A new Facebook campaign urging crew in the Los Angeles area to boycott work on Midnight Rider has launched just days after news broke that the film would resume production, following an on-set train crash that killed assistant camera operator Sarah Jones in February.
The page — titled “I Refuse to work on Midnight Rider! For Sarah!!!” — asks for L.A.-based crew to boycott work on the Gregg Allman biopic. The group page, created on April 15, now includes more than 1,000 members.
“This group is for people who Refuse to work on the show that was responsible for the death of Sarah Jones.
The page — titled “I Refuse to work on Midnight Rider! For Sarah!!!” — asks for L.A.-based crew to boycott work on the Gregg Allman biopic. The group page, created on April 15, now includes more than 1,000 members.
“This group is for people who Refuse to work on the show that was responsible for the death of Sarah Jones.
- 4/18/2014
- by Nina Terrero
- EW - Inside Movies
Production on Midnight Rider will resume in June but will relocate from Georgia to Los Angeles in the aftermath of a deadly on-set train track accident which killed assistant camera operator Sarah Jones in February.
A message posted on the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees website notes that a Midnight Rider producer from Unclaimed Freight Productions called Iatse with the news that production on the film – which had been suspended following a Feb. 20 collision – would resume in June with “pre-production starting in a couple weeks.”
“We have expressed our obvious concerns regarding this production starting again,” Michael F. Miller,...
A message posted on the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees website notes that a Midnight Rider producer from Unclaimed Freight Productions called Iatse with the news that production on the film – which had been suspended following a Feb. 20 collision – would resume in June with “pre-production starting in a couple weeks.”
“We have expressed our obvious concerns regarding this production starting again,” Michael F. Miller,...
- 4/16/2014
- by Nina Terrero
- EW - Inside Movies
Keith Weaver has been elected as chairman of the California Film Commission for its 2012 term. He replaces Iatse official Michael F. Miller, Jr., who continues as a board member. Weaver’s day job is executive vp of worldwide government affairs for Sony Pictures Entertainment, where he has worked for over a decade. He has been on the board of the film commission since 2008. "Keith brings a powerful blend of public affairs and entertainment industry experience that will help advance our mission of increasing production and creating jobs in California," says Amy Lemisch, executive director of the California Film Commission. "He's as
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- 1/5/2012
- by Alex Ben Block
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Newly elected Iatse president Matthew Loeb has appointed two veteran union members to new positions within the organization.
Loeb, who was elected last week to replace longtime president Thomas Short, who is retiring, appointed Michael F. Miller Jr. to take over Loeb's former responsibilities as division director of motion picture and TV production.
Loeb also appointed Dan Mahoney to a newly created position of assistant division director for motion picture and TV production.
Since 2004, Miller has served as a member of the Ia's general executive board and was previously the eighth international vp of the organization.
He began his career in 1990 as a member of Stagehands Local 27 in Cleveland. Miller joined the Iatse West Coast office in 2001, serving as international rep as well as a labor trustee on the Motion Picture Industry Pension and Health Plans.
Mahoney, who will be based in New York, has been an international rep since 2002 and a member of Local 52, serving as that local's business rep from 1997-2002.
Loeb, who was elected last week to replace longtime president Thomas Short, who is retiring, appointed Michael F. Miller Jr. to take over Loeb's former responsibilities as division director of motion picture and TV production.
Loeb also appointed Dan Mahoney to a newly created position of assistant division director for motion picture and TV production.
Since 2004, Miller has served as a member of the Ia's general executive board and was previously the eighth international vp of the organization.
He began his career in 1990 as a member of Stagehands Local 27 in Cleveland. Miller joined the Iatse West Coast office in 2001, serving as international rep as well as a labor trustee on the Motion Picture Industry Pension and Health Plans.
Mahoney, who will be based in New York, has been an international rep since 2002 and a member of Local 52, serving as that local's business rep from 1997-2002.
- 8/5/2008
- by By Leslie Simmons
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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