A major historic trail that winds through Wilkes County might just get a shot in the arm if a major motion picture gets filmed in the area next year as planned.
The movie has a working title of “Revolutionary!” and is, not surprisingly, about the Battle of Kings Mountain near the North Carolina-South Carolina state line, and how that battle changed the course of the Revolutionary War in the South.
The plan right now is to film the movie entirely in North Carolina, centered at Hart Square Village, which has the country’s largest collection of historic log structures. The village is just south of Hickory in Catawba County.
The Charlotte Observer reported last week that the $7 million movie will be produced by John Oliver and Stacy Anderson, both Tar Heel State residents, and written by Patrick A. Davis, a New York Times bestselling author. They’re hoping for a theatrical release in late 2020.
The chosen actor-director is Nick Searcy, who was born in Cullowhee, educated at UNC-Chapel Hill and a longtime resident of Wilmington, where he landed acting roles that made him a familiar face as a character actor. Recently, Searcy was part of the ensemble in “The Shape of Water,” winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2018.
The movie will tell the story of the Overmountain Men, a ragtag group of militia soldiers who surprisingly overwhelmed British-loyalist forces at Kings Mountain on Oct. 7, 1780. That patriot victory sparked a string of conquests that ultimately led to American independence from Britain.
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The movie has a working title of “Revolutionary!” and is, not surprisingly, about the Battle of Kings Mountain near the North Carolina-South Carolina state line, and how that battle changed the course of the Revolutionary War in the South.
The plan right now is to film the movie entirely in North Carolina, centered at Hart Square Village, which has the country’s largest collection of historic log structures. The village is just south of Hickory in Catawba County.
The Charlotte Observer reported last week that the $7 million movie will be produced by John Oliver and Stacy Anderson, both Tar Heel State residents, and written by Patrick A. Davis, a New York Times bestselling author. They’re hoping for a theatrical release in late 2020.
The chosen actor-director is Nick Searcy, who was born in Cullowhee, educated at UNC-Chapel Hill and a longtime resident of Wilmington, where he landed acting roles that made him a familiar face as a character actor. Recently, Searcy was part of the ensemble in “The Shape of Water,” winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2018.
The movie will tell the story of the Overmountain Men, a ragtag group of militia soldiers who surprisingly overwhelmed British-loyalist forces at Kings Mountain on Oct. 7, 1780. That patriot victory sparked a string of conquests that ultimately led to American independence from Britain.
https://www.journalpatriot.com/opin...cle_eecd712e-1557-11ea-bc81-1f7194057a65.html
https://hartsquare.com/the-village/