How Texas Can Save Its Film Industry

POSTED BY txactor on Oct 31 under Acting, Actors, Auditions, Austin Actors, Austin Film, Austin Studios, Film Crew, Filmmaking, Friday Night Lights, Louisiana Film Production, New Mexico Film Production, TXMPA, Texas Actors, Texas Filmmakers, Texas film, Tommy G. Kendrick

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 scrambles to […]

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Friday Night Lights, Alliance Austin Meeting and Web Site Woes

POSTED BY txactor on Oct 29 under Acting, Acting Coaches, Actors, Agent, Auditions, Austin Actors, Austin Film, Casting Notices, Film Distribution, Filmmakers, Filmmaking, Friday Night Lights, Producers, SAG, SAG Membership, TXMPA, Texas Filmmakers, Texas film, Tommy G. Kendrick

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 […]

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Support for TXMPA Required NOW

POSTED BY txactor on Sep 10 under Actors, Auditions, Austin Actors, Austin Film, Austin Studios, Callbacks, Commercials, Directors, Filmmakers, Filmmaking, Friday Night Lights, IActor, Indie Film, New Mexico Film Production, Producers, Residuals, SAG, SAG Eligible, SAG Membership, SAGIndie, TXMPA

Okay, actors. Whether you’re SAG, Non-SAG, SAG-Eligible or anywhere in between, you need to get involved by joining the TXMPA. If WE don’t achieve a significant increase in our state film incentive program in the upcoming legislative session, our TEXAS film industry is going to be further decimated. At that point the decision […]

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Acting on Friday Night Lights - Be Ready to Improvise

POSTED BY txactor on Aug 13 under Acting, Actors, Austin Actors, Austin Film, Creating characters, Directors, Film Crew, Filmmaking, Friday Night Lights, Producers, SAG, Self Promotion, Texas Actors, Texas Film Production Fund, Texas Filmmakers, Texas film, Tommy G. Kendrick

“Did anyone talk to you about how we shoot”? When I arrived on the set to shoot a scene as Dr. Campbell, doctor to Grandma Saracen (Louanne Stephens), grandmother of Matt Saracen (Zach Gilford) these were the first words I heard from producer / director Jeffrey Reiner. “Hummm…not really” was my cautious reply, not exactly […]

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Friday Night Lights: How Is This Going to Work Exactly?

POSTED BY txactor on Aug 10 under Acting, Actors, Auditions, Austin Actors, Austin Film, Callbacks, Film Crew, Film Distribution, Filmmakers, Friday Night Lights, Residuals, SAG, SAG Membership, Self Promotion, Texas Actors, Texas Film Production Fund, Texas Filmmakers, Texas film

You Friday Night Lights fans might find this TV Guide article of interest. I’m wondering how this will work out as well. And will the DirecTV run count as first run and the NBC network run a rerun, or vice versa?
Whatever the case, it’s just another example of the changing landscape for […]

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August Production Update from SAG

POSTED BY txactor on Aug 7 under Acting, Actors, Auditions, Austin Actors, Austin Film, Austin Studios, Callbacks, Casting Notices, Directors, Filmmakers, Filmmaking, Friday Night Lights, Indie Film, Producers, SAG, SAG Eligible, SAG Membership, SAGIndie, Texas Filmmakers, Texas film, Tommy G. Kendrick

The following productions has approached SAG about shooting under a SAG signatory agreement. Not all of these projects will necessarily end up going SAG, so ‘buyer’ beware:
American Cartel – Ultra Low Budget
Agave Productions, LLC
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Friday Night Lights Warms Up For Season 3

POSTED BY txactor on Aug 6 under Actors, Auditions, Austin Actors, Austin Film, Callbacks, Casting Notices, Friday Night Lights, SAG, Self Promotion, Texas Actors, Texas Film Production Fund, Tommy G. Kendrick

Given the paucity of film work in the state due to lack of a competitive tax incentive package, the start of FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, Season 3 is a most welcome event. That is even more true this year since PRISON BREAK has fled Texas to hide out in the Los Angeles area, leaving FNL […]

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Letter from Bob Hudgins, Texas Film Commission

A MESSAGE TO THE MEMBERS OF THE TEXAS PRODUCTION COMMUNITY
Folks, the legislative season is upon us. Long before the session begins in January, much work has already been done — and there’s a great deal yet to be done — toward making Texas’ incentive program more competitive, and regaining some of the ground that Texas […]

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Friday Night Lights Returns On DirecTV

POSTED BY txactor on Jul 22 under Actors, Austin Actors, Austin Film, Austin Studios, Friday Night Lights, SAG, Texas Actors, Texas Film Production Fund, Texas film

According to a blurb in today’s Austin American Statesman, Friday Night Lights will commence shooting for the new season on August 6th.
As previously reported, the new season will first air on DirecTV where it will kick off on October 1st.
Exec. Producer Jason Katims told AAS reporter Diane Holloway that the new episodes that […]

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Texas and Louisiana SAG Signatory Film Production List

POSTED BY txactor on Jun 6 under Actors, Auditions, Austin Film, Film Crew, Filmmakers, Filmmaking, Friday Night Lights, Indie Film, Kick The Can, Louisiana Film Production, Producers, Residuals, SAG, SAG Membership, SAGIndie, Texas Actors, Texas Film Production Fund, Texas Filmmakers, Texas film, Tommy G. Kendrick

SAG recently sent a signatory film production list for Texas and Louisiana to the membership.
Texas has 13 productions on the list: 7 ultra low budget contracts, 3 low budget contracts, 1 TV series and 2 projects working under the standard theatrical agreement.
Louisiana has 7 projects on the list:
3 low budget contracts, 0 […]

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