We love Philadelphia and we know you will, too!  

VISUALS

It can look like New York, which is great, since it's cheaper to shoot here.  It can also look like Philadelphia, which is fabulous!  

Philly and its surrounding areas have colonial to modernist architecture and urban, suburban and rural locations.  We have places that look like Maine or Colorado, and even Central Park.  Many neighborhoods haven't changed, which allows for easy period-piece shoots.

SUPPORT

The Greater Philadelphia Film Office provides experts and support in the way of financing and technical direction.  Through their invaluable support, productions can take advantage of a multitude of perks tailored to indie productions.  Fee-Free Locations can be arranged in Philadelphia and throughout Pennsylvania.  Philadelphia also offers productions use of the Navy Yard Soundstage, the only municipally-owned sound stage in the country. Also, visitors staying 30 days or more in a hotel are not obliged to pay the PA hotel tax.  The City of Philadelphia may provide up to two free police officers for traffic control and security as needed for filming activity.

Better still, Pennsylvania offers a 25% tax credit to films that spend at least 60% of their total budget in the Commonwealth.  It offers transferable tax credits to film producers.  This means that if the tax credit awarded is more than the actual state taxes the recipient owes, they can sell the remaining credit to another business.

Philly Picture Cars is a quality service provider, proudly registered in the state of Pennsylvania.

Transformers 3

The Autobots, led by Optimus Prime, are back in action, taking on the evil Decepticons, who are determined to avenge their defeat in 2009’s Transformers Revenge of the Fallen. In this new movie, the Autobots and Decepticons become involved in a perilous space race between the U.S. and Russia, and once again human Sam Witwicky has to come to the aid of his robot friends. There's new characters too, including a new villain in the form of Shockwave, a longtime "Transformers" character who rules Cybertron while the Autobots and Decepticons battle it out on Earth.

Transformers: The Dark of the Moon is the third film in the Transformers film series, directed by Michael Bay and produced by Steven Spielberg.

Filming started in May 2010, with shooting locations including Chicago, Florida, and Moscow.  Transformers: The Dark of the Moon is set to be released on July 1, 2011 in both conventional and IMAX theatre locations all in 3D.

Safe (2010)

Jason Statham (The Italian Job, The Transporter) has joined forces with producer Lawrence Bender and director Boaz Yakin (Remember the Titans) for his newest movie, Safe. After Wrapping up in NYC it will be on it’s way to Philly to begin filming that will last until the end of December.  Broad Street will be closed during daylight hours November 17, 18 and 19, if you wiley-eyed fans want to catch a peek of the stubbled hearthrob.

Transformers: The Dark of the Moon (2011)
Director: Michael Bays
Producer: Steven Spielberg

The Autobots, led by Optimus Prime, are back in action, taking on the evil Decepticons, who are determined to avenge their defeat in 2009’s Transformers Revenge of the Fallen. In this new movie, the Autobots and Decepticons become involved in a perilous space race between the U.S. and Russia, and once again human Sam Witwicky has to come to the aid of his robot friends. There's new characters too, including a new villain in the form of Shockwave, a longtime "Transformers" character who rules Cybertron while the Autobots and Decepticons battle it out on Earth.

Safe (2011/II)
Director: Boaz Yakin
Producer: Lawrence Bender

Jason Statham (The Italian Job, The Transporter) has joined forces with producer Lawrence Bender and director Boaz Yakin (Remember the Titans) for his newest action thriller, Safe.

Salt (2010)
Director: Phillip Noyve
Producer: Lorenzo di Bonaventura

Salt is a 2010 American spy action thriller film directed by Phillip Noyce, written by Kurt Wimmer and Brian Helgeland, and starring Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Daniel Olbrychski, August Diehl and Chiwetel Ejiofor. Jolie plays Evelyn Salt, who is accused of being a KGB sleeper agent, and goes on the run to try to clear her name. While Tom Cruise was initially secured for the lead, the script was ultimately rewritten for Jolie.

The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010)
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Producer: Jerry Bruckheimer

Balthazar Blake (Nicolas Cage) is a sorcerer in modern-day Manhattan fighting against the forces of evil, in particular his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath (Alfred Molina), while searching for the person who will inherit Merlin's powers. This turns out to be Dave Stutler (Jay Baruchel), a physics student at New York University, whom Balthazar takes as a reluctant protégé. The sorcerer gives his unwilling apprentice a crash course in the art and science of magic and sorcery, in order to stop Horvath and Morgana le Fay (Alice Krige) from destroying the world.

The Killer Inside Me (2010)
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Producer: Lilly Bright

The Killer Inside Me is a 2010 American film adaptation of the 1952 novel of the same name by Jim Thompson.[1] The film is directed by Michael Winterbottom and stars Casey Affleck, Kate Hudson, and Jessica Alba. Deputy Sheriff Lou Ford (Casey Affleck) is a pillar of the community in his small west Texas town, patient and apparently thoughtful. Some people think he is a little slow and maybe boring, but that he is nevertheless ordinary and dependable. Nobody knows about what Lou calls his "sickness": He is a violent sociopath with a taste for rape and murder. It nearly got him put away when he was younger, but his adopted brother took the fall for his crimes. But now the sickness that has been lying dormant for years is about to surface again and the consequences are brutal and devastating.

"Disappeared" (2009)
Director: Chris Gidez
Producer: Liz Fischer

Following the unpredictable twists of missing person cases, tracking investigations aimed at solving how and why people simply vanish.  While some of the resolutions are heartwarming and others tragic, many cases remain open to this day and continue to be a source of unbearable frustration for family members and friends.

The Lovely Bones (2009)
Director: Peter Jackson
Producer: Marc Ashton

The Lovely Bones is a 2009 American drama film directed by Peter Jackson. It is a film adaptation of the award-winning and best-selling 2002 novel of the same name by Alice Sebold. The film stars Saoirse Ronan as Susie Salmon, alongside Mark Wahlberg and Rachel Weisz as Susie's parents Jack and Abigail Salmon. The film's cast, particularly Stanley Tucci, received various awards and nominations, notably including a Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, BAFTA and Academy Award nominations.

Kurbaan (2009)
Director: Renzil D'Silva
Producer: Marijke Desouza

Kurbaan (Hindi: ???????, Urdu: ?????, pronounced [q?r'ba?n], Sacrificed) is a Bollywood film directed by Rensil D'Silva and produced by Karan Johar. The film, set against the backdrop of global terrorism, features real life couple Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor in pivotal roles along with Vivek Oberoi, Dia Mirza, Rupinder Nagra, Om Puri and Kirron Kher.[1] It was released on November 20, 2009.

Law Abiding Citizen (2009)
Director: F. Gary Gray
Producer: Gerard Butler

Law Abiding Citizen is a 2009 American thriller film directed by F. Gary Gray from a screenplay written by Kurt Wimmer, starring Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler. The film takes place in Philadelphia and tells the story of a man who decides to exact justice from both his family's killers and the criminal justice system. Law Abiding Citizen was released theatrically in North America on October 16, 2009.[3]
The film was nominated for a Saturn Award as the Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film of the year, and the film also garnered NAACP Image Awards nominations for both Jamie Foxx (Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture) and F. Gary Gray (Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture).

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
Director: Michael Bay
Producer: Michael Bay

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is a 2009 American science fiction action film directed by Michael Bay and produced by Steven Spielberg. It is the sequel to Transformers (2007) and the second film in the live-action Transformers trilogy. The plot revolves around Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf), the human caught in the war between Autobots and Decepticons, having visions of Cybertronian symbols, and being hunted by the Decepticons under the orders of their long-trapped leader, The Fallen, who seeks to get revenge on Earth by finding and activating a machine that would provide the Decepticons with an energon source, destroying all life on the planet in the process.

My One and Only (2009)
Director: Richard Loncraine
Producer: George Hamilton

My One and Only is a 2009 comedy film loosely based on a story about George Hamilton's early life on the road with his mother and brother, featuring anecdotes that Hamilton had told to Merv Griffin.[2] Griffin pitched the idea for the script, and had shepherded the project from idea to production, until his 2007 death. His company serves as one of the film's producers.[2]

Happy Tears (2009)
Director: Michael Lichtenstein
Producer: Joyce Pierpoline

Happy Tears is an American independent comedy-drama film by Mitchell Lichtenstein. It stars Parker Posey, Demi Moore, Rip Torn, and Ellen Barkin. The film premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival on 11 February 2009 and was released theatrically in the United States on 19 February 2010.

"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" (2005)
Director: Daniel Attias
Producer: Charlie Day

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is an American television sitcom that premiered on FX on August 4, 2005. The series was created and developed by Rob McElhenney, Glenn Howerton and Charlie Day, who also star in the show. The TV series follows the exploits of "The Gang", a group of self-centered friends who run Paddy's Pub, a relatively unsuccessful Irish bar in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.


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