Actors Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton and Cate Blanchett will be on the San Mateo County coast in early December filming a new movie, "Outlaws," about bank robbers who fall in love with the woman they kidnap. Although San Mateo County has been host to movie productions in the past, the County Convention and Visitor's Bureau is trying to draw more productions and the spending money that comes with to the area.
"We've had lots of films in San Mateo but we've never had the accomodations so they've stayed in San Francisco," said Brena Bailey, of the Convention and Visitor's Bureau.
In the past, the county has hosted production of such movies such as "Mrs. Doubtfire, Bicentennial Man and Nine Months." "Nine Months" was partially filmed in Talbot's Toy Stores in downtown San Mateo.
Another movie, the "Wedding Planner," starring Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Lopez and Kevin Pollack will be filmed at the Filoli Gardens in late January, Bailey said. Movie producers are also scouting South San Francisco for a movie titled, "High Crimes" to star Ashley Judd.
Bailey is busily courting more producers to come to areas like San Mateo County's Point Montara and Pigeon Point lighthouses and San Mateo's Central Park.
After attending a California Film Commission International Composium in October, Bailey said she is getting four leads a day from production companies. Most recently, boy band N'Sync filmed a music video at Memorial Park on the coast.
"There's a wealth of beauty in San Mateo County that is untapped," Bailey said.
Individual cities or the county charge filming companies $50 for each hour of filming, Bailey said.
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