More Super 8 Filming Details Out of West Virginia Dan Koelsch, August 30, 2010 The Weirton Daily Times (via Unfiction) has an interesting article about upcoming casting for the unnamed Paramount film being shot in the small town. Of course, we all know that any mention of a Paramount production in the West Virginia steel town (including one with the codename “Darlings“) is for J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg-produced Super 8. The Daily Times article discusses the film’s prep and search for extras. Crew from the production talked to students at Weir Middle School about what it takes to shoot a major motion picture. The personnel included Sonya ‘Sonny’ Tormoen, who is presumably the casting director given her resume, location manager Demian Resnick, art director Domenic Silvestri (who worked on one episode of LOST), and production supervisor Montez Monroe. If you needed more evidence that this mystery production is for Super 8, there are several connections to Abrams and Spielberg. Resnick and Monroe both worked on the upcoming Morning Glory, which Abrams produced, and Resnick also worked on Cloverfield. Silvestri worked on an episode of LOST as well as the Spielberg-produced Eagle Eye. At the end of the presentation, the crew passed out information on casting calls for local extras. They are looking for up to 2,000 extras, none of which will have speaking roles. The casting calls are set for September 3rd. For more information on the casting call and what the production people talked about, check out the Weirton Daily Times. News Super 8WeirtonWest Virginia
Comic-Con Video: J.J. Abrams and Joss Whedon Panel Includes Talk About Super 8 July 27, 2010One of the panels I was sad to miss at Comic-Con this year was Entertainment Weekly’s “The Visionaries” featuring J.J. Abrams and Joss Whedon. The discussion briefly turned to Abrams’ newest project Super 8, including when shooting starts. You can read the transcript of the Super 8 section (provided by… Read More
The Buzz: Bryan Singer Talks X-Men: First Class, Marvel Wants Iron Fist, Jeremy Renner Accepts Mission Impossible, and More! August 27, 2010August 28, 2010In this week’s edition of the Buzz, FusedFilm.com’s, Kevin Coll, tells you what is hot off the presses. Bryan Singer chats X-Men details, Jeremy Renner will be in Mission Impossible IV and Iron Fist is moving forward at Disney/Marvel Studios. All that and more in The Buzz! Read More
The Buzz (Link Dump Edition): Evil Dead, Avengers, Justice League, and More! October 19, 2012The Buzz is a feature in which we usually round up the Top 3 most-buzzed-about movie/TV stories of the week (in more-or-less chronological order). This week however, we got a little behind, so we instead are providing a nice link dump of several of the top stories that got people… Read More