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'Tammy' heads to Brunswick County

Submitted by Ben Powell on Wednesday, May 22nd, 1:52 pm
Spring Lake Park in Boiling Spring Lakes is closed to the public from Thursday, May 9 until Friday, May 24 for safety reasons while production crews film a movie.

BOILING SPRING LAKES, NC (WECT) – Spring Lake Park in Boiling Spring Lakes is closed to the public from Thursday, May 9 until Friday, May 24 for safety reasons while production crews film a movie. 

Adobe Pictures, Inc. will be filming various scenes for the feature film, entitled Tammy.

Filming is scheduled for Monday, May 20 and Tuesday, May 21.  Film-related activities could start as early as 6 a.m. to as late as 9 p.m. each day.

In order to achieve what is needed for filming, crews must prepare Spring Lake Park to look like their ‘set' in the movie.  This requires the crews to start prep work on Thursday, May 9.

Their work involves the construction of a temporary dock and other temporary structures.

Currently, there are no plans to do any work on the weekends.  However, they will have security on site day and night.

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Movie filmed on location brings perks to Wilmington business

Submitted by Gavin Johnson, Reporter
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013, 1:38pm
Gayleane White, co-owner of Two Fat Ladies, says when the restaurant gets back to business, loyal customers will notice several changes that were done by the film crew.

WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) - Film and TV crews in New Hanover County and surrounding areas have been pretty common for the past couple of years. A lot of filming takes place at Screen Gems Studios, but a lot is also done on location.

Along with the bragging rights of a town or business getting to say Safe Haven or Iron Man 3 shot nearby, crews sometimes leave things better than what they were before filming.

Filming for the movie Tammy, which stars Melissa McCarthy, has wrapped up shooting at the restaurant Two Fat Ladies Over a Simmering Pot on Dawson Street in Wilmington. Workers with Acme Cleaning Service spent part of the day at the restaurant restoring the place to normal Wednesday.

"We normally clean a set before they film and after they film," said Pam McGeehan, owner of Acme Cleaning Service. "We clean up any messes that were made. So people can get ready to bring furniture back in and get back to normal business."

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Hollywood production takes over Boiling Spring Lakes

Submitted by Ben Powell on Wednesday, May 22nd, 1:37 pm
For the past two weeks, Spring Lake Park has been closed to the public while crews build a temporary set for the filming of Tammy.

BOILING SPRING LAKES, NC (WECT) - A major Hollywood production is taking over the city of Boiling Spring Lakes.

For the past two weeks, Spring Lake Park has been closed to the public while crews build a temporary set for the filming.

Starting Monday, Adobe Productions Inc. will be shooting several scenes for the hit film Tammy starring Melissa McCarthy, Susan Sarandon, and Dan Aykroyd.

The park has been transformed into Crawford's Beach Boat and Jet Ski Rental Office, because the script calls for a few summer scenes.

The park will remain closed as film crews plan to shoot on Monday May 21 and Tuesday May 22, weather permitting.

Drivers should be aware of a road closure on Juniper Road between Pine Road and Ash Road on Monday and Tuesday.

The production company has also hired three BSL Police officers who will work on Monday and Tuesday from 6 a.m. -8 p.m. to control traffic and monitor crowds.

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Check out the first look of 'Under the Dome'

Submitted by Debra Worley, Digital Content Director
Monday, April 1st, 2013, 12:42pm
Film crews in Southport working on "Under the Dome."

WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) – The first look of the upcoming CBS
show, Under the Dome has been
released online.

The locally-filmed series is based on a Stephen King novel
with the same title.

It's about a fictitious town called Chester's Mill that finds
itself surrounded by a mysterious barrier that won't allow people to travel
outside of it.

So far, the production has filmed in Wilmington, Burgaw and
Southport. The show is expected to premiere on CBS in June.

Click here to watch the
first look on YouTube. On mobile? Copy this link to view the video: http://bit.ly/10peWGt

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LA Times article explores filming in Wilmington

Submitted by WECT Web Staff
Tuesday, March 12th, 2013, 3:07pm
Film crews were in Southport working on "Under the Dome."

WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) - The LA Times is taking notice of the latest project filming in Hollywood East.

An article in Wednesday's paper explores the reasons why CBS's Under the Dome picked Wilmington, Southport and Burgaw for filming.

According to the article, CBS considered Texas and Louisiana - but chose our area because of North Carolina's 25% film tax credit.

It also mentions that NBC's Revolution selected Wilmington for filming, as well as movies like Iron Man 3 and We're the Millers.

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Stephen King visits Southport

Submitted by Sarah Crandall, Web Producer
Tuesday, March 5th, 2013, 5:06pm
Stephen King visits Southport

SOUTHPORT, NC (WECT) – Author Stephen King was in Southport recently on the set of a new TV series based on his novel of the same name.

The show’s Video Effects Supervisor, Stephan Fleet, sent in the photo above, picturing himself and King. Fleet says the crew has enjoyed being in Southport, and the project has gone well so far.

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Southport celebrates the release of 'Safe Haven'

Submitted by WECT Web Staff
Friday, February 15th, 2013, 5:35am
Josh Duhamel and Julianne Hough at the "Safe Haven" premiere in LA.

SOUTHPORT, NC (WECT) - Hundreds of Southport citizens celebrated the release of the movie, Safe Haven, Thursday night.

300 tickets were sold to a special event at the Southport Community Center.

Safe Haven, which was released nationwide Thursday, was filmed in Southport last summer. It is based on a book written by Nicholas Sparks.

Many residents at the party watched the movie on Valentine's Day.

They said Southport is stunning on screen and there are a lot of aerials showing the beauty of the town.

The movie created a lot of buzz in Southport while filming was underway; the film includes a big parade scene in which hundreds of citizens appeared as extras.

There were some complaints though from citizens about filming, following five nights of fireworks that were set off for scenes in the flick.

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