by Iain Blair
Just saw the new “TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES”  Fox show and yes – there’slots of tough girls kicking ass on TV these days (Bionic Woman etc.) but none come close to the hard-core women in this spin-off from the great Terminator films (I was on the set of “T2” but Jim Cameron […]

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by James Thompson
    Film commissioners targeting independent filmmakers have descended on Park City, Utah for Sundance 2008. This year in particular, seems to have attracted a new group of representatives from many different states and territories.
    It was a pleasure crossing paths with several film commissioners, including Jim Fitzpatrick (California), Lisa Strout (New Mexico), Pat […]

by Iain Blair
The Oscar noms came out this morning and the big winners are  “Juno” and Jason Reitman -  at least in terms of the surprise factor. I was chatting on the phone w. Jason just hours after the announcement, and he was still shell-shocked. In fact, many industry people were surprised that the much-talked […]

by Iain Blair
Got a call from my sister who works in movies in Britain -  no strike problems there. She’s busier than ever and says it’s been a “great year”for the Brit. film biz. And the UK Film Council confirms it.They report that ’07 was a very strong year for UK box office with £904 […]

by Iain Blair
More strike fall-out – just got a call from a very close friend working on the set of the new quirky family comedy “Ticket to Ride” starring Michael Keaton, produced by comedy vet Ivan Reitman. The film’s been shooting on location around town – including UCLA and downtown. “We just got picketed by […]

by Iain Blair
Went to meet Sly Stallone at the Four Seasons to talk about his new film, “Rambo 4,”and got a very interesting window into shooting on location in Asia. In “Rambo 4”.. it’s twenty years after the last film in the series, and John Rambo has retreated to northern Thailand, where he’s running […]

by iain Blair
Mo Henry – another old friend and Hollywood’s reigning Queen of Negative Cutting ( check out her amazing credits on IMDB – everything from Spider-Man and Harry Potter to Shrek…) called with a very funny strike update story. Her Los Feliz neighborhood is full of movie people, all now adversely affected by the […]

by Iain Blair
Had lunch yesterday with my old friend Andy Summers who’s back in town for a week before hitting the road again with a little band called The Police. We go back over 30 years to when I was in the original Rocky Horror Show show and played guitar in the band and Andy […]

 by Iain Blair

A friend in the movie biz called and said she’s on the new Bond film – the 22nd!! in cinema’s longest franchise. Shooting finally started at Pinewood , a month behind schedule. The female lead is “still secret” she said – producers will announce the lucky actress by end o fJan. But  the […]