Future Weather Update: Help Fund An Amazing Film!

So as I mentioned before the locally produced eco-concious film, Future Weather has been selected to premiere at the prestigious Tribeca Film Festival this year. The film has been gathering so much buzz that the screening sold out in only 4 hours! In addition to the screening there will also be a panel with stars Amy Madigan, Lili Taylor, and Perla Haney-Jardine.

Although this innovative film has been accepted into the festival, they need the community's help to raise money to offset some post production costs including among other things festival travel, posters, and a website. Future Weather featured the greener side of the Philadelphia area something rarely seen in modern films which mainly focus on the big city. Lets help this film get off the ground so that the others can see even the smallest stories can have a big impact.

If this interests you as much as it interests me please check out http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/futureweathermovie/future-weather-tribeca-world-premiere?ref=card and donate whatever you can to help the project. Even $5.00 can help. The goal is to get $40,000 by May 9, 2012. Lets show that we care and help get this project rolling.

To hear more about the project and the film, check out the video below

Future Weather World Premiere at Tribeca Film Festival

Back in summer 2010, the independent film, Future Weather filmed around the Philadelphia area. Now the film is being released and premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 29. This film introduced a new and innovative production process as it was a green set and revolved around bettering the environment.

I reported on the film several times back in August 2010 and was invited to the set on a few occasions. It was a very pleasant experience and very interesting to see how a green set works. If you would like to read the report I made back in 2010 check here.

Future Weather was written, directed, and produced by Jenny Deller and produced by Kristin Fairweather. The film stars Lili Taylor, Amy Madigan, and newcomer Perla Haney Jardine. The film is a coming of age story about the relationship of a young girl and her grandmom after her mom leaves her. It tells their story and how they begin to relate to each other during a troubling time in their lives.

To learn more about the movie check out the website Tickets go on sale April 16.

Do No Harm Update - March 21, 2012

Hey everyone welcome back! Finally real things are filming in the city again! For the past few weeks, the new M. Night Shyamalan movie starring Will and Jaden Smith has been filming inside studios in Chester. Although that film may never make it to the actual streets to film, other productions have been invading the city.

I was selected to be an extra on the new NBC pilot, Do No Harm starring Steven Pasquale. Unfortunately I cannot give too much away since I worked on the project, but I am willing to give you some insider details. I was told to be at set at 4:30 and signed in. We ate some food and talked a bit before they took us out to...walk, yes walk! Its what all the cool extras do. So thats the insider details, no I'm kidding, but I really did walk! The production actually turned the Convention Center into 'Independence Memorial Hospital' One thing I thought was weird is that the extra they put into a wheelchair was in full makeup and stilletos, I would look just like that too coming out of a hospital. Sadly, I can't give you any more fun details, but check out PhillyChitChat for all the juicy info! When the show comes out keep an eye out for me and my amazing walking skyllz! If you look to the right of the photo you can see Steven Pasquale (in the tie) and director Michael Mayer (sitting in the chair with glasses). Thanks PhillyChitChat for taking the picture as I could not (although I wanted to so bad!!).

We were finally able to leave the set around 1:30 in the morning. It was a great time and I got to meet some great people!

One interesting person I met on set was a PA, Jackass and CKY star, Chris Raab (Raab Himself). I did get to talk to him in between takes and he is a really nice guy. He told me that he was doing this while working on other projects with Brandon Dicamillo and Rake Yohn.

So thats about all I got for you guys. For more information about the filming head on over to PhillyChitChat. Thanks for reading and stay tuned for more fun filming updates!

Die Antwoord Concert at the Trocadaro

I know I blog about movies and such, but I thought I would share with you some of the fun I had at the Die Antwoord concert last night. If you have not heard about the band, they are a unique rap trio from South Africa that will confuse you and entertain you at the same time. Gaining popularity from youtube, this trio consists of Ninja, Yolandi, and DJ High Tek.

At the door they almost took my camera away, but luckily I had my handy dandy Press Credentials! The concert itself was amazing and although their music can be only described as strange techno rap, it was exciting and high energy from start to finish. Since I am not much of a concert blogger, I am not going into much detail over everything. I urge you to check out some of their music and general information at their website Feel free to check out the video below of some of their hit song.

Update on Filming in Philadelphia

Hey there sorry no updates in a while, I have been rather busy. I wanted to give you all a heads up on some things coming to the city to film over the next couple months. For those of you who have not heard yet, M. Night Shyamalan is returning to the city to film his new big film, After Earth starring Will Smith and Jaden Smith at the end of this month. From what I hear it is kind of a post apocolytic film and there will not be very many extras involved besides for army type people. The production is currently taking play in Costa Rica and is said to reach Philadelphia by the end of February. One known location for the film is the Budd Manufacturing Facility at 2450 W. Hunting Park Ave in North Philly. Stay tuned for more information about this project.

The best news of all, Shyamalan's film is not the only thing filming here over the next year, many other productions are coming to the city, many of them are large productions! Another movie set to film in Philadelphia for a 40 day shoot is Dead Man Down, directed by Niels Arden Oplev (director of the original Girl With The Dragon Tattoo). This New York-set mob movie will star Colin Farell and Noomi Rapace.

There are also two television shows to be shot in the area. The first is Do No Harm, a NBC medical drama about a doctor struggleomg with his alter ego in a Jekyll and Hyde type relationship. The other series will be titled Political Animals which will poke fun at notable political figures.

The Philadelphia film office will also be launching a new website on February 14 so make sure to check that out.

If you want more information for anything I mentioned here be sure to check out UWISHUNU

Damages and Pan Am Set Visit

Hey everyone! I thought I would share a little insight I gathered over the past week during my trip to New York City. I had planned on visiting at least one set during my stay in the city, but I would have never guessed that a set would come to me!

On the first day of my trip, I decided I wanted to visit the set of Pan Am since I always wanted to see a period piece filming. When I arrived on the set, they were filming inside of a building in Harlem and just about to go to lunch, however I did see many 1960s cars lining one of the side streets. I took a few pictures and decided to go explore the city. I tried to find the set for Gossip Girl, but I couldn't so I just kind of gave up. I am PhillyFilmGirl after all.


I thought that would be the extent of my set visits during my time in New York, but I never expected to find one in the very hotel I was staying at. All day on thursday, there was a production company at the Travel Inn filming the FX television show, Damages. From what I could tell they were filming there for about 12 hours. They began with a scene inside of the parking garage...I could not really take any pictures of that, but I managed to get a few of the equipment. That night, when I returned to the hotel and exited the elevator, I kind of accidently walked into the middle of the set where I saw two actors in an open room getting their makeup done. I was exited off set and returned to my room. There was a lot of equipment located all over the hotel and it seemed as though the production rented out many rooms to ensure they would be vacant during filming. I thought this was a really fun coincedience and it was a nice change for a set to come to me. And let me add once again, I DID NOT know this was filming in my hotel when I booked the room over two months ago, it was a total suprise which I thought was really cool.



While walking around the city, I was able to spot at least three other random productions by the Haddads trucks. New York City is always full of film and television productions and anyone would be sure to find something filming during any given time.

New York City Trip!

Hey I am planning on posting all about my EPIC New York trip over the next few days. I visited two different sets and explored the city so much, I would make Dora proud. For now, check out this funny video I made that summarizes a lot of the things I did in the city. Stay tuned because tomorrow I am giving you all exclusive Damages and Pan Am information and stories directly from the New York sets!

New York City Trip January 11-14, 2012 from ashley sindaco on Vimeo.