Lights, Camera, (Back in) Action
If you were longing for the day Oscar nominees would return to Cincinnati, you’re in luck!
Location filming is under way in Greater Cincinnati for two films – Luca Guadagnino’s “Bones and All,” and “Rebel/Rebel,” the feature film from F/A Films with Cincinnati natives John A. “Johnny” Mocker, Jr and Robert “Chip” Heidt III as executive producers, in association with Katie Garland Noble’s Blue Himalayas Productions.
“Bones and All,” directed by Guadagnino and starring Timothée Chalamet, is their first collaboration between Guadagnino and Chalamet since the Academy Award-nominated 2017 feature, “Call Me by Your Name.”
“Our local crews are back to work in Cincinnati on feature films and we couldn’t be happier,” said Kristen Schlotman, executive director of Film Cincinnati. “This will be Guadagnino’s first film to be made on American soil and we’re honored to have it right here in our region.”
The film also stars Taylor Russell, Mark Rylance, André Holland, Jessica Harper, Michael Stuhlbarg, David Gorden-Green and Francesca Scorsese.
Adapted from the novel, “Bones & All” by Camille DeAngelis, the film is directed by Guadagnino and written by his longtime collaborator and Miami University alum David Kajganich, who worked with Guadagnino on “Suspiria” and “A Bigger Splash.”
“The film will shoot through mid-July and put hundreds of locals to work, not to mention book thousands of hotel rooms while on location,” said Schlotman. “The impact will be significant.”
Location filming is also under way in Greater Cincinnati for “Rebel/Rebel,” the feature film from F/A Films with Cincinnati natives John A. “Johnny” Mocker, Jr and Robert “Chip” Heidt III as executive producers, in association with Katie Garland Noble’s Blue Himalayas Productions. Location shooting for “Rebel/Rebel” began in May and is expected to continue through late June.
This is the second feature film from F/A Films, following writer/director Drew Harwood’s “The One You Feed,” distributed worldwide by Gravitas Ventures. Harwood returns as writer and director for “Rebel/Rebel,” a coming-of-age drama about a once famous actor grappling with drugs, addiction and self-discovery.
“With more feature films returning to production, we are thrilled to have F/A Films using our locations and our talent,” said Kristen Schlotman, executive director of Film Cincinnati. “Greater Cincinnati continues to be in demand for features thanks to our talented roster of cast and crewmembers.”
Film Cincinnati is a not for profit 510(c)3 whose mission is to attract, promote and cultivate film, video and commercial production to the area because of the economic workforce benefit they have on the region.