Uniquities, the popular Chapel Hill clothing store, opens its newest shop on 1000 W Main St. Durham. The grand opening is today, April 15. from 5-9 pm.
IMDb has some updates on it’s Main Street page. We now have the names of some characters: Colin Firth (who was spotted at the Nasher yesterday) is playing Gus Leroy, Ellen Burstyn is Georgiana Carr (a relationship to Duke’s Carr, perhaps?) and Orlando Bloom’s cop character is named Harris Parker. No news on Amber Tamblyn or Andrew McCarthy’s characters, but we do know Patricia Clarkson is playing Willa–no last name available yet.
The cast list also includes two new names: Nadya Simpson, whose only has this film listed in her credits, and Andrea Powell, who is not unfamiliar to North Carolina based on her work in Dawson’s Creek and One Tree Hill. Powell’s resume also includes work in the Super Mario Bros. film and Matlock. Awesome? Yes.
Behind the scenes, there are also a few impressive names listed on IMDb in some of the most significant capacities. Don McAlpine is listed as the cinematographer. He boasts an impressive resume, that includes work with Baz Luhrman on Romeo+Juliet and Moulin Rouge!, earning an Oscar nod for the latter (any chance we’ll get the same frenetic camera work on this project?). Gary Jones, Oscar-nominee for The Talented Mr. Ripley, is listed as the costume designer.
Check back for more updates.
After many reported Orlando Bloom et. al. sightings over the weekend at Full Frame and around Durham, Main Street finally will begin shooting. According to the schedule, today’s filming is set for 206 N. Dillard St. at the corner of Liberty and Dillard. We’re going to try and head out there later today to see what’s going and if we can get any paparazzi shots. Check back later in the day for updates.
News of Main Street‘s shooting locations and schedule was released yesterday. BCR has given a photographic breakdown of these locations. The maps showed a lot of the locations to be in downtown Durham, and BCR shows specifically where they are. Check it out here.
Full Frame is set to take over downtown Durham all weekend long. But come Monday, the docs are out of Durham, and fiction is in. Main Street, the new film directed by John Doyle from a Horton Foote script, is set to begin filming April 6. The Durham Visitors Bureau has a map of filming locations and a tentative calendar for shooting dates. The film is the 18th feature film shot in the Bull City and the first since 1996′s Bandwagon.
Be on the look out for Orlando Bloom in a cop uniform as well as Ellen Burstyn, Amber Tamblyn, Andrew McCarthy, Patricia Clarkson and Colin Firth. My best guess is there will be some star sightings at the city’s more refined eateries (Piedmont, Four Square, Revolution, etc.) and a few at the more down home places (Bullock’s, some taco trucks, etc.)
UPDATE: According to the shooting schedule, they will be filming at a restaurant located at 3521 Hillsborough St. Tuesday, May 5. After some research, this is the hot dog stand the Dog House. They can expect a surge in sales upon the film’s release.
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