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With Tuesday’s news that “One Tree Hill” will be around for a ninth season, activity is beginning to pick up at EUE/Screen Gems Studios’ Wilmington campus.
“People have started sticking their heads in the door,” Bill Vassar, Screen Gems executive vice president, said Wednesday afternoon. “We’ve been seeing people with smiles on their faces that they’re coming back to work.”
Among those are John McIntyre, who has been a crew member with the series all eight seasons.
“I worked full-time on ‘One Tree Hill’ as an assistant cameraman for the first four years and part-time as a day player the last four years,” he said. “Having a series in production anchors the town and gives the crew base here stability.
“I’m relieved and excited to hear of the season 9 pickup. It’s been a long-running job in a clean industry that has tremendous economic benefits for North Carolina.”
Production offices for “One Tree Hill” will open in June, and filming will start by the middle of July, Vassar said.
The renewal comes amid optimism about the possibility of two other series that shot their pilots here – ABC’s “Revenge” and The CW’s “Hart of Dixie – continuing to film in this area. Both have been picked up for production, but locations have not been determined.
Local officials have their fingers crossed.
Guy Gaster, production services executive with the N.C. Film Office, said the state’s recently enhanced incentive package has played a leading role in putting North Carolina back on the map of the studios.
Via : Studios could be busy this summer with ‘One Tree Hill’ to resume filming | StarNewsOnline.com.
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