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Night Lights Updated:
15th August 2005: Friday Night Lights: DVD Review: |
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Review of Friday Night Lights
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9th May 2005: Friday Night Lights: Movie Review: |
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21st January 2005: Friday Night Lights: |
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13th October 2004: Friday Night Lights: |
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Monday
3rd October 2004 Friday Night Lights Update:
The following promo images for Friday Night Lights that
is released in the US this Friday 8th October.
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30th August 2004: Friday Night Lights: |
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Sunday
1st August 2004: Friday Night Lights Update:
The
movie trailer for
Friday
Night Lights is now online.
Friday
Night Lights Various Movie Trailer
Sunday
13th June 2004: Friday Night Lights Update:
The movie trailer for Friday Night Lights is now online.
Friday
Night Lights Quicktime Movie Trailer Hi-Res
Friday Night Lights
Quicktime Movie Trailer Med-Res
Friday Night Lights
Quicktime Movie Trailer Lo-Res
Monday
15th March 2004: Friday Night Lights Update:
Michael has been in touch with his experiences of being an extra
on the recent Friday Night Lights filming "There has been
a lot of unusual weather for Odessa, so filming hasn't been
going as smoothly as expected.
The first two days were downright miserable at Ratliff Stadium,
with fog, drizzle, and lots of wind. It's really difficult to
shoot "The first practice" which also supposedly coincides
with the hottest day of the year, when everybody is wearing
heavy coats and it is foggy. So we shot the third practice on
the first day instead, and went back to the first practice later.
Several scenes were shot at other local venues, and parking
lot scenes outside the stadium were also filmed, including the
final scene (I won't reveal how it ends ;-) ). Despite the weather,
it was fun to watch Billy Bob Thornton playing a little football
with Tim McGraw on the field.
Yesterday we moved to the new football stadium in Midland where
Second Unit was shooting scenes on the field in the rain, and
First Unit (where I fortunately ended up) was shooting a couple
of scenes in the locker room at the Astrodome. It was certainly
an enjoyable day, working in close quarters with Billy Bob Thornton
(Coach Gary Gaines), Jay Hernandez (Brian Chavez), Derek Luke
(Boobie Miles), Lucas Black (QB Mike Winchell), Garrett Hedlund
(Don Billingsley), Lee Thompson Young (Chris Comer), Lee Jackson
(Ivory Christian), and Director Peter Berg. And (if the scene
doesn't end up on the cutting room floor) you will also see
the real Boobie Miles standing in as a Permian coach right next
to Derek Luke playing his role.
Next week they will be moving on to shoot the games. Filming
sessions will be all night long under the stadium lights. I
understand the plan is to film in Odessa through March 23, 2004,
then on to Houston for filming in the Astrodome."
Wednesday
3rd March 2004: Friday Night Lights Update:
Ashley has been in touch to advise that Friday Night Lights
was written by HG Bissinger.
Tuesday
2nd March 2004: Friday Night Lights Update:
Friday Night Lights has begun filming in various sites around
the Texan capital Austin. After 5 weeks the cast and crew will
move to the origins of the book at Ratliff Stadium, the country's
largest high school football arena. Production will end in Houston.
Wednesday
25th February 2004: Friday Night Lights Update:
Bob has been in touch with the following "Morgan Farris,
an eighth grade student at Forbes Middle School, Georgetown,
Tx, is making her movie debut as Jennifer Gaines, the daughter
of the coach in Friday Night Lights. The film has a national
release date of October 15, 2004."
Monday
23rd February 2004: Friday Night Lights Update:
Cath has been in touch with the following info on Friday Night
Lights " Part of the movie may be taking place at Lake
Travis High School, but a majority of it is being filmed at
Westlake High School, also in Austin."
Monday
23rd February 2004: Friday Night Lights Update:
Connie Britton has been added to the cast of Friday Night Lights
as the wife of Billy Bob Thornton's character.
Tuesday
3rd February 2004: Friday Night Lights Update:
Director Peter Berg has signed up singer Tim McGraw to star
in Friday Night Lights. The movie is being produced by Brian
Grazer at Imagine Entertainment for Universal. McGraw will play
Charlie Billingsley, father of a Permian High School Panthers
player and a former football hero himself. Trying to vicariously
relive his glory days through his son, the father puts his kid
under relentless pressure to perform to his standards. Torque
star Jay Hernandez has also joined the cast as Brian Chavez,
a defensive tackle on the football team. A straight-A student,
Chavez is the "smart" one on the team.
Wednesday
28th January 2004: Friday Night Lights Update:
Just received word that filming on Friday Night Lights will
be taking place at Travis High School, Austin, Texas. The filmmakers
have hired around 85 high school students for roles as extras.
Thanks to Anon for the info.
Monday
26th January 2004: Friday Night Lights Update:
A casting call for extra's on Friday Night Lights will be taking
place on 24th January 2004 in Odessa, TX. Filming will take
place in March. Thanks to Bryan for the info.
Friday
16th January 2004: Friday Night Lights Update:
Director Peter Berg looks to have signed up Derek Luke to star
in Friday Night Lights.
Friday 5th December 2003: Friday Night Lights Update:
Billy Bob Thornton is in to star in the Peter Berg-directed Friday Night Lights, an adaptation of the H.G. Bissinger book being produced by Brian Grazer. Thornton would play the head coach of a high school gridiron team which is the obsession of the town's inhabitants. The book chronicles an entire season of the Permian High Panthers, a team whose success was inordinately important to the inhabitants of Odessa, Texas. The town was in severe economic despair, and the townsfolk looked to the team's success for inspiration each Friday night.
Thursday 27th November 2003: Friday Night Lights Update:
Rumours are flying that Director Peter Berg is looking at Ryan Kwanten to take the lead role in Friday Night Lights.
Thursday
24th July 2003: Friday Night Lights Update:
Imagine Entertainment have signed up Peter Berg to
helm Friday Night Lights. The movie is based on the novel by
H.G. Bissinger and is being produced by Brian Grazer.
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