Provi-wood

[Recchia]

Wow, that's three pretty big names. Any info on where the exact filming will be or what the movies about?

[CtownMikey]

yayy!!

I really want the movie industry to film here ... personal issues

[Frankie811]

http://www.projo.com/news/content/projo_20...lm.8542658.html

[CtownMikey]

its called 'Hard Luck' now.. and it sounds like it is going to be reeaallly good.

[Cotuit]

If you give them a tax break, they will come.

So where else will cutting taxes actually boost revenue?

[Liamlunchtray]

its called 'Hard Luck' now.. and it sounds like it is going to be reeaallly good.

Mario is pretty good, but I have a hard time using "reeeaally good" in reference a Wesley Snipes / Cybil Shepard project.

[CtownMikey]

[eltron]

Mario is pretty good, but I have a hard time using "reeeaally good" in reference a Wesley Snipes / Cybil Shepard project.

C'mon, wesley has Willy Mays Hayes... Major League? an absolute classic!

[TheAnk]

If you give them a tax break, they will come.

So where else will cutting taxes actually boost revenue?

ALL tax.. Says the lonely libertarian quietly...

[Cotuit]

Wesley and Cybil are in town right now.

[CtownMikey]

and it's such great weather right now!!

too bad filming couldn't be done in sept/oct when the leaves were a changin'.. and they could have avoided that week or so of rain too.

Oh well, maybe they are going for that soon to be winter feel

[Frankie811]

WEST GREENWICH -- Filming has begun in Rhode Island for Hard Luck, an action thriller starring Cybill Shepherd and Wesley Snipes. Snipes, who plays a gangster named Lucky, today drove a creme-colored Cadillac around University of Rhode Island's W. Alton Jones campus shooting scenes for the independent film that is expected to be in theaters next spring. Filming will continue at various Rhode Island locales through Dec. 23.

[gfecte01]

"We hear Snipes and Van Peebles were researching the seedy underbelly of the City of Hope over the weekend. They showed up at the Cadillac Lounge on Charles Street to check out the pole dancers for a couple of hours."

http://thetrack.bostonherald.com/moreTrack...&format=&page=2

[mr2448]

WEST GREENWICH -- Filming has begun in Rhode Island for Hard Luck, an action thriller starring Cybill Shepherd and Wesley Snipes. Snipes, who plays a gangster named Lucky, today drove a creme-colored Cadillac around University of Rhode Island's W. Alton Jones campus shooting scenes for the independent film that is expected to be in theaters next spring. Filming will continue at various Rhode Island locales through Dec. 23.

Hope the debut is down at Providence Place Showcase , not in Seekonk.

Mark

[spanishboy]

i heard that wesley bought one of the pent condos at 110.... although i cannot confirm this.... it might be true

[Frankie811]

i heard that wesley bought one of the pent condos at 110.... although i cannot confirm this.... it might be true

I find that hard to believe. Why would he want to move here from LA? He looked kinda cold in the photo that appeared in this mornings paper.

[Frankie811]

I wonder if this film project will be under a cover of secrecy like the Brotherhood was.

[Frankie811]

http://www.pbn.com/contentmgr/showdetails.php/id/117820

[Cotuit]

i heard that wesley bought one of the pent condos at 110.... although i cannot confirm this.... it might be true

From what I heard, the producers have a house for Wesley Snipes to live in for the duration of filming, though he is currently staying in a Providence hotel. I find it unlikely that he would have bought anything in 110, though it's a good rumor for the developers to start.

[Frankie811]

http://www.projo.com/movies/content/projo_...k.6bf1c168.html

[CtownMikey]

Besides ---> http://www.film.ri.gov/ , are there any other state/film based websites for Rhode Island. I couldn't find any.

That page is definately lacking and could use a major over haul.

[matt]

Besides ---> http://www.film.ri.gov/ , are there any other state/film based websites for Rhode Island. I couldn't find any.

That page is definately lacking and could use a major over haul.

I stumbled upon quahog.org recently. it has a decent list of movies featuring RI and some stories.

[CtownMikey]

What I noticed in that film section was how they emphasized the extent of how unfriendly Newport, Middletown, and R.I. was to the welcoming of MTV. Maybe they'll come back when they see the O.C. in Providence :)

[Frankie811]

What I noticed in that film section was how they emphasized the extent of how unfriendly Newport, Middletown, and R.I. was to the welcoming of MTV. Maybe they'll come back when they see the O.C. in Providence :)

Those neighbors in Middletown were like, NIMBY once they found out what MTV was all about, although I'm not too sure they actually got the full picture. They just didn't want any disruptions in their quiet and quaint 'hood. It was a big loss for RI.

[ruchele]

Those neighbors in Middletown were like, NIMBY once they found out what MTV was all about, although I'm not too sure they actually got the full picture. They just didn't want any disruptions in their quiet and quaint 'hood. It was a big loss for RI.

I really disagree that the MTV decision was about NIMBYism. If it was, than it was about exactly the kind of stuff none of us wants in our BY.

Have you seen the drunken bulls**t that goes on in downtown Newport and around the beaches in Middletown in the summer? If you remember, someone was killed last year as a result of druken shoving between college students. It's a total drain on the resources of those communities, and makes the place unattractive for those of us who like to spend our summer doing something besides getting in fights with a bunch of drunk and vomiting meatheads.

If you'd ever had a bunch of frat boys puking on your driveway, pissing in your yard, and screaming outside your bedroom window at 3 in the morning, you'd probably feel different about the benefits of MTV advertising your neighborhood. MTV's presence would only make the area a magnet for more of that same kind of behavior- I think we are better off without Newport and Middletown becoming more like "Spring Break Rhode Island" than they already are.