Filming for "AWOL," now called "Love and Honor," on South University in 2011.WeAreMovieGeeks.com is reporting that "AWOL," a feature film shot in Ann Arbor in the summer months of 2011, is now titled "Love and Honor," and Lightning Entertainment - a Santa Monica-based production, sales and distribution - has acquired ...
Due to significant reductions in Michigan's film incentive program, the recent national release of “The Five Year Engagement” probably marks the end of the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti area’s time in the Hollywood spotlight. Roll credits. But during our 4-year heyday as a film set, the near-constant star-spotting that occurred, as well ...
The Ann Arbor-themed comedy "The Five Year Engagement" got off to a disappointing start at the box office, as the Sony Screen Gems ensemble comedy "Think Like a Man" was No. 1 domestically for the second straight weekend with an $18 million take. Four movies were bunched up for the ...
As AnnArbor.com Entertainment Director Bob Needham sat down to watch "The Five Year Engagement," the major new romantic comedy that was largely shot in and takes place in Ann Arbor, he was interested to see how our more-than-fair city comes off.
Oscar nominee and University of Michigan alumnus David Paymer enjoyed returning to Ann Arbor for the first time in nearly three decades to film “The Five-Year Engagement,” which opened Friday. “It was a treat. I had not been back in almost 30 years. It was like going home again because ...
What did you think of the movie? Leave a comment and / or vote in the poll at the end of this post. A large crowd of moviegoers found out how Ann Arbor was depicted in new romantic comedy "The Five-Year Engagement," starring Jason Segel and Emily Blunt. Audience members ...
Following Friday night’s benefit advance screening of “The Five Year Engagement”—largely filmed in Ann Arbor last year—at the Michigan Theater, director Nick Stoller and producer Rodney Rothman spent a few minutes answering questions for AnnArbor.com. Q. What was your favorite shoot while in Ann Arbor? NS: The night we shot ...
The first reviews of "The Five Year Engagement" - filmed mostly in Ann Arbor last year - are out, and the responses are mixed, with the positive ones having a slight edge. The film opens nationally Friday. Here's a round-up of links to various reviews.
Chris ParnellToday's Detroit Free Press has an article that features "Saturday Night Live" alum Chris Parnell talking about his two filming experiences in Ann Arbor ("Answer This!" and "The Five Year Engagement"). "It seemed like a very warm place and friendly and cool. There wasn't anything not to like about ...
What did you think of the movie? Leave a comment and / or vote in the poll at the end of this post. As the title implies, “The Five Year Engagement” focuses on a couple’s long, bumpy path to the altar. Indeed, a proposal scene between Tom (Jason Segel) and ...
Jason Segel appeared on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" to promote his new movie, "The Five Year Engagement," primarily filmed in Ann Arbor last year, and he called his time in Ann Arbor "the best time of (his) life."
“The Five Year Engagement”—the high-profile romantic comedy both shot in and set in Ann Arbor—opens April 27 alongside three other films: an action movie called “Safe”; an Edgar Allen Poe thriller “The Raven”; and the kids’ movie “Pirates! Band of Misfits.” “Five Year” is the only romantic comedy in the ...
"The Five Year Engagement" producer Rodney Rothman, left, and director Nicholas Stoller answer questions after the premier of their movie at the Michigan Theater Friday night. When 1,100 patrons crowded the Michigan Theater’s main auditorium on Friday night, to get an early glimpse of the filmed-mostly-in-Ann-Arbor comedy “The Five Year ...
In a rather odd accident of timing, three national movie releases with significant ties to Ann Arbor will screen this weekend: "Bully," "Chimpanzee" and "The Five Year Engagement."
IndieWire.com has a review of "The Five Year Engagement," a feature film comedy primarily filmed (and set in) Ann Arbor, following its screening at the Tribeca Film Festival. (As previously reported, the movie was the festival's opening film.) The review—which gives the film a B+ grade—begins, "Funny, touching and occasionally ...
Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com AnnArbor.com's partner news site MLive.com is on a quest to find the best barbecue in ......
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