The Toyota Christmas commercial filmed on the Square – featuring the Woodstock Opera House, the Thoughtfulness Shop, and My Little Bo Peeps Shop, renamed Sam’s Books for the shoot – was just another brush with Hollywood for many local businesses. But for Woodstock transplants Charlie and PJ Chorbagian, the commercial put their home in the […]
That special something that makes Woodstock something special was on display for much of 2021. Amazon Prime had a film crew in town for much of the summer to transform the city into Farnsworth, the fictional setting for a sci-fi series, “Lightyears,” starring Oscar winners J.K. Simmons and Sissy Spacek. Local folks took the opportunity […]
Two vastly different scenes were being filmed Friday morning on the Square, but both production companies managed to wrap up work before the Marian Central High School homecoming parade came through that afternoon. On one end of the downtown, snow fell; on the other, summer heat still was raging. Filming by Radical Media of a […]
Some streets in downtown Woodstock will be closed during parts of the day this week to allow for filming of a nationally televised Toyota commercial for the coming holiday season. According to a news release from the city, RadicalMedia will be in town Wednesday through Friday, Sept. 29 through Oct. 1, for the filming. Production […]
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