 23 The CMT network has confirmed that its upcoming made-in-Memphis television series “Million Dollar Quartet” has officially been rechristened as “Sun Records.” The show, which spent more than 70 days and $6 million shooting in and around the Bluff City earlier this year, made the name change official in an announcement Wednesday.  The network also confirmed that “Sun Records” will premiere on the channel at 9 p.m. CT Thursday, Feb. 23. Though based on the Tony Award-winning stage musical “Million Dollar Quartet” — which keys on the impromptu 1956 jam session between … Continue reading CA: ‘Million Dollar Quartet’ renamed ‘Sun Records,’ to debut Feb. 23

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Independent.co.uk: Memphis film festival highlights race divide: It’s the divides and anger being exploited by Trump that was more evident on screen

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Independent.co.uk: Memphis film festival highlights race divide: It’s the divides and anger being exploited by Trump that was more evident on screen Two of the biggest icons of 20th Century American culture died in Memphis, Tennessee and their shadows loomed large over the 19th Indie Memphis film festival this week. Elvis Presley feels like he’s in heartbreak hotel in Mike McCarthy’s Destroy Memphis, a movie that touches upon gentrification, but is mostly about the efforts of local activists to save the singer’s favourite fairground Libertyland roller coaster, The Zippin Pippin, from the bulldozers. Martin Luther King Jr. is a central … Continue reading Independent.co.uk: Memphis film festival highlights race divide: It’s the divides and anger being exploited by Trump that was more evident on screen

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CA: Spotlight Memphis: ‘Quarry’ an ‘authentic’ drama

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CA: Spotlight Memphis: ‘Quarry’ an ‘authentic’ drama Friday’s first-season finale of the Cinemax crime series “Quarry” will mark the end of what its creators and local collaborators describe as a particularly “authentic” Memphis drama. (“Authentic,” however, is not a judgment often applied to the year’s other Memphis-set series, Oprah Winfrey’s “Greenleaf.”) Set in 1972 Memphis but filmed mostly in Louisiana, “Quarry” is the slow-burn psychological portrait of a long-haired and alienated ex-Marine sniper named Mac Conway (Logan Marshall-Green), who returns from Vietnam to an uncertain marriage and to a hometown transformed by resurgent racial tension, economic depression, anti-war sentiment and criminal conspiracy. “Hollowed out on the inside” and “hard as a rock” … Continue reading CA: Spotlight Memphis: ‘Quarry’ an ‘authentic’ drama

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MBJ: Leonardo DiCaprio signs up to play Memphis icon

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MBJ: Leonardo DiCaprio signs up to play Memphis icon Oscar-winner Leonardo DiCaprio, who has played 20th century icons Howard Hughes and J. Edgar Hoover, signed up to tackle yet another, this time one with a decidedly Southern drawl. DiCaprio will play Sam Phillips, instrumental in the creation of rock ‘n’ roll at Sun Studio, in a biopic of the Memphian’s life. The film will be based on Peter Guralnick’s 2015 biography, “Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock ‘N’ Roll.” … Mick Jagger is one of the producers, in addition to DiCaprio and Guralnick. The Rolling Stones frontman will bring elements … Continue reading MBJ: Leonardo DiCaprio signs up to play Memphis icon

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MBJ: New Elvis TV series will be first to film in Graceland

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MBJ: New Elvis TV series will be first to film in Graceland A new series about Elvis Presley will be reportedly the first to film inside Graceland. According to Deadline, the Weinstein Co. has secured a partnership with Presley’s estate to create a television biopic series on Elvis. The series will draw from author Dave Marsh’s biography “Elvis” and will have full access to Elvis’ cars, clothes, jewelry and, of course, Graceland. No network, director or actors have yet been attached to the project. “We are thrilled to announce this biopic and our partnership with the Presley Estate. It’s an … Continue reading MBJ: New Elvis TV series will be first to film in Graceland