Another major motion picture that Shoot First Productions had a chance of being involved with (even though our participation was minute). Arguably the most impressive set up I’ve been on in order to act as an extra… We were involved in a scene where a massive field and university were converted to hold tanks, various army related vehicles and artillery and hundreds of people in an evacuation like setup. Simply breath taking. The film, which is released December 12th is certain to be visually amazing, but will it match the original in story?

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Coming out 2009 is of course, The Watchmen. Many people have read the Hugo Award winning comic book, and now the story is coming to life on the big screen. Shoot First Productions had the opportunity to look at the set first hand in Burnaby, British Columbia where they fully re-created several 1970’s New York City blocks to scale and included a bunch of sound stages for effects. We even participated in a couple of scenes. Anyway, check out the film’s trailers. It definitely looks visually impressive, hopefully it will measure up story-wise.

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The main union representing U.S. film and television actors said on Saturday it would seek a strike authorization vote by members after federal mediation failed to break a logjam in labor talks with major Hollywood studios.

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