Giles County Film Office

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Get ready to have the time of your lives...again! Lionsgate has announced plans to remake Dirty Dancing, the 1987 classic film that starred Jennifer Grey and the late Patrick Swayze. The film company has tapped Kenny Ortega, who choreographed the original's iconic numbers, to direct.

Variety reports that the remake will incorporate songs from the original -- chestnuts like "(I've Had) The Time of My Life," "Hungry Eyes" and "She's Like the Wind" -- plus more classic 1960s songs and new tunes. Set in the 1960s, the first Dirty Dancing took place at a Catskills resort and followed the coming-of-age of teenaged "Baby" (Grey) who falls for a sexy resort dance instructor Johnny (Swayze, who died in 2009) as they work together on a dance routine.

"The opportunity to direct Dirty Dancing is like returning home for me," director Ortega (who helmed the High School Musical films and Michael Jackson's This Is It) said. "Growing up in the '60s on the dance floor helped define me as a person and as an artist." Finding stars to fill the shoes of Grey and Swayze will be tough, he admitted. "Patrick Swayze set the bar for men dancing in the movies as Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire did before him." READ MORE

Governor McDonnell Announces Steven Spielberg to Film Lincoln in Virginia ~

Highly Anticipated Feature Film by Legendary Oscar Winning Director to be Shot in Richmond and Petersburg~ READ MORE

Clint Eastwood Film Shoots in Virginia
Leonardo DiCaprio Stars as J. Edgar Hoover

RICHMOND – Governor Bob McDonnell today announced that the towns of Warrenton and The Plains in Fauquier County, Great Falls in Fairfax County and the cities of Alexandria and Arlington were recently used in a major feature film with the working title of J. Edgar. ~ READ MORE

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The Virginia Film Office staff is dedicated to working with you from the moment you start looking for locations until you’re on your way home after a successful shoot.

Whether you need locations, require help with traffic control, or just want to know where the bes tplace is for crabcakes and cappuccino, Film Office staff are always ready to assist you. And, if wedon’t know the answer to your question, we will find somebody who does.

The Virginia Film Office has an extensive library of locations available for your use. Under the direction of Location Manager Andy Edmunds, the VFO’s location management system is on the cutting edge of online scouting. Our comprehensive online location library, currently more than five thousand locations and growing daily, is available on our website at www.film.virginia.org. Film Office staff can prepare a location package to your specifications and send it to you electronically or by overnight delivery. You can also create your own location package to show, print or share with other members of your production team.

The Virginia Film Office wants to be a partner in your project. We’re here to make your production experience stress-free. Call us, fax us or email us. We’re always ready to help. The Film Office wants your time in Virginia to be as worry-free as possible. Staff will assist you by working with state agencies and localities to arrange essential services. We also maintain a vast network of contacts throughout the state to help facilitate filming. These include local film liaisons who are trained to work on a community level to help with film projects. They can find locations, work with you on any necessary permits or arrange traffic control in their areas. In addition, the Film Office has relationships with numerous agencies and individuals who can provide information about anything from cotton production to decommissioned military bases.

Films made in Giles County

Here is a great link to view some ameture video on Giles County residents and places.  Americantowns/Giles County, Virginia

A film company called Horse Archer Productions is making

Dirty Dancing Documentary by Blink TV
Giles County Dirty Dancing Reality Series by Television ITV