Great Video on Massachusetts Movies

The Massaschusetts Film Office has put together a great 3-minute video on numerous films shot in the Bay State. Personally, I love the Boston soundtrack by the band Augustana.


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Backstage with Barry Nolan Weds Night

Tonight, Backstage with Barry Nolan will focus an episode on the Hollywood invasion of Beantown. You can catch the show on Comcast at 8pm (Channel 3 in Boston).

To prepare for the story, co-host Sara Edwards recently joined a Girl Scouts tour with co-founder Rachel Coveney and Hollywood Tour Guide Nick Pistori.

The Surrogates Hits Seaport Area

While out around Boston today, we came across the filming of the Surrogates, the sci-fi film starring Bruce Willis. It looks like the crew is setting up shop in a building on Necco Street in the Seaport District.

The filmmakers kept shooting two cars driving down Necco street; one vintage and one new. We did not have any Willis sightings but the cars were pretty darn cool. Both were rented special for the shoot.

Kate Hudson Filming at Fairmont Copley Plaza

The Fairmont Copley Plaza continues to be a hotspot for Hollywood. The other day, Kate Hudson made her way there to film a wedding scene for Bride Wars.

Most known for being the location of Tom Cruise's famous offer in The Firm, the Fairmont Copley Plaza was recently used in the upcoming My Best Friend's Girl with Dane Cook.

For Your Flying Pleasure

If you are flying on US Airways during April, check out the US AIRWAYS MAGAZINE to get the skinny on Boston movie making - and Boston Movie Tours.

Or read it here.

Casting: Wanna be a Star?

Interested in being part of a movie? Boston Casting is the premier casting agency in Boston. Here are some of their current casting calls.

http://www.bostoncasting.com/

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Close Encounters of the Drunken Kind

Here in Massachusetts, we've got some quips to remember to stay safe when driving. We've got "click it or ticket" and "buckle up- it's the law." Last Friday, Cape Ann learned why we have these safety limericks. The Proposal star Sandra Bullock's SUV was hit head- on by an allegedly drunk driver, Lucile Gatchell. Boston Herald's Inside Track reports that no injuries were sustained with anyone involved and filming has not been postponed. In fact, Bullock made sure to stop by Gloucester bakery, "Last Stop" to get one of her pups a birthday cake (complete with dog bones and a few cases of water) just days after the accident!

The Proposal will be filming in Cape Ann until early June. You can probably catch Sandra on foot and steering clear of the roads nowadays!

Press Release: Movie Tour Highlights Boston’s Emerging Hollywood Scene

Movie Tour Highlights Boston’s Emerging Hollywood Scene
Now Open: 21, Gone Baby Gone and The Game Plan Highlight Newly Featured Films

Boston, April 17, 2008 – With numerous movies currently filming in Boston and Boston's 21 leading the box office charts, Boston Movie Tours announces a revamped Movie Tour highlighting Boston's blossoming movie industry.

Boston Movie Tours has updated the experience to give guests the complete lowdown on all things movies and celebrity in Boston. “The amount of recent filming in Boston is unlike anything we have seen in the past. We are excited to bring many of these new movies to life.” says Jeff Coveney, Boston Movie Tours President.

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Everybody Knows the Name - Cheers

The place where everyone knows your name, Cheers, was featured in the April 15, 2008 edition of the Boston Globe. After 15 years of the show being off the air, the two Boston locations still draw 750,000 visitors yearly. As noted in the article....

Count Jeff Coveney, president of Boston Movie Tours, among the grateful as well. "Boston Legal" may be the "hot show right now," but "Cheers" is an "anchor" of his business, which draws in the masses, he said.

"Cheers is the A-list," he said. "It's a brand people love."

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Proposal Pictures!

Here at Boston Movie Tours, we love hearing your celeb stories and seeing your celeb photos. With the huge influx of films coming to Boston, we've gotten lots of stories and pics, and love sharing them here on this blog.

Most recently, an avid movie goer sent some photos from Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynold's The Proposal. Filming was done in the State Street Bank building last week. This week, the crew can be found in Newport.

Thanks and keep those pics coming.

NKOTB back at it again!

Earlier in the year, I reported how excited I was when word got to me about a New Kids on the Block reunion tour. I received several responses to that post telling me this tour will never happen and it was all gossip. Well, I stuck to my Boston guns. I believed with all my heart, and do you know what? Dreams do come true. Not only will there be a WORLD TOUR in the fall, but NKOTB has been recording since August and the new album will be hitting the shelves later in the spring.

I hope everyone has learned a valuable lesson. If you believe with your whole heart that the New Kids will reunite, they just might.

Check out this video from the Today Show this morning. Notice that their fans, though significantly older than the traditional boy band, are still screaming for the guys at decibels only most dogs can hear.

Mall Cop at the Burlington Mall

For the past several weeks, the Burlington Mall has regressed a few months and has re-decorated for the Christmas season. No, they aren't trying to boost sales.....the mall is actually the set for funny men Kevin James and producer Adam Sandler on their new movie, Mall Cop. The movie has also been filming on Centre Street in West Roxbury.

Our friends at the GNC cart in the Burlington Mall have sent Boston Movie Tours some great pictures of the Mall Cop set. Thanks to Chris Bynoe, and congratulations on your upcomming wedding!

Bullock meets Beantown!

This week, the financial district will be handling a different kind of proposal. Miss Congeniality's Sandra Bullock and National Lampoon's Van Wilder's Ryan Reynolds hit Franklin Street this week on the new romantic comedy, The Proposal. Bullock stars as a Canadian woman whose visa is just about up. She attempts to lure her assistant (played by Reynolds) into proposing to her. Boston Herald reports that the crew will be filming on the fourth floor of the State Street Bank Building for the remainder of the week before moving up to Newport over the weekend. You can catch Ryan and Sandra in Newport until the end of April.

If you've got time, drop on by Franklin Street this week to say hi to Sandra and Ryan. Unless of course you are a high powered businesswoman from Canada looking for residency. My thoughts are he's already got his hands full with that.