by Andrew Hibbard on April 13, 2009
IMDb has some updates on it’s Main Street page. We now have the names of some characters: Colin Firth (who was spotted at the Nasher yesterday) is playing Gus Leroy, Ellen Burstyn is Georgiana Carr (a relationship to Duke’s Carr, perhaps?) and Orlando Bloom’s cop character is named Harris Parker. No news on Amber Tamblyn or [...]
by Andrew Hibbard on April 6, 2009
After many reported Orlando Bloom et. al. sightings over the weekend at Full Frame and around Durham, Main Street finally will begin shooting. According to the schedule, today’s filming is set for 206 N. Dillard St. at the corner of Liberty and Dillard. We’re going to try and head out there later today to see what’s going [...]
by Andrew Hibbard on March 31, 2009
News of Main Street’s shooting locations and schedule was released yesterday. BCR has given a photographic breakdown of these locations. The maps showed a lot of the locations to be in downtown Durham, and BCR shows specifically where they are. Check it out here.
by Andrew Hibbard on March 30, 2009
Full Frame is set to take over downtown Durham all weekend long. But come Monday, the docs are out of Durham, and fiction is in. Main Street, the new film directed by John Doyle from a Horton Foote script, is set to begin filming April 6. The Durham Visitors Bureau has a map of filming [...]
by Andrew Hibbard on March 28, 2009
Durham is about to get a bit more glamorous. BCR has the details on the casting of Main Street, the new movie set to be filmed in the Bull City. Mr. Darcy Colin Firth, Oscar nominee Patricia Clarkson, Oscar winner Ellen Burstyn and Andrew McCarthy. IMDb has the first three listed on the John Doyle film’s page but [...]
by Andrew Hibbard on March 26, 2009
Casting calls abound in the Durham area in the coming weeks.
The one most likely to elicit conversation is by far Playboy. The men’s interest is seeking women to appear in its October 2009 Women of the ACC issue. The photographers will be in Durham March 30 and 31. Interested women (yes, in spite of Seth [...]