Cleveland native Monica Potter's HGTV show "Welcome Back Potter" sets Oct. 11 premiere

 

By Julie Washington, The Plain Dealer

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on October 10, 2016 at 10:00 AM, updated October 10, 2016 at 10:24 AM

 

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- When four feisty sisters – led by Cleveland native and "Parenthood" star Monica Potter – take on a complete renovation of their neglected family home, expect laughter and hugs along with hammering and painting.

 

"It was so cathartic, it was so much fun," Potter said about the five-week redo that's the basis of "Welcome Back Potter," a new HGTV show premiering at 11 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11, with a second 30-minute episode airing at 11:30 p.m. The series will run for six episodes.

 

"It was great, it was hell, it was non-stop laughter," she said. "When the four of us get together, it's spontaneous combustion."

 

The family sold the 1,800-square-foot Collinwood home in 1987, but it sat abandoned and in disrepair after the last owner died. Potter, 45, bought it in 2012 so that she could update the 1924 residence into a comfortable place for holiday gatherings.

 

http://www.cleveland.com/insideout/index.ssf/2016/10/cleveland_native_monica_potter.html

BOOM!  What do you think should be next?  Slavic Village?  North Collinwood?

 

"Cleveland Hustles" is Happening All Over Again

Posted By Sam Allard on Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 11:49 am

 

'Cleveland Hustles' investor Alan Glazen announced at the show's season one finale Wednesday that a second season of the unscripted CNBC reality series was already in the works.

 

"We are doing it all over again in 2017," he posted to Facebook Thursday. "Another million dollars and five funded businesses in another Cleveland neighborhood! Thanks to Cleveland Neighborhood Progress, Inc. and COSE for being our first partners in Cleveland Hustles: CHAIN REACTION!!!!!"

 

http://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2016/10/14/cleveland-hustles-is-happening-all-over-again-glazen-says

oh i didnt realize it was coming back - not surprized though, it's such a cool idea for a show. that's great news.

Tom Hanks Returning To Cleveland To Help Ohio Film Biz

by David Robb

November 14, 2016 3:55pm

 

http://deadline.com/2016/11/tom-hanks-greater-cleveland-film-commission-ohio-fundraiser-1201854445/

Tom Hanks Returning To Cleveland To Help Ohio Film Biz

by David Robb

November 14, 2016 3:55pm

 

http://deadline.com/2016/11/tom-hanks-greater-cleveland-film-commission-ohio-fundraiser-1201854445/

 

I just sent an email to the author of that article asking why he characterized the NE Ohio film industry as "struggling".  Hanks is coming for a fundraiser and to raise awareness, not because it's struggling. There are several upcoming features that will be shooting in the area due to good word of mouth and the efforts of the Greater Cleveland Film Commission.

Do you know what's coming up? I'd like to find out if you do. My guy is looking for work in the area while he's here (he's a camera operator/DP)

Vanity Fair takes it a step further - apparently Tom Hanks is saving Cleveland.  Obviously love TH and appreciate his support of Cleveland, but saying he is "saving" Cleveland is condescending.  No surprise though.  I guess I'm being a sensitive Clevelander with an inferiority complex.

 

 

Good Guy Tom Hanks Is off to Save Cleveland

http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/11/tom-hanks-cleveland

 

Ok now that makes me mad

Tom Hanks Returning To Cleveland To Help Ohio Film Biz

by David Robb

November 14, 2016 3:55pm

 

http://deadline.com/2016/11/tom-hanks-greater-cleveland-film-commission-ohio-fundraiser-1201854445/

 

I just sent an email to the author of that article asking why he characterized the NE Ohio film industry as "struggling".  Hanks is coming for a fundraiser and to raise awareness, not because it's struggling. There are several upcoming features that will be shooting in the area due to good word of mouth and the efforts of the Greater Cleveland Film Commission.

 

I received a quick reply from the author who said I made a "fair point" and they are taking the word "struggling" out of the article.

Honestly furious after reading that

Major movie, TV productions possibly coming to town

Alyssa Raymond, WKYC

5 days ago

 

CLEVELAND - The stars keep coming to Cleveland. Tom Hanks is the latest Hollywood A-Lister among them. He will be part of a key event for the group that keeps bringing these movies and that money pumping into Northeast Ohio.

 

Fast 8, The Avengers and Captain America are just a few of the major hit films shot right here in Cleveland, and we are weeks away from knowing if cameras will be rolling for two new major productions, a movie and a TV series.

 

"Literally will be a game changer,” said Greater Cleveland Film Commission President and CEO Ivan Schwarz.

 

Schwarz says it would mean year-round employment, movie stars and money for Northeast Ohio.

 

Schwarz added, "It would be our turn to shine.”

 

No hints yet on what the movie or the TV show might be. All he would say is the show is set in Ohio with the potential to be filmed here.

 

Oh, and it is attached to a major network.

 

MORE:

http://www.wkyc.com/mb/news/local/cleveland/major-movie-tv-productions-possibly-coming-to-town/354379098

Guessing the TV show is LeBron's sitcom sold to NBC a few months ago. No idea what the movies would be.

Guessing the TV show is LeBron's sitcom sold to NBC a few months ago. No idea what the movies would be.

 

That would be really cool if they shot the show here. Very steady work for the crew.

Guessing the TV show is LeBron's sitcom sold to NBC a few months ago. No idea what the movies would be.

 

That would be really cool if theybshot antv show here. Very steady work for the crew.

 

It's a complete game changer. Permanent work

That show isn't going to be filming here as I understand it.

That show isn't going to be filming here as I understand it.

 

Then it must be another show

The suspense is killing me. That's so weird! I've never read such a vague article that simply says that something big is possibly coming here but no word on what it is.

 

It was really cool seeing all of the props set up downtown for Fast 8, over the summer. There were a lot of really cool cars down there. I actually almost dropped an envelope with cash in it, into a prop mail-box that was being used for Fast 8. I was literally about to let go of the envelope and let it slide down in but then I noticed a sign on one side of the mailbox that said, "This is a movie prop." Thank God I saw that. I would have had no idea who to contact about retrieving my mail, lol!

 

I've only lived here a year but Cleveland seems like a great place to film. CLE can pass for much larger cities but without the logistical issues of those larger cities.

 

What's the LeBron sitcom you guys are talking about??

What's the LeBron sitcom you guys are talking about??

http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2016/09/lebron_james_producing_sitcom.html

 

 

Sorry, I was referring to Cleveland Hustles not being here again. I don't know about the sitcom, maybe that's it!

i dk if this has been posted before but it seems like a good site for audtions & filming stuff going on around town:

 

http://www.auditionsfree.com/tag/cleveland-casting-call/#

My dad and I were watching HGTV yesterday and there was a family from Broadview Hts on the lottery winner home search.

 

They wanted a nice house and some of the homes they were shown were so boring.  These homes could have been in any suburban development, in any city.

this is a great throwback -- the 1966 sci fi fan convention that was notable as being where gene roddenberry first premiered the original star trek tv series.

 

 

There is a Nicholas Cage and Willem Defoe movie that just became available on Netflix called Dog Eat Dog which was filmed mostly in Cleveland. It's directed by Paul Schrader, so I had hopes it would reach the crazy-awesome heights of Cage and Schrader's last collaboration Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans. Alas, Dog Eat Dog isn't even a Nic Cage guilty pleasure. It's a mess on every level. It has bad  writing, terrible acting other than Cage and Defoe, it's edited with a butcher knife and suffers from lazy direction.

 

The opening shot shows a picture of downtown from North Coast Harbor, so I knew something was up, then various Cleveland sights were prominently shown throughout, including a scene shot at the old Coast Guard Station. The best line in the movie was when Cage said "I know all of C-town better than anybody."  Bravo.

^I just saw it the other day. I was also a little disappointed in what could have been a better film. I also didn't really like the ending. Some of the audio seemed under-level as well (such as the when the Greek spoke). Overall, though, always great to see Cleveland in firm (even though they gave the credit of the Old Coast Guard Station to being 2 hrs away by Toledo....).

 

I just received on DVD---The Land--another cleveland film. Haven't watched it yet. On DVD only, Netflix doesn't stream it.

Did we lose the "Cleveland in the Movies / TV" thread?

 

Not quite "industry," but CWRU was featured on national tv CBS morning news yesterday:  http://www.cbsnews.com/news/virtual-reality-check/

this is a great throwback -- the 1966 sci fi fan convention that was notable as being where gene roddenberry first premiered the original star trek tv series.

 

 

 

There’s something we’re overdue to have again soon.  ’66 is considered one of the historic ones too.

 

Though like many other things, the SF community has become heavily politicized as of late.  There’s pretty much three sides, the side trying to push progressivism and “diversity” (SJW), the side trying to be their opposite under the guise of traditionalism (the “Rabid Puppies”, who have ties to the “Gamer Gate” crowd and are pro-Trump) and the actual “story matters” traditionalists (the “Sad Puppies” lean conservative but have some ostensible liberals on board and tended to be anti-Trump).

 

Arthur Chu is very involved in the first group, to the point of harassing venues that host the latter two’s events.  But I’m not sure he even lives here anymore and he’s never been much of a Cleveland booster in those circles anyway (from what I have been told).

 

Those things get wild and that’s even more the case the last few years. 

 

Picture this: Cleveland's an up-and-coming place for aspiring filmmakers

http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20170119/BLOGS03/170119776/picture-this-clevelands-an-up-and-coming-place-for-aspiring

i saw jim jarmusch's patterson recently - its typical jarmusch, except the cinematography is better than ever, so its great to look at - i really liked it:

 

Finally saw "Miss Meadows" with Katie Holmes.  Some nice views of Cleveland and Edgewater park in there.  A nice, oddball film too. 

cute movie shot in lorain and elsewhere around cleveland:

 

and a very cute, very short 4 part youtube series shot in lorain:

 

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Hollywood has returned to Cleveland. Crews are filming a new Matthew McConaughey movie. One east side neighborhood is in the middle of all the action. Lavonia Ware has a front row seat.

 

"Everybody is talking about it. They are out on their porches looking, you know," said Ware.

 

Ware lives along East 128th Street near Miles Avenue, just steps away from where Matthew McConaughey's new movie has begun filming In Cleveland.

 

The movie is called "White Boy Rick," and it's based on true events. Set in the 1980s in Detroit at the height of the crack epidemic, it tells the story of a blue-collar father and his teenage son, who became an undercover informant and later a drug dealer.

 

 

http://fox8.com/2017/03/24/hollywood-in-your-front-yard-cle-residents-talk-about-getting-front-row-seat-to-mcconaughey-movie/

 

Word is Matthew McConaughey and his family were renting a place on S. Woodland (probably in Shaker) but just moved to Pepper Pike for more privacy. Too many gawkers.

 

The movie is called "White Boy Rick," and it's based on true events. Set in the 1980s in Detroit at the height of the crack epidemic, it tells the story of a blue-collar father and his teenage son, who became an undercover informant and later a drug dealer.

 

 

http://fox8.com/2017/03/24/hollywood-in-your-front-yard-cle-residents-talk-about-getting-front-row-seat-to-mcconaughey-movie/

 

 

Um, I guess there's that adage, no such thing as bad publicity haha.

Hehe. Well, every city has a ghetto (okay...maybe a few don't.. it certainly wouldn't be feasible to film it anywhere in Madison, WI) but they could have filmed the majority of the movie almost anywhere and gotten away with it. The Crow was set in Detroit but filmed in Toronto and those streetscapes in that movie looked way more gritty than Detroit itself. Sadly, Cleveland is very similar to Detroit in that such a large portion of the city is abandoned, vacant, blighted, desolate or however you want to describe it. I think everyone would agree that Detroit (even in the 80s) is still worse off than Cleveland. Still... Maybe it's because I pay close attention to urban environments but although Detroit and Cleveland admittedly look similar, I think there is a difference in the prevalence of certain architectural styles that I'd expect to see in a scene; even for a typical residential street.

 

I wonder how much time they spent scouting the local neighborhoods. I live like a mile and a half or two miles away from 128th and Miles so I'm pretty familiar with the area....I haven't been to all parts of Detroit but I don't think that area they're shooting looks like 'quintessential Detroit.' Glenville - like around 124th and Superior would be perfect for '80s crack epidemic Detroit' if you're filming a typical residential street. https://www.google.com/maps/@41.521773,-81.5990434,3a,75y,351.23h,75.8t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1s_iNWfMvHKweE-OcdqJYHvA!2e0!3e11!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fmaps%2Fphotothumb%2Ffd%2Fv1%3Fbpb%3DChEKD21hcHNfc3YudGFjdGlsZRIgChIJgeOtxgj8MIgREXVeUJtSzicqCg0AAAAAFQAAAAAaBQhkEMsB%26gl%3DUS!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1 There's tons of better locations I could think of as well but I'm sure the problem with a lot of these neighborhoods (even in Detroit itself) is that they have these randomly placed, brand new HUD, Habitat for Humanity-style houses as infill next to the dilapidated structures surrounding it. I can see how those buildings could ruin the scene; they're a dead-giveaway that it isn't the '80s.

 

I do wonder why they chose Cleveland, specifically. In general, it seems to be a combination of scouting locations that can pass for the right urban environment along with whatever incentives and accommodation the city is offering, while also taking into consideration that the logistics involved with the crew, cameras, equipment, props and whatnot won't be an issue while shooting scenes. I don't think it's a safety issue; really bad parts of Cleveland are just as bad as the really bad parts of Detroit. There's probably other reasons, (especially financial) as well but I'm not in the movie industry. I don't know.

 

I bet rockandroller[/member] could shed some light on that subject.

 

That would be dope as hell to have even a very small part or be an extra in one of these big local movies. I wonder how you would go about looking into that.

 

This seems like it'll be a big blockbuster flick. A lot of folks (especially women) will see a movie, just because Matthew McConaughey is in it.

Ironically Kill the Irishman was filmed in Detroit because it matched the 1970s Cleveland grit they were going for.

Hehe. Well, every city has a ghetto (okay...maybe a few don't.. it certainly wouldn't be feasible to film it anywhere in Madison, WI) but they could have filmed the majority of the movie almost anywhere and gotten away with it. The Crow was set in Detroit but filmed in Toronto and those streetscapes in that movie looked way more gritty than Detroit itself. Sadly, Cleveland is very similar to Detroit in that such a large portion of the city is abandoned, vacant, blighted, desolate or however you want to describe it. I think everyone would agree that Detroit (even in the 80s) is still worse off than Cleveland. Still... Maybe it's because I pay close attention to urban environments but although Detroit and Cleveland admittedly look similar, I think there is a difference in the prevalence of certain architectural styles that I'd expect to see in a scene; even for a typical residential street.

 

I wonder how much time they spent scouting the local neighborhoods. I live like a mile and a half or two miles away from 128th and Miles so I'm pretty familiar with the area....I haven't been to all parts of Detroit but I don't think that area they're shooting looks like 'quintessential Detroit.' Glenville - like around 124th and Superior would be perfect for '80s crack epidemic Detroit' if you're filming a typical residential street. https://www.google.com/maps/@41.521773,-81.5990434,3a,75y,351.23h,75.8t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1s_iNWfMvHKweE-OcdqJYHvA!2e0!3e11!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fmaps%2Fphotothumb%2Ffd%2Fv1%3Fbpb%3DChEKD21hcHNfc3YudGFjdGlsZRIgChIJgeOtxgj8MIgREXVeUJtSzicqCg0AAAAAFQAAAAAaBQhkEMsB%26gl%3DUS!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1 There's tons of better locations I could think of as well but I'm sure the problem with a lot of these neighborhoods (even in Detroit itself) is that they have these randomly placed, brand new HUD, Habitat for Humanity-style houses as infill next to the dilapidated structures surrounding it. I can see how those buildings could ruin the scene; they're a dead-giveaway that it isn't the '80s.

 

I do wonder why they chose Cleveland, specifically. In general, it seems to be a combination of scouting locations that can pass for the right urban environment along with whatever incentives and accommodation the city is offering, while also taking into consideration that the logistics involved with the crew, cameras, equipment, props and whatnot won't be an issue while shooting scenes. I don't think it's a safety issue; really bad parts of Cleveland are just as bad as the really bad parts of Detroit. There's probably other reasons, (especially financial) as well but I'm not in the movie industry. I don't know.

 

I bet rockandroller[/member] could shed some light on that subject.

 

That would be dope as hell to have even a very small part or be an extra in one of these big local movies. I wonder how you would go about looking into that.

 

This seems like it'll be a big blockbuster flick. A lot of folks (especially women) will see a movie, just because Matthew McConaughey is in it.

 

This is not a "blockbuster flick". Also, McConaughey has a movie that came out two months ago that bombed-he's not a box office draw the way a DiCaprio is.

 

Cleveland was chosen because of the work of the Cleveland Film Commission to lure productions to the area. Also, Cleveland has a good reputation in the film industry as a good place to shoot.

I know a lot of people in the industry locally, including one of the fixers who helped with location scouting and pre-production. We're actually supposed to meet for happy hour tonight so I'm hoping to get more of the skinny on it.

 

As with most of these productions, what's most disappointing is that the bulk of the crew are brought in from LA. We have a lot of talented crew people locally but directors and DPs want to work with people they've worked with before so often, that they usually just bring everyone in, or almost everybody. That seems to be the case with this gig as well.

 

 

Word is Matthew McConaughey and his family were renting a place on S. Woodland (probably in Shaker) but just moved to Pepper Pike for more privacy. Too many gawkers.

 

Interesting.  I figured this would be premium fodder on the god awful neighborhood facebook groups here in Shaker.  "can anyone recommend a dentist?"...anyway, i digress...  this is the first i heard of it and i jog down Woodland almost daily.  I wonder how these gawkers found out of his location.

 

 

Word is Matthew McConaughey and his family were renting a place on S. Woodland (probably in Shaker) but just moved to Pepper Pike for more privacy. Too many gawkers.

 

Interesting.  I figured this would be premium fodder on the god awful neighborhood facebook groups here in Shaker.  "can anyone recommend a dentist?"...anyway, i digress...  this is the first i heard of it and i jog down Woodland almost daily.  I wonder how these gawkers found out of his location.

 

God awful.....  That's how I found all of my contractors and find info and advice regarding the area. 

 

But yeah, it turns into a bit of a gossip mill, as David's info regarding Matthew staying on S. Woodland then moving to Pepper Pike was seen there (and how everyone found out the Shaker Neighborhood Jennifer Garner stayed in while filming Draft Day).         

 

 

Word is Matthew McConaughey and his family were renting a place on S. Woodland (probably in Shaker) but just moved to Pepper Pike for more privacy. Too many gawkers.

 

Interesting.  I figured this would be premium fodder on the god awful neighborhood facebook groups here in Shaker.  "can anyone recommend a dentist?"...anyway, i digress...  this is the first i heard of it and i jog down Woodland almost daily.  I wonder how these gawkers found out of his location.

 

God awful.....  That's how I found all of my contractors and find info and advice regarding the area. 

 

But yeah, it turns into a bit of a gossip mill, as David's info regarding Matthew staying on S. Woodland then moving to Pepper Pike was seen there (and how everyone found out the Shaker Neighborhood Jennifer Garner stayed in while filming Draft Day).         

 

i apologize, i didnt mean to be offensive.  I understand that those groups could be useful.  But some of the stuff that people want to talk about makes me roll my eyes.

 

 

 

 

This is not a "blockbuster flick". Also, McConaughey has a movie that came out two months ago that bombed-he's not a box office draw the way a DiCaprio is.

 

 

He's not even the lead.  The teenager (Richie Merritt) is.

 

 

Word is Matthew McConaughey and his family were renting a place on S. Woodland (probably in Shaker) but just moved to Pepper Pike for more privacy. Too many gawkers.

 

Interesting.  I figured this would be premium fodder on the god awful neighborhood facebook groups here in Shaker.  "can anyone recommend a dentist?"...anyway, i digress...  this is the first i heard of it and i jog down Woodland almost daily.  I wonder how these gawkers found out of his location.

 

God awful.....  That's how I found all of my contractors and find info and advice regarding the area. 

 

But yeah, it turns into a bit of a gossip mill, as David's info regarding Matthew staying on S. Woodland then moving to Pepper Pike was seen there (and how everyone found out the Shaker Neighborhood Jennifer Garner stayed in while filming Draft Day).         

 

That is where I got the info! lol.

 

 

I understand that those groups could be useful.  But some of the stuff that people want to talk about makes me roll my eyes.

 

My favorite is when people freak out because they saw five deer in their yard and think that there must be five more in everyone else's yard and show a picture of the deer and start ranting about how bad the deer problem is.

 

Or when people get on there asking if anyone knows of any rental properties available. "I'm looking for a 4 bedroom house in Shaker and my budget is $700 a month."

Hehe. Well, every city has a ghetto (okay...maybe a few don't.. it certainly wouldn't be feasible to film it anywhere in Madison, WI) but they could have filmed the majority of the movie almost anywhere and gotten away with it. The Crow was set in Detroit but filmed in Toronto and those streetscapes in that movie looked way more gritty than Detroit itself. Sadly, Cleveland is very similar to Detroit in that such a large portion of the city is abandoned, vacant, blighted, desolate or however you want to describe it. I think everyone would agree that Detroit (even in the 80s) is still worse off than Cleveland. Still... Maybe it's because I pay close attention to urban environments but although Detroit and Cleveland admittedly look similar, I think there is a difference in the prevalence of certain architectural styles that I'd expect to see in a scene; even for a typical residential street.

 

I wonder how much time they spent scouting the local neighborhoods. I live like a mile and a half or two miles away from 128th and Miles so I'm pretty familiar with the area....I haven't been to all parts of Detroit but I don't think that area they're shooting looks like 'quintessential Detroit.' Glenville - like around 124th and Superior would be perfect for '80s crack epidemic Detroit' if you're filming a typical residential street. https://www.google.com/maps/@41.521773,-81.5990434,3a,75y,351.23h,75.8t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1s_iNWfMvHKweE-OcdqJYHvA!2e0!3e11!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fmaps%2Fphotothumb%2Ffd%2Fv1%3Fbpb%3DChEKD21hcHNfc3YudGFjdGlsZRIgChIJgeOtxgj8MIgREXVeUJtSzicqCg0AAAAAFQAAAAAaBQhkEMsB%26gl%3DUS!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1 There's tons of better locations I could think of as well but I'm sure the problem with a lot of these neighborhoods (even in Detroit itself) is that they have these randomly placed, brand new HUD, Habitat for Humanity-style houses as infill next to the dilapidated structures surrounding it. I can see how those buildings could ruin the scene; they're a dead-giveaway that it isn't the '80s.

 

I do wonder why they chose Cleveland, specifically. In general, it seems to be a combination of scouting locations that can pass for the right urban environment along with whatever incentives and accommodation the city is offering, while also taking into consideration that the logistics involved with the crew, cameras, equipment, props and whatnot won't be an issue while shooting scenes. I don't think it's a safety issue; really bad parts of Cleveland are just as bad as the really bad parts of Detroit. There's probably other reasons, (especially financial) as well but I'm not in the movie industry. I don't know.

 

I bet rockandroller[/member] could shed some light on that subject.

 

That would be dope as hell to have even a very small part or be an extra in one of these big local movies. I wonder how you would go about looking into that.

 

This seems like it'll be a big blockbuster flick. A lot of folks (especially women) will see a movie, just because Matthew McConaughey is in it.

 

While I'm always glad Cleveland is chosen as a locale for any film -- great for the City film biz and the local economy, the particulars of this particular film has lowered my enthusiasm.  So this particular section of Cleveland was chosen because it looks gritty (a euphemism for rundown) in the context of the 1980s. Now that should boost local pride...  I'm always bothered as to why, in these location film shoots, Cleveland is so frequently chosen to represent somewhere else.  Is it so hard to actually film a movie a contemporary IN Cleveland that is actually SET IN Cleveland? ...The ultimate reverse slap in the face movie was "Major League" that not only belittled/made fun of Cleveland; especially Randy Newman's "Burn on (Little River)" opening theme song, but was actually filmed in Milwaukee (I guess Cleveland wasn't even worthy to depict its butt-of-jokes self) -- save for a few stadium shots and the opening montage during the aforementioned Newman theme... ML was a dumb movie despite being a box office hit with a sequels...

 

I guess we should be happy with films like "Draft Day", a quality, major studio film (even though location shots were limited), "Proximity" (great Cleveland shots, but a really bad movie despite featuring Rob Lowe and the late James Coburn in, I believe, his final film) and smaller, more obscure films like last year's local indie "The Land" (decent effort) and Chelsea Handler's teen flick "Fun Size" filmed in/around the Heights area (did even 10 people pay to see this movie?)... ... or go all the way back to 1966 and continue to wrap our arms around Cleveland's beloved "The Fortune Cookie", the Billy Wilder/Lemon-Matthau classic (which earned Matthau his lone Oscar)...

 

 

Word is Matthew McConaughey and his family were renting a place on S. Woodland (probably in Shaker) but just moved to Pepper Pike for more privacy. Too many gawkers.

 

Interesting.  I figured this would be premium fodder on the god awful neighborhood facebook groups here in Shaker.  "can anyone recommend a dentist?"...anyway, i digress...  this is the first i heard of it and i jog down Woodland almost daily.  I wonder how these gawkers found out of his location.

 

God awful.....  That's how I found all of my contractors and find info and advice regarding the area. 

 

But yeah, it turns into a bit of a gossip mill, as David's info regarding Matthew staying on S. Woodland then moving to Pepper Pike was seen there (and how everyone found out the Shaker Neighborhood Jennifer Garner stayed in while filming Draft Day).         

 

That is where I got the info! lol.

 

 

I understand that those groups could be useful.  But some of the stuff that people want to talk about makes me roll my eyes.

 

My favorite is when people freak out because they saw five deer in their yard and think that there must be five more in everyone else's yard and show a picture of the deer and start ranting about how bad the deer problem is.

 

Or when people get on there asking if anyone knows of any rental properties available. "I'm looking for a 4 bedroom house in Shaker and my budget is $700 a month."

 

That's funny.  Yeah the deer are a hot subject and is silly as people act like they are the "enemy", but I always welcome them in my yard and just glad they haven't all been killed during the hunt. 

 

I do appreciate the notices of coyote sightings and pictures though.... 

 

 

Most films aren't shot wherever they are set. They go where locations and crew are cheap enough to fit the budget and it will still pass for wherever it is supposed to be. It isn't a personal insult to Cleveland, for goodness' sake. I feel lucky we're getting the films here that we are getting.

 

If only films set in Cleveland shot here, 80% of the things shot here in the last decade wouldn't have shot here. I mean, it's just not a thing to be upset about.

 

Yes, Cleveland had a gritty part that could serve as some terrible place. Who cares. We also had a Marvel movie shooting down the middle of Superior and public square. They are here, spending money, seeing what Cleveland is like, and that makes them more likely to return if they have a good experience.

If you want to see a few scenes of downtown, old Cleveland neighborhoods and baseball legends, check out the 1949 movie "The Kid From Cleveland." It's a bad movie but set around a troubled kid from the mean streets of Cleveland. The World Champion Cleveland Indians take him and help set him straight.

For the record, Major League was not filmed in Cleveland due to shadow issues and football lines with the stadium. Production costs/union issues were also factors.

 

It wasn't a slight to the city

Most films aren't shot wherever they are set. They go where locations and crew are cheap enough to fit the budget and it will still pass for wherever it is supposed to be. It isn't a personal insult to Cleveland, for goodness' sake. I feel lucky we're getting the films here that we are getting.

 

If only films set in Cleveland shot here, 80% of the things shot here in the last decade wouldn't have shot here. I mean, it's just not a thing to be upset about.

 

Yes, Cleveland had a gritty part that could serve as some terrible place. Who cares. We also had a Marvel movie shooting down the middle of Superior and public square. They are here, spending money, seeing what Cleveland is like, and that makes them more likely to return if they have a good experience.

 

I don't take it as a personal insult -- well, "Major League" was, indeed, a civic insult, but ...  I just wonder why Cleveland can't get more films filmed here identifying themselves as being in Cleveland.  Other cities do, like Pittsburgh.  With all the unique, interesting locales here: look at how "The Land" depicted Cleveland, and all the shots were flattering, University Circle/Shaker Square (etc) shots, either -- I just want films set here that are about here...

 

TV has been better, with "Drew Carey" and "Hot in Cleveland" in recent years, so TV is less of a concern for me than film.

For the record, Major League was not filmed in Cleveland due to shadow issues and football lines with the stadium. Production costs/union issues were also factors.

 

It wasn't a slight to the city

 

I could laugh about Cleveland's sports futility, especially the Indians, until last year... But a theme song entitled "Burn On Little River" isn't insulting?... Guess you and me see things differently.

^to be honest, very few plots would be a big draw internationally if it was set here and about here. I mean movies shot in Hollywood usually take place somewhere else. Any movies shot here and about here would likely be an indy