Did anyone see this over the weekend?

swytch · #1 (**permalink**) Feb 13, 07

went for a hike down around spanish banks and saw this
nice movie/tv set. Anybody know what was filming?

prozac · #2 (**permalink**) Feb 13, 07

woo crazy.

yeah the film industry seems to be in full swing around town. There's a massive crew park @ the pub down the street from my place, trailers and shit everywhere.

dave mcnasty · #3 (**permalink**) Feb 13, 07

oh yeah that's the set of lions on a plane

prozac · #4 (**permalink**) Feb 13, 07

^what not ants? or spiders? or polar bears on a plane?

narc · #5 (**permalink**) Feb 13, 07

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Originally Posted by dave mcnasty

oh yeah that's the set of lions on a plane

its called "MIDGETS ON A PLANE" starring Anne Hathaway

Plot: After flying through the Bermudu Triangle a large flash of light strikes the plane turning everyone into little people.

Grapes · #6 (**permalink**) Feb 13, 07

^ You can NOT be serious.

Cdn_Brdr · #7 (**permalink**) Feb 13, 07

It's for a flick called 'Passenger' :)

swytch · #8 (**permalink**) Feb 13, 07

Thank you. Set was amazing.

gnosis · #9 (**permalink**) Feb 13, 07

^He's right.

And it is NOT busy in town, right now.

In fact, there's lots of crew unemployed at the moment.

However, things are gearing up, and it's about to get stupid-busy in a month or so.

There's a possible strike coming up by Screen Actors' Guild (SAG) and the Screen Writers' Guild (SWG) that will come up in July.
Lots of producers are trying to get their projects into production before those dates.

Even if there _isn't_ a strike (unlikely, at this time), there's not going to be much production, later this year.

Hard times, ahead for film-folk.

Frosty
(trying not to spend much)

project.one · #10 (**permalink**) Feb 14, 07

Was this the same movie set where they were shooting a Hostage scene, and didnt report it to the police or something, and people freaked when they started filiming, thought it was real and called the police?

I read about some film crew out here who were doing a hostage scene and people went crazy thinking it was real and SWAT ended up showing up!

r a m a z e · #11 (**permalink**) Feb 14, 07

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Originally Posted by narc

its called "MIDGETS ON A PLANE" starring Anne Hathaway

no its called aliens on a plane starring prozac....as the lead alien lol.

narc · #12 (**permalink**) Feb 14, 07

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Originally Posted by project.one

Was this the same movie set where they were shooting a Hostage scene, and didnt report it to the police or something, and people freaked when they started filiming, thought it was real and called the police?

I read about some film crew out here who were doing a hostage scene and people went crazy thinking it was real and SWAT ended up showing up!

I doubt it, anything to do with guns, police are always present.

The City requires us to hire off-duty police officers.

project.one · #13 (**permalink**) Feb 14, 07

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Originally Posted by narc

I doubt it, anything to do with guns, police are always present.

The City requires us to hire off-duty police officers.

Yeah I know. Thats what the big problem was that I read about. The crew didnt contact anyone during the hostage filming or something like that.

Meh

Probably another story then!

wishbone · #14 (**permalink**) Feb 14, 07

Lost couldn't afford hawaii anymore

mojo · #15 (**permalink**) Feb 14, 07

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Originally Posted by project.one

Was this the same movie set where they were shooting a Hostage scene, and didnt report it to the police or something, and people freaked when they started filiming, thought it was real and called the police?

I read about some film crew out here who were doing a hostage scene and people went crazy thinking it was real and SWAT ended up showing up!

No, that was for some amateur film contest being sponsered by Speilberg and some other guy.

wishbone · #16 (**permalink**) Feb 14, 07

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Originally Posted by project.one

Was this the same movie set where they were shooting a Hostage scene, and didnt report it to the police or something, and people freaked when they started filiming, thought it was real and called the police?

I read about some film crew out here who were doing a hostage scene and people went crazy thinking it was real and SWAT ended up showing up!

interesting story:

when i was in grade 6 we had to get into groups to make films. My friend's parents ran and owned a grocery store in Mission, so we did a sort of mission impossible break-in/robbery film. Our robbers had ski masks and everything, and had replica firearms that fired essentially blanks (you got a muzzle flash and everything, I don't know the correct name for them).

Well the parents were doing inventory while we were filming the outside "break in" and then the inside shots. I was playing a cashier in one scene when I looked out the window of the front of the store (this was all taking place around 11pm since the store was closed) and there were about 3 cop cars, lights flashing, standing behind their open car doors with guns drawn.

Turns out, someone had seen us "breaking in" (we faked shooting the lock off the back door, so anyone watching would see a bunch of ski masked people and muzzle flashes breaking in) and called 911. We got a huge lecture on informing them anytime we're filming smething and I think the parent of the kid who had the 'fake gun' got an even more stern lecture.

Moral of the story...I don't know, but I've had a cop's gun drawn at me before.

narc · #17 (**permalink**) Feb 14, 07

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Originally Posted by mojo

No, that was for some amateur film contest being sponsered by Speilberg and some other guy.

fuckin amateurs, do it right next time or get out.

BongMan · #18 (**permalink**) Feb 14, 07

HAHA funny story Jeff we were having a bonfire back in the days out here in Surrey and suddenly I get a laser in the eye so I shout into the dark "hey whoever the fuck is pointing a laser at me better turn that fucking shit off" next thing I know 4 cops step outta the bush holstering thiere guns...