Leaders of the Cucalorus Festival say the event will go on in November, but on a platform like never before.  The Cucalorus Festival, which includes film, theater, music and business conference events each year, is currently being planned as a hybrid format, a mix of virtual and some in-person events, said Dan Brawley, the festival's leader, on Monday. The C ...

Two pilot film projects are gearing up to roll cameras in the Port City. The CW's television pilot The Lost Boys and a pilot order by Fox called This Country, are listed on the Wilmington Regional Film Commission's website in pre-production. “Pre-production basically means they are in the process of opening offices, hiring crew, ...

Wilmington-area film and TV productions contributed nearly $137 million last year in direct spending in the state, according to officials with the N.C. Department of Commerce. Overall, North Carolina racked up a total of $167 million in direct spending on film projects statewide and 11,820 jobs, according to a news release. It's the most spending by productions ...

From feature films to TV, cameras rolled on five productions this year, indicating a return of Wilmington’s film industry.   Area film leaders are hopeful that trend will continue, although as of press time no regional projects were confirmed to come to town next year.   “We certainly have reason to believe that things will continue very strongly ...

Film support and education were among several industry topics brought to the table this week during a meeting of the minds and first gathering of the Governor’s Advisory Council on Film, Television and Digital Streaming. The advisory council was established by Gov. Roy Cooper, who made a trip to EUE/Screen Gems in Wilmington in October to announce the group a ...

The film and TV industry has played a major role in the Wilmington economy over the years. That impact is about $1.6 billion in direct spending from area productions since 2000, said Johnny Griffin, director of the Wilmington Regional Film Commission.   This year, that impact is estimated at about $150 million in spending by local productions, significantly higher t ...

The Wilmington region's latest film project could shoot this year's film spending to $150 million, Johnny Griffin, director of the Wilmington Regional Film Commission, said Tuesday. Filming for The Georgetown Project, a working title, began Monday. The movie stars Russell Crowe and is being produced by Miramax. Meanwhile, filming for Hulu’s Reprisal a ...

Gov. Roy Cooper on Tuesday announced the creation of a Governor’s Advisory Council on Film, Television and Digital Streaming during a conference at EUE/Screen Gem Studios. “We are here today to announce efforts to support even more something that we already know: that North Carolina is the ideal home for the film industry,” Cooper said. “It's ...

While still awaiting an official announcement, Wilmington Mayor Bill Saffo said Thursday that the Port City may be the location of the next Halloween film. At the Wilmington-Cape Fear Home Builders Association event at The Terraces on Sir Tyler, Saffo mentioned the film when asked about whether the film industry is coming back to the city. "So, the good news is ...

The locally shot TV series Reprisal is slated to get $10.7 million through the N.C. Film and Entertainment Grant, the N.C. Department of Commerce stated in a news release Wednesday. The film, which is still being produced by A+E Studios in association with The Littlefield Co., is still being shot in Wilmington. The series will be available on Hulu when complete. The sto ...