Hey you guys!  December 30th 2022

Need a belated holiday gift? 'A Christmas Story' house is still for sale

Did you forget to give that special someone a Christmas or Hannukah gift? If so, “A Christmas Story” House is still for sale. The home, located on West 11th Street in Cleveland, Ohio, served as the exterior set for director Bob Clark’s holiday classic.

Black Ohio Film Group Offers Resources to Filmmakers

Making a movie is hard. Sydnee Roberts-Crews hopes to make it a little easier. To do that, Roberts-Crews founded Black Ohio Film Group, an organization with a mission to provide resources and community for Black filmmakers in Ohio.

The organization connects Black filmmakers they can make more Black films with Black casts and crew, explains Roberts-Crews. The organization’s website at blackohiofilmgroup.com offers a monthly newsletter, news about events and gatherings, opportunities to connect to other filmmakers, filmmaking resources and mini-courses on filmmaking.

5 horrific questions with 'Obstacle Corpse's' Hope Madden

The idea for 'Obstacle Corpse', Hope Madden’s directorial debut, came almost fully formed - and much of it had to do with death waivers.

“A few years ago, I was set to run one of those Tough Mudder-style obstacle course races with my husband, George,” the Tiffin, Ohio, native explains. When foot surgery kept Madden from competing, she went along to support her husband.

“The race handed out T-shirts that read ‘Remember, you signed a death waiver.’ Because you do, in fact, sign a death waiver,” Madden says, “and I saw how easy it would be to kill someone on these obstacles.

“By the time we were home, I had the plot just about figured out.”

DeNiro pic will spend more than $16 million in Dayton

'Wise Guys,' the new Barry Levenson pic starring Robert DeNiro, is expected to spend more than $16 million during its Ohio location shoot, though the production is not receiving an Ohio Motion Picture Tax Credit.

The program provides a refundable tax credit that equals 30% of in-state expenditures on eligible productions. Eligible productions must spend a minimum of $300,000 in Ohio.

DeNiro portrays both Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, mob bosses in the mid-20th century.

Akron filmmaker driving home horror in 'Copley Road'

A quick online search reveals dozens of haunted highways throughout the U.S. Spooky roads on which ghosts regularly appear, trying to hitch a ride or seemingly stuck in the place where they read their final chapter.

Add another to that long list: Copley Road. Though this time the haunted throughway, which connects Medina County with downtown Akron, Ohio, is merely fictional, born from the imagination of filmmaker Jason Woods.

“Copley Road is a horror anthology about five strangers whose lives intersect when they all witness a paranormal confrontation between two supernatural entities,” Woods explains. “Each of the five strangers leave this experience with a dark presence now haunting them.”

The Columbus film scene is on fire

Columbus filmmakers are causing a ruckus! Jonathan Sherman's 'They/Them/Us' and 'Poser,' the feature directorial debut of independent filmmakers Noah Dixon and Ori Segev, are featured in this 'MovieMaker' story.

Documentarian Eric Cochran follows the journey of limb-deficient baseball all-star

Searching for a story to tell, veteran cinematographer Eric Cochran met Landis Sims when he was only 8 years old. Sims is limb-deficient - he has no hands or legs - and an athlete. A baseball player, to be exact.

"Picture this little, kind of roly poly kid on prosthetic legs and he’s got the bat tucked against his body," Cochran told "USA Today.". "And he’s just rifling shot after shot and talking smack. I’m like, 'Who the hell is this kid?'"

Cochran would follow the Indiana native on his baseball journey for the next eight years.

Ori Segev and Noah Dixon share deets about 'Poser'

Directors Ori Segev and Noah Dixon bring the city's art scene to light in their low-key thriller, "Poser." Lennon Gates (Sylvie Mix) is a podcaster and an artist without a voice, but she becomes obsessed with one voice in particular. The wallflower sets her sights on the lead singer of Damn the Witch Siren, Bobbi Kitten. With shades of "The King of Comedy," Lennon starts to emulate and stalk the artist.