“Flight of Magic" wins Prestige Film Awards

Austin, Texas – Tommy G. Warren, of Spiderwood Studios has won The Prestige Film Award for the Animation Short Film “Flight of Magic.” The film is awarded for the following categories: Gold Award for Short Film/Video, Gold Award for Holiday Film, Silver Award for Animation, and Bronze Award for Original Song “Believe.”

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YNN Lone Star Scene covers 'Flight of Magic'

The North Pole sets the scene for a comical crisis in "Flight of Magic." It's the first animated short film from Spiderwood Studios which aims to put Central Texas on the map for fully produced animated films.

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Behind the Scenes of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

Spiderwood had the opportunity to go behind the scenes of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition as hundreds of volunteers built a home for a family effected by the devastating wildfires that ravaged through the Bastrop and Smithville area.

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@  Austin Wizard World Comic Con 2011

Spiderwood Studios in Action @ Austin Wizard World Comic Con 2011

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"Bad Kids Go To Hell" Teaser Shown at AFM 2011

The Breakfast Club meets The Grudge in this sexy, dark comedy-thriller!

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Spiderwood Studios in Action @ Austin Film Festival 2011

Spiderwood Studios in Action @ Austin Film Festival 2011

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'Flight of Magic’ wins Award of Excellence in Animation

Tommy G. Warren, of Spiderwood Studios, has won a prestigious Award of Excellence in Animation from The Accolade Competition.  The award was given for the animated short film, Flight of Magic, which is Spiderwood Studios’ first Animation Production.

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"Bad Kids" Go to Spiderwood Studios

After scouring the globe in search of the best venue to film their graphic novel adaptation, creators Matt Spradlin and Barry Wernick discovered Spiderwood Studios.

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The Steve Miller Band @ SPIDERWOOD STUDIOS

The Steve Miller Band shot the music video for 'I Got Love If You Want It' at Spiderwood Studios in Austin, Texas.

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SXSW 2011

Come celebrate SXSW 2011 by joining Spiderwood Studios and Celebrate Austin Magazine for an evening of cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, and live music entertainment by the award winning Austin band SPEAK, and the soulful sounds of Sahara Smith.

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Disturbed Music Video Shot at SPIDERWOOD STUDIOS

Musical production visionaries, Charlie Terrell & Polly Parsons of Daddy Van Productions chose SPIDERWOOD STUDIOS and its vast back lot as the setting for the Disturbed music video, "The Animal".

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SPIDERWOOD STUDIOS @ A.F.F. 2010

It was another exciting year for the Austin Film Festival. Tommy G. Warren presented the SPIDERWOOD STUDIOS Narrative Feature Jury Award to this year's winner, "Adios Mudo Cruel" (Goodbye Cruel World).

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SPIDERWOOD STUDIOS: Official Sponsor of the Austin Film Festival's Narrative Feature Award!

The 2010 Austin Film Festival kicks off on Thursday, October 21.

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'Something's Gonna Live' receives LA Times'
Film Pick of the Week!

Kenneth Turan's film pick of the week: 'Something's Gonna Live'
If you care about the great days of Hollywood past — and how could you not — its hard to resist "Something's Gonna Live," a charming new documentary that plays for a week starting Friday at the Music Hall in Beverly Hills.

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SOMETHING'S GONNA LIVE

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SPIDERWOOD STUDIOS In Association with
Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Daniel Raim
Executive Producer Tommy G. Warren
Presented by Norman Jewison

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John Schneider on 'Fox and Friends' discussing DOONBY and Television Trivia

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Formula 1 United States Grand Prix will be held minutes from Spiderwood Studios

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AUSTIN, TX - The Formula 1 United States Grand Prix returns, a short drive from Spiderwood Studios. Announced earlier this week, Austin, Texas will host the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix.

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Discover Spiderwood Studio

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University of Texas Film School Shoots at Spiderwood Studios

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Students from the University of Texas at Austin film school utilized Spiderwood's 24' x 100' cyclorama wall and 6000 square foot sound stage.

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IN DEVELOPMENT:  HIPPY, featuring Austin-based SXSW Award Winning band SPEAK

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HIPPY is a forthcoming full-length feature film that tells the  heartwarming tale of an unlikely high-school hero's journey.  Written by James Man and Tommy G. Warren, HIPPY will feature the up-and-coming  Austin-based musical quartet SPEAK.

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Spiderwood Studios joins hosts Richard Linklater, Mike Judge, Robert Rodriguez, Louis Black and Elizabeth Avellan at Austin Film Society's MAKE WATCH LOVE FILM event honoring  the legendary Moody Anderson.

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BOOMHOLDER - Pilot Shot at Spiderwood Studios

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Movie Production takes over Austin & Smithville, TX

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Author: James Irby 

9th street, between Brazos and Congress is looking a whole lot like Memphis in the 1900's. The makeover is for True Grit, an adaptation of the 1968 novel, which was also made into a movie in 1969, the latest 2010 version stars Jeff Bridges Josh Brolin and Matt Damon.

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BIG Stunts, little City

Source: Smithville Times
Author: Denis McGinness

Downtown Smithville became a virtual Hollywood back lot recently as the film crew for “Doonby” shot four separate stunt scenes that closed parts of Loop 230 and Main Street. The excitement was palatable as onlookers watched while an 18-ton dump truck crashed and crushed everything in its way.

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Spiderwood Studios hosts LA dinner at Toscana in Brentwood

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WILDERNESS - Shot on the Back Lot at Spiderwood Studios

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Upcoming Thriller / Horror film directed by Scooter Downey,
starring Lance Henriksen and Sean Elliot.

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Chuck Schuman speaks at Spiderwood Studios

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Spiderwood Studios' one-of-a-kind 100' wide x 24' high cyclorama wall was designed by Tommy G. Warren and Visual Effects Director of Photography Chuck Schuman. Chuck spoke at Spiderwood Studios on April 23rd, during our Visual FX Symposium attended by more than 75 filmmakers.

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Michel Gondry's 'Green Hornet' going 3D

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Author: Tory Watson

Following recent successful 3D releases of "Avatar", "Alice in Wonderland", "How to Train Your Dragon" and "Clash of the Titans", Sony announced they will be converting Michel Gondry's "The Green Hornet" to 3D.

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'Doonby' to be filmed at Spiderwood Studios

Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Author: Paul Bond

The actor who made Bo Duke a TV staple during the early 1980s will play a modern
George Bailey in "Doonby."

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CHUCK SCHUMAN has over twenty years experience working in Visual FX for motion pictures. Chuck has worked as Visual Effects Director of Photography for acclaimed films such as Lord of the Rings, Journey to the Center of the Earth, and The Indian in the Cupboard.

Spiderwood Studios hosted an official SXSW 2010 party with Twitter and The Hollywood Reporter on Saturday, March 13th.

UTLEY, Texas (KXAN) - The scenery in Bastrop County is a big change from Los Angeles, California. Film writer and producer Tommy G. Warren decided to firmly plant his roots in the Texas film industry.

"We're going to have a big sign up there." Tommy Warren points across a room smelling of fresh paint. Imagine Spiderwood Studios, he urges. See it as he sees it. Workers scurry past, building, painting, securing hardwood flooring.

The outskirts of Bastrop might be the next hot spot for Texas film production.

After years in the making, Spiderwood Studios is now open for business with more expansion plans already underway.