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Was driving home from the CBD around 2pm today and I saw what appeared to be a massive accident. From the quick glance I had, seemed to be a bus driven into a building with another truck there, some cars, cop, and a giant crane. I think it was Lonsdale St near Men's Gallery or maybe the next street down.. Between Spencer and King St's. Did anyone else see this as well? Anyone know what was going on? Cheers

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they were filming umm.. city homicide or something outside the chinese museum a few weeks ago

when I was living in sydney, i lived near fox studios for a while and used to see them filming around the city all the time down alleyways late at night, incl matrix a few times

quite a number of my friends were extras in the matrix too

actually the club in the first movie, was where hellfire was held at the time, i ran a club there too :) most awesome venue EVER

melb is boring by comparison :ermm:

Its filming for the new Nicolas Cage movie.. thought it was called The Knowing or something

they were filming that down in geelong a few weeks ago

they had the ass end of a plane down there and they closed off a park down near Corio to film it

http://www.theage.com.au/photogallery/2008...4009181700.html

They're filming scenes from The Knowing starring Nicholas Cage.

Yeah that's right...

my gf is an extra on the scene...they were filming some sort of riot, supposed to be set in boston...the set was a complete mess afterward apparently

Cool. Dunno how our Lonsdale St fared for a street in Boston where it's friggin cramped for a US city but I guess that part of Lonsdale under construction can pass for Boston. Apart from the unis, clam chowder and lobster, nothing too special about it when I went there.

Lol, seriously, why didn't they just film it in Boston instead of flying the whole crew over here and changing those details to make Lonsdale look like Boston?

Only thing I can think of is that they are planning to film other scenes in Melb too. Does your GF know if this is true? Do extras in movies get paid? Or are they usually happy enough to be in a movie?

Lol, seriously, why didn't they just film it in Boston instead of flying the whole crew over here and changing those details to make Lonsdale look like Boston?

Only thing I can think of is that they are planning to film other scenes in Melb too. Does your GF know if this is true? Do extras in movies get paid? Or are they usually happy enough to be in a movie?

Not too sure actually. Might be cheaper to film here than in the states? And easier to get a permit? I'm sure Mr. Brumby and friends wouldn't say no to having a hollywood film being shot in Melb if it meant more $$$ being brought in. I guess I could ask if they intend to film more scenes in Melb...

My GF is with an agency, she specifically got called in as an extra and yeah they get paid. She's earns a pretty good amount, surprisinly. Gets paid by the hour for however long she's on set for, plus catering etc etc. She could stay on set for 15 hours and only film 1 hours worth and still get paid 15 hours. So it's not bad at all...she actually wanted to sign me up also...might be fun!

(I'm not sure if i'm allowed to be saying this, so i might get in trouble but oh well...but she just got called in to cast for some new australian medical drama to play as one of the female doctors girlfriends! :) She rides in on a motorcycle apparently, talks a few lines, then makes out with her before they say goodbye! hahaha!! how cool!)

As for other extras, they might have extras that are happy to do it for free and just be in the movie for the hell of it...but im not entirely sure...

Edited by ITZTRU

There was what looked like an accident near my work. The intersection of Exhibition St and (i think) Little Collins.

Tram stopped, police, ambulance there. This is at about 8am this morning.

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