Hugh Grant The Untitled Marc Lawrence Project, starring Hugh Grant, begins filming in NYC this week by CHRISTINE on APRIL 16, 2013 · (ON LOCATION VACATIONS)

The movie, which stars Hugh Grant, Marisa Tomei and Bella Heathcote, follows “Ray Michaels (Grant) who in 1998 was on top of the world — a witty, sexy Englishman in Hollywood who had just won an Academy Award for best screenplay. Fifteen years later, he’s creatively washed up, divorced and broke. With no other options, he takes a job teaching screenwriting at a small college on the East Coast. Although the idea of teaching is less than thrilling, he hopes to make some easy money and enjoy the favors of impressionable young co-eds. What he doesn’t expect to find is romance with a single mom who has gone back to school.”

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Stars land in NZ for Hobbit shoot

Updated: 15:24, Wednesday December 7, 2011

Hollywood star Orlando Bloom has flown into the New Zealand city of Nelson, where the cast of The Hobbit is filming under a veil of secrecy this week.
Other stars, including Martin Freeman, James Nesbitt and Stephen Fry, are believed to be shooting scenes with director Sir Peter Jackson and a crew of about 400.

A smaller crew spent a week in November filming at Kaohoka Lakes, Mount Owen and the Takaka Hill, the Nelson Mail reported.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, will have its world premiere in Wellington in November next year, before a world-wide release on December 13.

It will be the first of two movie adaptations of JRR Tolkien's novel The Hobbit, the prequel to The Lord of the Rings.

SkyNews

Downton Abbey - Take a breathtaking video tour around Highclere Castle, the real Downton Abbey

Lady Carnarvon shows The Telegraph around Highclere Castle, where hit ITV drama series Downton Abbey is filmed.

Rogue Sightings of Hobbits!

November 20th, 2011 by xoanon

The Hobbit film crew – due in Marlborough next month – is flying under the radar during filming in the Tasman region. The crew has been filming on 80 hectares of privately-owned land at Canaan Downs, where the Luminate Festival is held, and on surrounding Department of Conservation land. David Hall, who lives on the Takaka Hill, said he had not seen or heard much other than helicopters and more vehicles on the road than usual. “It’s all sort of tucked away out of sight,” he said.

The crew has been filming, via helicopter, around the Pelorus River and Mt Owen. It was understood they were also filming near the coast in Golden Bay. Rex Bowden, a chef at The Wholemeal Cafe, said he recently served a table of four “hobbits”. He said they came in for lunch, but he did not know if they were cast or film crew members. “I didn’t recognise any of them, but one looked a bit `hobbity’,” he said.

Motueka i-Site staff member Elise Vollweiler said there had been "rogue sightings of hobbits" in the area, but she had not seen anything herself.

"I don't know where they're hiding," she said.

A scene from the first of two Hobbit movies from Sir Peter Jackson is to be shot near the Pelorus Bridge, 60 kilometres west of Blenheim, over 10 days next month.

The Marlborough Express

Colin Firth, Emily Blunt begin filming in Fairmont

 

FAIRMONT - This sleepy Robeson County town was awakened today by the hustle and bustle of a production crew filming the upcoming movie "Arthur Newman, Golf Pro.''

Academy Award winner Colin Firth and Golden Globe winner Emily Blunt are starring in the film about a man who fakes his death and assumes a new identity as Arthur Newman.

A small crowd of locals gathered near the production site in front of the Hector McLean Public Library on South Main Street downtown to catch a glimpse of the film stars in action.

The town also is conducting its municipal elections at the same location today, but the voter and spectator turnout was minimal for the first round of filming, which started around 9 a.m.
Production is expected to continue for most of the day.

Staff writer Jessica De Vault can be reached at devaultj@fayobserver.com or 609-0649.

FayObserver

You'll see Colin Firth - and blocked streets - Wednesday in Raleigh

NBC

Credit: Cross Creek Pictures

By: NBC17 Staff
Published: November 07, 2011
Updated: November 07, 2011 - 7:44 PM

 

RALEIGH, N.C. --

 

If you’re in downtown Raleigh Wednesday, you might see actor Colin Firth and actress Emily Blunt.

Oh, and you may see some closed streets, too.

The film, “Arthur Newman, Golf Pro,” is being filmed in Raleigh Wednesday, and many downtown streets will be closed.

The closed streets include:

• The 200 block of Fayetteville Street and the City Plaza will be closed from 5 a.m. until 5 p.m.

• The 200 block of West Martin will be closed from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m.

• The 200 block of S. McDowell Street will be closed intermittently for short periods of time from 12 p.m. until 5 p.m.

Parking downtown will be affected, as well, so allow for extra time if you are looking to get into downtown.

The film is about a couple who breaks into vacant homes and adopts the identities of the absent owners.

The dark comedy stars Firth ("The King's Speech," "Mama Mia!") as Wallace Avery/Arthur Newman, while Blunt ("The Adjustment Bureau," "The Devil Wears Prada") plays the role of Mike, a "beautiful [woman] who is … trying to leave her past behind."

First time feature-length film director Dante Ariola previously directed commercials for Coca Cola, Lexus, and Nike.

In 2009, Firth filmed "Main Street" in Durham with Orlando Bloom and Patricia Clarkson.

COLIN FIRTH - Major Motion Picture To Film At Cole's Motel In Carolina Beach Oct. 28th

Island Gazette

By WILLARD KILLOUGH III
Managing Editor

CAROLINA BEACH - Crews will return to Carolina Beach this Friday October 28, from 3PM to 5AM to film a movie titled, " Arthur Newman, Golf Pro".

This time they'll be filming at Cole's Motel at 213 Raleigh Avenue behind the BB&T Bank on Lake Park Blvd.

Raleigh Avenue between Lake Park Blvd. and 3rd Street will be closed during filming. Customers will still be able to access adjacent businesses. The movie will star Academy Award winner Colin Firth (The King's Speech) and Golden Globe winner Emily Blunt.

Filming will be based out of EUE/Screen Gems Studios and shoot at various locations in the area this fall.

The film focuses on Wallace Avery (played by Firth).

He hated his job, became estranged from his ex-wife and son and blew his one shot at living his dream. Then he staged his own death buying a new identity as Arthur Newman - a golf pro. In his new life, he meets Mike (played by Blunt). They start breaking into homes and assuming the identities of the absent owners.

Crews filmed a couple of weeks ago at Fort Fisher on the southern end of the Island and in Carolina Beach at night in the area of Lake Park Blvd. and Fayetteville Ave. In front of Squigley's Ice Cream and the Dry Dock Motel. The scene was after a car chase where Emily Blunt's character is pulled from the vehicle by police while the owner yells at her for stealing his car.

This Friday they're filming a scene where the couple takes refuge in a hotel.