Shutter Island Release Date Pushed Back

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Paramount has officially postponed the release date of Martin Scorsese's film Shutter Island from October 2 to February 19.

In a statement from Paramount Pictures Chairman and CEO Brad Grey, "Our 2009 slate was greenlit in a very different economic climate and as a result we must remain flexible and willing to recalibrate and adapt to a changing environment."

He went on to say, "Leonardo DiCaprio is among the most talented actors working today, and Martin Scorsese is not just one of the world's most significant filmmakers, but also a personal friend. Following a highly successful 2009, we have every confidence that 'Shutter Island' is a great anchor to lead off our 2010 slate and the shift in date is the best decision for the film, the studio and ultimately Viacom."

The movie, based of a novel written by Dorchester native Dennis Lehane (Mystic River, Gone Baby Gone), is set in 1954 and is about a U.S. Marshal (played by Leonardo DiCaprio) who is investigating the disappearance of a murderess who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane and is presumed to be hiding on the remote Shutter Island. Shutter Island will be released nationwide 2 October 2009.

As previously mentioned the filming for the movie has taken place in East Boston, Taunton, Medfield, Nahant Beach, Hyde Park, Boston Harbor Islands (Peddocks Island), and the North End.

Boston Movie Tours Featured in the Metro

Boston Movie Tours was featured in the "Going Out" section of the Metro. Katrina Ballard, the reporter of the article, took a tour with us about a month ago and here is what she had to say:

If you're serious about your Boston movies, it won't be a spoiler to mention the scene in "The Departed" where Martin Sheen falls off the roof to his death. We need to mention it because that building is just one of the stops on Boston Movie Tours, which you can take as a guided walk or bus ride around the city.

The walk explores Beacon Hill, where almost all Boston movies were shot, to survey scenes from "Blown Away" and "The Boston Strangler." The guides carry screenshots to point out differences between the real locations and the Hollywood scenes, poking fun at how Martin Scorsese turned Charles Street Cleaners into a restaurant. They joke that Scorsese had to get his vision just right for that clip, which lasts a mere five seconds, but the guides' admiration for every production detail is apparent.

Less intimate than the walking version, a longer bus tour ventures into Southie to visit the tourist favorite: L Street Tavern, a spot made famous by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck's breakout movie, "Goodwill Hunting."

Nick Pistorino, director of operations at Boston Movie Tours, says the city has long been a top choice for filming because of its diverse neighborhoods and palette of backdrops.

"Because Boston is so eclectic, you can figure out where they're shooting," he says. "What helps most of the time is going around in my car and finding it out."

Thanks to a Massachusetts tax incentive passed back in 2004, movies are increasingly filmed in Boston but are not necessarily "Boston movies," says Pistorino. "The Pink Panther 2" was filmed here to save on costs but is actually set in France.

"It's starting to turn around. Ever since 'The Departed,' we're waiting for a really big movie to come out that's good for Boston," he says. "'The Company Men' with Ben Affleck looks like it might be that next big movie."

Tourists and students will enjoy the waltz through Boston's swankiest streets as they answer movie trivia, learn about the city's history and see just where on the Common Matt Damon played rugby.

If you'd like to set up a tour, you can go to our website at bostonmovietours.net or call us at 866.668.4345.

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Boston Celebs

Some were just born in Massachusetts while others stayed around longer. Here is a list of Hollywood hitmakers that hail from Massachusetts:

 

• Affleck, Casey (Cambridge)
• Affleck, Ben (Cambridge)
• Carell, Steve (Concord)
• Clark, Lenny
• Chiklis, Michael (Lowell)
• Damon, Matt (Cambridge)
• Davis, Bette (Lowell)
• Davis, Geena (Wareham)
• Dushku, Eliza (Boston)
• Krasinski, John (Newton)
• Leary, Denis (Worcester)
• Lemmon, Jack (Newton)
• Nimoy, Leonard (Boston)
• Perry, Matthew (Williamstown)
• Poehler, Amy (Burlington)
• Pompeo, Ellen (Everett)
• Russell, Kurt (Springfield)
• Spader, James (Boston)
• Thurman, Uma (Boston)
• Wahlberg, Donnie (Boston)
• Wahlberg, Mark (Boston)

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