Here’s PART 2 of 10 Hudson Valley productions that are currently streaming on Hulu.
Click here to see Part 1 featuring Life and Beth, Linoleum, The Miseducation of Cameron Post, Monsterland, Old Man
In 2010, part of Our Idiot Brother, starring Paul Rudd, was filmed in Cold Spring, Putnam County. The comedy, directed by Jesse Peretz, is centered on an idealist who barges into the lives of his three sisters; Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel and Emily Mortimer.
The film commission worked with location manager Eddy Collins to clear the farmers market scene that starts the movie.
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In October 2021, Choice Films Inc. / MPI Original Hudson LLC started production on what has become an indie hit: Pinball: The Man Who Saved The Game.
Based on true events, the film directed by Austin Bragg and Meredith Bragg, centers on the captivating story of Roger Sharpe, a GQ journalist and real-life pinball wizard who, in 1976, helped overturn New York City’s 35-year ban on pinball.
The film stars Mike Faist as a young Roger Sharpe, and Dennis Boutsikaris as the older version. Other featured actors include the charming Crystal Reed, along with many local background actors that were hired through HBG Casting LLC.
In addition to producers Tony Glazer and Summer Crockett Moore, the crew includes many Hudson Valley locals including Sarah Grace Long, Lars Elling Lunde, Carl Welden, Coll Anderson, James Bayreuther, Vincent James Carnevale, Robert Fattorini, Kimberly Sauer, William Biavati, BriAnna Olson, Erica Pearce, Doria Riker, and Corey Spears to name a few.
Filming took place in Newburgh, Poughkeepsie, and Saugerties.
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Swallow is masterfully directed by Carlo Mirabella-Davis (Knife Point). The film features a stunning performance by Haley Bennett as Hunter, a newly pregnat housewife who appears to have it all. She seems content to spend her time tending to an immaculate home and doting on her Ken-doll husband, Richie (Austin Stowell). However, as the pressure to meet her controlling in-laws and husband's rigid expectations mounts, cracks begin to appear in her carefully created facade. Hunter develops a dangerous habit, and a dark secret from her past seeps out in the form of a disorder called pica -- a condition that has her compulsively swallowing inedible, and oftentimes life-threatening, objects.
A provocative and squirm-inducing psychological thriller, Swallow follows one woman's unraveling as she struggles to reclaim independence in the face of an oppressive system by whatever means possible.
Swallow was produced in April and May of 2018 with the primary location in Highland.. Cast and crew stayed at the Holiday Inn Express in Poughkeepsie. Location manager Wolfgang Herting has worked on several films in the region as have producers Mollye Asher (Nomadland) and Mynette Louie (Nancy, The Strange Ones, Cold Comes at Night).
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Production on Werewolves Within is seared into the minds of many local cast and crew members due to the fact that filming ended in March of 2020 just a few days before Covid-19 put film and TV production on hold.
Werewolves Within is directed by Woodstock’s very own Josh Ruben. Josh is an award-winning actor, writer, producer and director whose debut feature film Scare Me (also filmed in the Hudson Valley) premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Josh's other directing work includes Netflix's Death To 2021, Spotify's The Last Degree Of Kevin Bacon, sketches for The Late Late Show W/ James Corden, episodes of Adam Conover's Adam Ruins Everything, and a myriad of commercials for clients from Geico and Comedy Central to DiGiorno. As one of the founding members of CollegeHumor's "Originals" team, Ruben directed and/or starred in thousands of shorts, amassing views well into the billions.
Werewolves Within is a mystery comedy horror film directed by Josh Ruben from a screenplay by Mishna Wolff, based on the video game of the same name from Red Storm Entertainment. It stars Sam Richardson, Milana Vayntrub, George Basil, Sarah Burns, Michael Chernus, Catherine Curtin, Wayne Duvall, Harvey Guillén, Rebecca Henderson, Cheyenne Jackson, Michaela Watkins, Glenn Fleshler and Anni Krueger.
After a proposed pipeline creates divisions within the small Vermont town of Beaverfield, and a snowstorm traps its residents together inside the local inn, newly arrived forest ranger Finn (Richardson) and postal worker Cecily (Milana Vayntrub) try to keep the peace and uncover the truth behind a mysterious creature that has begun terrorizing the community.
Locations included the Spillian in Fleischmanns, Phoenicia and Woodstock Film Studios (now Cobalt Stages). Local crew members included Michael Hunold (R.I.P), Greg Meola, Kevin Koniewicz, Anthony Stracquadanio, Chris Washington, Eugene Hitt, Jesse Hegney, John Ashton, Erica Pearce, Doria Riker, Yesim 'Shimmy' Osman, J Tasha Powers, Rachaell Dama, Michelle Elise, Teresa Lee, Chuck Girard, Corey Spears, Willis Williams, Jacqueline Eastzer and many others.
The film world premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. The Film Commission was pleased to host a special screening on June 20, 2021 at the Greenville Drive-In.
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Although it did not film in the Hudson Valley, we’re adding High Heat to the list because it was directed by Hudson Valley director Zach Golden (The Escape of Prisoner 614). Also, background casting was handled by Amy Hutchings Casting and Heidi K. Eklund, CSA.
Starring Don Johnson (Miami Vice, Cold in July) and Olga Kurylenko (Quantum of Solace). Ex-KGB operative turned chef, Ana (Kurylenko), is targeted by the local mafia in a hit on her new restaurant to collect on her husband's (Johnson) debt.
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