Incentives help lure McGraw/Paltrow movie to area
Posted on October 7, 2009 at 1:21 pm
About 80 percent of a film starring Tim McGraw and Gwyneth Paltrow is set to be shot in Nashville, Music Row is reporting. Austin had been in the mix, but it appears the state’s movie incentive program did the trick.
Locals to produce Hank Williams film
Posted on August 11, 2009 at 8:21 am
Nashville-based 821 Entertainment has partnered with members of Hank Williams’ family to develop and produce a biography of the groundbreaking musician’s life.
SEE ALSO: 821’s similar deal earlier this year involving Roy Rogers
Locals to turn Grisham book into film
Posted on June 23, 2009 at 3:19 pm
Nashville-based 821 Entertainment has inked a deal to turn author John Grisham’s bestseller, “The Testament,” into a feature film. 821 has been beefing up its film offerings.
Roy Rogers rides again
Posted on June 15, 2009 at 7:57 am
The cowboy legend is set to return to the big screen now that Nashville-based 821 Entertainment has teamed up with the managers of his estate. 821 plans to release three films and various spin-off products.
A horror flick that hits home for many
Posted on May 14, 2009 at 10:30 pm
The new film from the director behind the “Spider-Man” blockbusters centers on a scroogy mortgage lender who gets her comeuppance in the form of “flames, floods, flies, cadavers and hanging upside down” — oh, and then demons. Yep, the home loan biz has some ugly image problems these days.
“Just like every baseball player didn’t do steroids, you can’t paint our business with a broad brush,” said Cusinato, whose firm has arranged almost $2 billion in home loans, according to its Web site. As for being condemned to hell, he said, “there are certainly a couple of lenders I would like to give a first-class ticket to.”
Media/entertainment group hires two, promotes one
Posted on February 4, 2009 at 3:47 pmNashville-based 821 Entertainment Group, which is active in the music and movie sectors, has hired two vice presidents to develop its film and television content.




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