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The former Manor movie theater, most recently the Blue-Eyed Muse music venue, at 208 Market St. in downtown Wilmington. The building was torn down in early 2024.
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Wilmington's film and television industry has ebbed and flowed for decades now. After boom years in 2021 and 2022, and a down year in 2023 due to the since-resolved writers' and actors' strikes ...
Wilmington is home to the Bijou Theater, which began as a tent in 1904 and progressed to a permanent structure in 1906. It operated until 1956, making it the oldest movie theater in the state and one of the oldest, continuously running theaters in the country. [57] In 1910, Charlotte passed Wilmington to become North Carolina's largest city. [58]
In 2022, Dark Horse Studios—which became Wilmington's second film studio in 2020—planned a 20-million-dollar expansion to their studio complex in Wilmington, set to be complete in 2024. [19] [20] [21] On September 27, 2023, Cinespace Studios announced it had purchased two EUE/Screen Gems Studios locations in Wilmington and Atlanta. [22]
The series remained in Wilmington until 2003 when it was cancelled and replaced with One Tree Hill—a series on The WB/CW that calls North Carolina "home." One Tree Hill ended in 2012 after nine seasons. [14] While Wilmington, NC continued to sustain itself with television, the international film climate began to shift out of North Carolina's ...
Probably the best-known drive-in movie theater in Wilmington history, the Starway operated on the site of the former Starway Flea Market from 1952-1984. A planned reopening of the theater in 1996 ...
11 things to do in Wilmington this weekend: Theater, concerts, Earth Day and more. Gannett. John Staton, Wilmington StarNews. April 17, 2024 at 5:13 AM.