Archive for October, 2008
October 31st, 2008
Chris Garcia’s article in today’s AAS, comes across as a pretty negative assessment of the current state of affairs for Texas film production. All is not lost, but we’re at a critical juncture where we must have more help from the legislature. Click Here for Garcia’s Full Article in the American Statesman As movie production [...]
Tags: Austin Film Producton, Austin Film Society, Chris Garcia, Friday Night Lights, Robert Rodriguez, Texas Film Production
Posted in Acting, Actors, Auditions, Austin Actors, Austin Film, Austin Studios, Film Crew, Filmmaking, Friday Night Lights, Louisiana Film Production, New Mexico Film Production, Texas Actors, Texas film, Texas Filmmakers, Tommy G. Kendrick, TXMPA | 2 Comments »
October 29th, 2008
First…sorry for the outage today. My bandwidth has spiked and I outgrew my old hosting plan. In an effort to get things back up ASAP I’m afraid I probably made things worse and lengthened the process. With much thanks to the great support staff at Hostpc.com, I’m back online…for better or worse. FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS….SEASON 3 [...]
Tags: Austin Actors, Bob Hudgins, Friday Night Lights, Texas Film Commission, Texas Film Production, The Alliance Austin, TXMPA
Posted in Acting, Acting Coaches, Actors, Agent, Auditions, Austin Actors, Austin Film, Casting Notices, Film Distribution, Filmmakers, Filmmaking, Friday Night Lights, Producers, SAG, SAG Membership, Texas film, Texas Filmmakers, Tommy G. Kendrick, TXMPA | No Comments »
October 10th, 2008
This is a partial list of signatory productions and productions that have begun but not completed the SAG signatory process. There are some productions missing from this list: ALABAMA MOON which is prepping to shoot in the New Orleans area (Covington) and is being directed by Tim McCanlies, is not on this list. Nor is [...]
Tags: SAG Film Production List, Sout Region SAG Signatory Productions
Posted in Acting, Actor, Actors, Austin Actors, Austin Film, Casting Notices, Filmmakers, Filmmaking, Indie Film, Producers, SAG, Tax Incentives, Texas Actors, Texas film, Texas Film Production Fund, Texas Filmmakers, Tommy G. Kendrick, TXMPA | 1 Comment »
October 9th, 2008
Imagine my surprise when I found my site suspended this morning. Checked the billing…up to date. DOS? Who knows. A quick support ticket to HostPC and a fairly quick response had me back online with a ‘sorry for the inconvenience’ message from support. So…sorry for any inconvenience to visitors. For better or worse, txactor.com is back [...]
Tags: account suspended, Actor blogs, DOS, HostPC
Posted in Actor, Tommy G. Kendrick | No Comments »
October 6th, 2008
No mainstream media outlets — People, CNN — even mentioned the WGA protest. And Barack Obama, though invited, did not attend the gala Atlanta event at Tyler Perry Studios. Here’s who did: Will Smith, Oprah Winfrey, Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Cicely Tyson, Louis Gossett Jr, Holly Robinson Peete, Tracey Edmonds, music mogul L.A. Reid, singer [...]
Tags: House of Pain, House of Payne, Tyler Perry, WGA
Posted in Tyler Perry, WGA, Writers | 1 Comment »
October 2nd, 2008
Los Angeles, CA (October 1, 2008) – The National TV/Theatrical Negotiating Committee of Screen Actors Guild today passed the following advisory motion to the National Board: “Whereas, Screen Actors Guild has been and remains willing and able to continue formal and continuous negotiations with the AMPTP and the employers, with the intention of reaching a [...]
Tags: AFTRA, Alan Rosenberg, AMPTP, DOUG ALLEN, SAG STRIKE VOTE
Posted in Actors, AFTRA, AMPTP, SAG, SAG Membership, Strike | No Comments »