Entries tagged with “Film” from In The News
George Jaber with the [Community College of Allegheny County ](http://ccac.edu)South campus theater recently initiated a new division of classes gearing towards film technician courses. Mr Jaber builds sets for film and theater. He recently decided to take his expertise an educated the new up an coming film and theater advocates on becoming a film an theater technician.
Director, and Pittsburgh native Rob Marshall added another Hollywood star to the cast for his upcoming film, the musical ‘Nine.’
Monday, March 3, 2008
This article was published in the March 2008 issue of the North Hills Monthly Magazine which is available for free at local area establishments.
According to Pittsburgh Councilman Bill Peduto, creator of the council on the arts in Pittsburgh, "The arts revitalize neighborhoods better than bringing in Walgreen's to street corners." As part of this credo, Peduto presented a city council proclamation at the Women in Film and Media's first Annual Opal Awards late last year. Women in Film and Media is an international organization with 47 chapters worldwide. The organization focuses on everything from education, mentoring, and resources for those involved in television, radio, video, film, videographers, and actors. WIFM has a very active chapter in Western Pennsylvania.
By Jolie Williamson
FOR THE TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Friday, February 15, 2008
With "George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead," the zombie film pioneer and longtime Pittsburgh resident revisits the formula that gave life to the genre.
After a lackluster trek into Hollywood-style horror flicks with 2005's "Land of the Dead," Romero scaled back his latest endeavor to reflect the indie roots of his groundbreaking "Night of the Living Dead," released 40 years ago.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Bitten by a zombie, his fate sealed, a character in George Romero's new film mutters to a friend, "Shoot me." The friend first points a video camera at the man, then a gun.
Romero's latest zombie film uses the same handheld, subjective camera approach as "The Blair Witch Project" and "Cloverfield." Calling into question the morals and motives of whoever is filming, it makes the case that YouTube and MySpace are as frightening as walking dead.
By Tim Schooley, Pittsburgh Business Times
Two more feature films are set to enter stage left into Pittsburgh.
A supernatural thriller titled "Shelter," and slated to star Julianne Moore, expects to begin shooting in Pittsburgh in late March
"Shelter" is a project of NALA Films LLC, a Los Angeles-based company. Its best-known film to date is "In the Valley of Elah," a family drama that involves the Iraq war.
Darlene Caamano Loquet, president of NALA and producer of "Shelter," described the project as being in pre-production, as it finalizes casting and scouts locations here. She expects the shoot to take six weeks, and the film has an estimated budget of $20 million to $25 million.
By Reese Randall, Pittsburgh Magazine
As one of the stars of the hit NBC series "Heroes," where he plays Skylar, the dark hero, and as the recently named young Spock in the new Star Treck movie (due out late next year), Zachary Quinto is making a name for himself as Hollywood's hottest sci-fi sensation.
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