It’s a hot summer morning during Labor Day weekend, and filmmaker Jason Hatter and a small crew are fiddling with a giant crane, a green screen backdrop, and leaf blowers. They’re perched in a field adjacent to Southgate Community Center. Hatter has been filming scenes around town for a feature script he wrote named “Downdraft”. […]
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Filming Begins Today: Here’s What You Need To Know
A trailer is now parked on N. Fort Thomas Ave. in preparation for film shooting, which is expected to begin tomorrow. Photo courtesy of Jeremy Shannon. Shooting in Fort Thomas for the upcoming feature film “Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile,” a biopic about serial killer Ted Bundy, begins today. Students involved with Highlands High […]
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Fort Thomas Home Lands Role in Hollywood Thriller
The Brofft’s former house on Elsmar Avenue (FTM file) Hollywood film crews have become a somewhat regular sight in Northern Kentucky this year. Robert Redford, Casey Affleck and Danny Glover spent some time in Newport. John Travolta filmed his latest in the area and local actors like Nathaniel Sizemore picked up roles. This Sunday, the latest Hollywood […]
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Local Attorney Nathaniel Sizemore Follows his Movie Dreams
Nathaniel Sizemore (provided) by Colin Moore At age 30 Nathaniel Sizemore sat down to take stock of his life. He’s Vice President and General Counsel of Sizemore Inc. His professional life is good and the company has been named on the Inc 5000 list of fastest growing companies in the US. He serves as an […]
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Local Filmmakers Inadvertently Shut Down South Fort Thomas Avenue
“The City of Fort Thomas is really a full blown character in the movie.” Local film company Sovereign Entertainment and their upcoming feature “The Edge of Indolence” have appeared in Fort Thomas Matters twice this year. Once, in January, when we told of their decision to use Fort Thomas as the location for their next […]
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Highlands Senior Sophia Manyet Takes Aim For Hollywood
Sophia in David James’ short film “The Next One” (provided) by Colin Moore You might recognize Sophia Manyet. She’ll be a senior at Highlands this year and works at Highlands Fitness Center and at the Highlands Country Club. She was Audrey in Highlands High School’s performance of Little Shop of Horrors. Oh, and she’s also […]
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Zombie Movie Filming in Fort Thomas Shuts Down Street Temporarily
FTM file. A call from a concerned citizen to Fort Thomas Police shut down both lanes of traffic on S. Fort Thomas Avenue in the Midway Business District on Saturday. A call was placed to emergency dispatch at around 10:45 a.m. that described a man with a gun behind the businesses that line the avenue.
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Locally Produced Feature Film Aims to Shine Light on the Heroin Epidemic
On the set of 75 (photo: Steven Jackson) There are many movies about heroin; Trainspotting, Requiem for a Dream, even Frank Sinatra played a user in The Man with the Golden Arm. But none of those movies deals with heroin the way it is today in our community. Fort Thomas may have been named the safest […]
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Local Filmmakers Choose Fort Thomas as Location of New Movie
Cast and crew of Sovereign Entertainment’s Devil’s Point at Louisville Fright Film Fest by Colin Moore If you’re around Fort Thomas over a weekend this spring don’t be surprised if it feels like Hollywood has come to town. Local filmmakers William Chaffin and Chris Wesley have gained permission to film in Fort Thomas and plan […]
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Extras, cars needed for movie to be filmed in Cincinnati
All of the actors and movie buffs are getting another opportunity to take part in the filming of a movie. First it was “The Ides of March” with George Clooney, Ryan Gosling and the late Philip Seymour Hoffman. This spring a second movie will be filming in Cincinnati and locals are needed to appear in […]