Studio confirms April 11 release date for 'Killshot'
(01/23/08)
Southeast Missourian It's official: "Killshot" will be released April 11, according to spokespeople for The Weinstein Co., the film's studio. Speculation over an April 11 release began last weekend when the Web site Internet Movie Database, IMDb.com, reported the date...
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'Killshot' takes aim at April release, according to IMDb.com
(01/22/08) Think you can guess when "Killshot" will finally hit the big screen? Care to place a bet on it? You might be facing some long odds. The latest word on the Web is that "Killshot" -- the Quentin Tarantino-produced movie based on the Elmore Leonard book and set partially in Cape Girardeau -- will finally be released April 11...
Scenes filmed in Cape will appear in movie 'Killshot'
(06/09/07) "Killshot" director John Madden has confirmed scenes of Cape Girardeau are still in the movie. "The key shots ... are there: an establishing shot from the top of the courthouse steps, a shot of Carmen looking out at the Mississippi, her car going over the bridge, the Cape Barge and Drydocks quayside, Wayne standing on top of the barge going upriver at twilight, etc. ...
Producers: 'Killshot' release date remains uncertain
(12/21/06) "Killshot" producers remain hush-hush about the film's theatrical release nearly a year after filming took place in Cape Girardeau and despite reports on the Web that a reshoot will take place in Canada in January. A Weinstein Co. representative Wednesday would only say that no release date has been set, and "Killshot" is currently designated with a "to be announced" release for sometime in 2007...
Producers: 'Killshot' release date remains uncertain
(12/21/06) "Killshot" producers remain hush-hush about the film's theatrical release nearly a year after filming took place in Cape Girardeau and despite reports on the Web that a reshoot will take place in Canada in January. A Weinstein Co. representative Wednesday would only say that no release date has been set, and "Killshot" is currently designated with a "to be announced" release for sometime in 2007...
'Killshot' spending topped $700,000 for local economy
(08/30/06) "Killshot" producers pumped more than $700,000 into the Cape Girardeau economy when a portion of the movie was filmed here in January, which multiplies into a total economic impact of more than $2 million, state officials said Monday. Meanwhile, the release date for the movie -- based on an Elmore Leonard book that was partially set in Cape Girardeau -- has been postponed from Oct. 20 to a more vague category of fall 2006...
'Shot in the arm
(03/01/06) The filming of "Killshot" in January wasn't exactly a box-office bonanza for the Cape Girardeau economy, but local officials are hoping that it leads to something more profitable. In Hollywood, it's called exposure, dah-ling. "Any residual effects are still up in the air," said Mayor Jay Knudtson. "But if the movie ends up being a box-office smash or even widely viewed, then it could mean so much more for Cape Gir-ardeau than what was actually spent here."...
Cape native working as 'Killshot' accountant
(01/14/06) While you can't go home again, you can work near there if you don't mind the long hours. Kirsten Short, 28, of Charlotte, N.C., has learned that lesson while working as an assistant accountant for "Killshot." A Cape Girardeau native, Short has been staying with her parents while working in a makeshift office in a hotel room...
Movie draws spectators to film site, bars, restaurants, hotels
(01/13/06) The spectacle of watching a movie in production has area residents slipping out of work and taking their children out of school to stand outside for hours. Others staked out restaurants, bars and hotels for a glimpse of their favorites from the cast of "Killshot."... 
Catering to 'Killshot'
(01/12/06)For actor Thomas Jane, Cape Girardeau has been a welcome detour from Hollywood. "It's just one of those classic-style towns," he said. "It's a charming place and I've felt right at home here ever since I arrived. Everyone has been really welcoming."... 
Rain, camera, action
(01/11/06)The perks of being a stand-in for "Killshot" stars Johnny Knoxville and Thomas Jane didn't include sitting inside a trailer while the rain poured Tuesday morning. Cape Girardeau residents Matthew Fry and Seth Hudson stood under umbrellas while crew members prepared the movie set at the Missouri Dry Dock. Knoxville and Jane were in the trailers... 
Cape enjoys 'Killshot' karma
(01/10/06)In the hierarchy of movie personnel, Amanda Massey is at the lowest rung -- she's a runner. Her job is, as the name implies, to run around the set of "Killshot" getting whatever actors, extras and production staff needs. But Massey doesn't mind being delegated to a runner. It's still by and large the most exciting job she's ever had...
'Killshot' may need extra day of filming
(01/05/06) Filmmakers haven't shot a single frame in Cape Girardeau for the movie "Killshot," but they are already expecting to stay longer than originally planned. Most members of the production team working to turn Elmore Leonard's novel into a motion picture haven't arrived in town, production supervisor Scott Knollenberg of St. Louis said Wednesday. But those who have arrived are busy, he said...
Details set stage for 'hectic fun' during 'Killshot' filming downtown
(12/29/05) A Perryville optician will assist an actor playing a grizzled old river hand put a contact lens in that helps create the illusion of a glass eye. Seven off-duty policemen will work crowd control, block of streets and guard equipment and vehicles overnight. The Cape Girardeau Police Department is even loaning a local cop car for a cameo...
'Killshot' filming postponed to early January
(12/13/05) The filming of "Killshot" won't interrupt business in downtown Cape Girardeau right before Christmas after all. Producers have pushed the date of local filming, originally slated for Dec. 19 to 23, back to Jan. 9 to 12. Tim Arbeiter, executive director of Old Town Cape, said the shift in plans will have a two-fold benefit for downtown businesses. ...
More than 1,000 apply to be extra for 'Killshot'
(11/27/05) Apparently a lot of people want the flash of fame that could come from being an extra. More than 1,000 would-be area actors have turned in applications to be an extra in the movie "Killshot," which will be filmed for a week in Cape Girardeau late next month...
'Killshot' producers seeking local help
(11/04/05) The producers of "Killshot" are looking for some help with their movie shoot in Cape Girardeau, particularly from those who have some filmmaking experience to serve as production assistants. The most logical place to find them in Cape Girardeau is among the ranks of the Cape Filmmakers Cooperative. Missouri Film Commission Director Jerry Jones met with members of the group Thursday night to discuss roles members could play in the production of the film...
'Killshot' aims for 100 local extras for film
(11/03/05) The casting director for "Killshot" is looking for 100 local people to participate in the film as extras, a group she says must have interesting faces to help "create the fabric" of Cape Girardeau when the movie is shot here for five days next month...
Cape downtown business owners concerned filming will hurt Christmas sales
(10/20/05) Producers for the movie "Killshot," which is partially set in downtown Cape Girardeau, have decided to film the local scenes the week before Christmas, a move that has left some business owners feeling less than jolly. That's because they fear that downtown streets will have to be closed for the filming, leaving their last-minute Christmas shoppers unable to get to their stores and scurrying to buy gifts elsewhere...
'Jackass' star Knoxville to play Cape U.S. marshal in 'Killshot'
(09/24/05) Morley Swingle says it's appropriate that the star of the now defunct MTV stunt show called "Jackass" will likely be playing the Cape Girardeau deputy U.S. marshal in the movie version of "Killshot." Because that's what the character is. "That's what he was in the book," said Swingle, the Cape Girardeau County prosecutor who is a huge fan of "Killshot" author Elmore Leonard...
Jane joins 'Killshot' cast as husband
(08/30/05) Thomas Jane, according to "Production Weekly," has joined the cast of "Killshot," which will be partially filmed in Cape Girardeau in December or early January. Jane, who starred in "The Punisher," and played Mickey Mantle in "61*," will play Wayne, an ironworker husband who stumbles onto an extortion plot with his wife, Carmen, who will be played by Diane Lane...
'Killshot' crew, stars to shoot for three days in Cape
(08/23/05) Production of the movie version of Elmore Leonard's gritty crime novel, "Killshot," will include three days of shooting in Cape Girardeau later this year or early next year, according to Jerry Jones, director of the Missouri Film Commission. The film -- to star Diane Lane, Justin Timberlake, Mickey Rourke and others -- will begin shooting in Toronto on Oct. 11, but will do its final three days of shooting in Cape Girardeau in late December or early January, Jones said...
Movie would boost Cape Girardeau
(07/26/05) To the editor: I'm a local filmmaker and founder of Backwards Logic Productions. I also am the co-founder of the Cape Filmmaker's Cooperative and the Show Me Digital Film Festival. I am tired of seeing people angry about the film "Killshot" possibly being shot in Cape Girardeau. Yes, there might be some extra police work and more traffic, but the benefits to the town far exceed the drawbacks...
'Killshot' potential
(07/23/05) Imagine erstwhile Hollywood bad boy Mickey Rourke and screen beauty Diane Lane hanging out at Buckner's or Broussard's or dancing to Bruce Zimmerman's band at the Water Street Lounge. That may not be the least of the impacts on Cape Girardeau if scenes from the upcoming movie "Killshot" are filmed here... 
Mo. cities: 'Killshot' could be huge plus for Cape's economy
(07/19/05)Statewide city officials say possible Cape Girardeau movie shoot would create a buzz, inconvenience. This summer, Hollywood has taken up residence in Pacific, Mo. The filming of "Saving Shiloh" -- the last of a film trilogy about an 11-year-old boy and his strong kinship with a beagle -- has movie stars dining at local restaurants, production crews staying at nearby hotels and has transformed some residents into paid actors, even if they're just extras... 
Lights, camera... Cape?
(07/16/05)"Killshot," the 1989 novel by acclaimed author Elmore Leonard, tells the story of a married couple who find themselves in Cape Girardeau while on the lam from a pair of hitmen... |