New In Town
Character: Lucy HillGenre: Romance / Comedy
Character: Lucy Hill
Costars: Harry Connick Jr. , J.K. Simmons, Nathan Fillion, Frances Conroy
Director: Jones Elmer
Writer: C.Jay Cox
Filming location: Miami/Winnipeg
Studio: Universal Pictures / Gold Circle
Release Date: January 30, 2009
Plot Line: A Miami businesswoman (Renee) adjusts to her life in a tiny Minnesota town. She is an ambitious executive banished to a small, frigid Minnesota town with the assignment of turning around a failing factory.
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Trivia
- Was titled as Chilled in Miami
- The Miami scene was also shot in Winnipeg even though the temperature was below 0 Degree Celsius. Renee was dressed in Miami weather attire, a blue blouse and short dark skirt. The Richardson International Airport was also set into Miami International Airport.
- Renee's character was named as Monica Scott before.
- She wore a wig for the entire movie shooting as she cut her hair in late fall of 2007
- The movie was set up at Universal Pictures previously as 32 and Single but then change the title to Chilled in Miami after Gold Circle took over it and Renee signed up,
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New In Town
I’ve added several screencaps of Renee from Leatherheads and New In Town. There’s about 1000+ New In Town screencaps and about 600 caps from Leatherheads. Enjoy!
New In Town
In case you didn’t know Renee’s New In Town was just released in DVD & Blue Ray today. You can purchase them online or through your local retailers. Here are some information on the additional features:
1. Cast & Crew
Deleted Scenes:
1. Deleted Scenes
Featurette:
1. Making NEW IN TOWN in Winnipeg, Canada
2. The Folk Art of Scrapbooking
3. Pudding’s Delicious Role in NEW IN TOWN
New In Town
Renee’s movie New In Town will be released on DVD May 26, 2009, according to about.com. You can preorder the widescreen, blue-ray and full screen version at Amazon. The website has no information on any extra dvd features.
New In Town
Moviefone posted 6 videos of an unscripted interview of Renee & Harry discussing New In Town. It’s worth watching trust me. Links are below:
Full Interview | Renee on Stunts | Harry on Freddy Mercury | Harry on Sesame St | Renee Performing with Harry | Harry on his ducks
New In Town
I’ve added a brand new video of Renee in the Media section. The video consists of 2 parts. Please credit reneefan if you plan on posting these videos anywhere else.
05/26/2009 - New In Town DVD now released
06/02/2008 The Name of Renee's Character Has Been Changed
From IMDB, it seems that the name of Renee's character has changed from Monica Scott to Lucy Hill but nothing has been confirmed yet.
05/02/2008 Nathan Fillion Joined The Cast
Moviehole says Nathan Fillion (Serenity, "Firefly") has joined Ren¨¦e Zellweger and Harry Connick Jr. in Universal's Chilled in Miami, directed by Jonas Elmer. Described as a fish-out-of-water comedy, the film centers on a Miami businesswoman who's transferred to the sticks of Minnesota.
The project reunites Fillion with Gold Circle, who he worked with on both Slither and White Noise 2: The Light.
12/01/2008 Renee Gave Everything But Chilly Reception
When local actress Tracy McMahon found herself face-to-face with Renee Zellweger, the first thing that popped into her mind -- surprisingly -- had nothing to do with their shared craft. "She's got the most amazing skin I have ever seen," McMahon, 34, said with a laugh. "You wanted to ask her questions about it, you know, tips. But there's no time. It's work." McMahon wrapped her part of filming for Chilled in Miami -- which Zellwegger is currently in Winnipeg shooting -- on Monday, after five hours on a small plane with the tiny Texan.
She played a stewardess to Zellweger's Minnesota-bound businesswoman and exchanged a few lines with Zellweger while the cameras rolled. Off-camera, McMahon said the 38-year-old Baytown, Texas native was quiet, but cordial. "She's so wonderful," McMahon said. "She's very generous and open."
McMahon said her scene, which was filmed on a small plane in a training area at Richardson International Airport, is the opener for the film. 'REALLY COOL' Winnipeg doubles as small-town Minnesota, where Zellweger's character is sent to revive a floundering factory.
Extra Anne Wyman, a 19-year-old University of Winnipeg theatre student, doesn't have any lines in the film, but spent a few hours filming a second airport scene with Zellweger and only five other extras. "She seemed really cool," Wyman said. "The first time she walked on set was around 9:30 in the morning and they'd already been filming all night. She was like, 'OK, who's exhausted and has no brain?' and laughed." Wyman said she was impressed by Zellweger's small frame and ability to handle some wide-eyed extras while just trying to do her job. "I guess it must be hard for her to go to her workplace and still have people ogling her," Wyman said.
McMahon, who also played a love interest of Joseph Gordon-Levitt's character in locally-lensed The Lookout and had another small speaking role in You Kill Me, staring Ben Kingsley, said working alongside such "stars" requires a level of decorum." When you get to that level, they make you work for it," she said. "Their energy is amazing and they're very open, but they command that of you. I would like to think they pull you up to that level."
10/01/2008 Exclusive: First On Set Picture of Renee
The first on set picture of Renee is just released. (Creit: Winnipeg Free Press) She was filming in the Richardson International Airport with the Miami weather attire. Also, we know more about the movie, the character name of Renee is Monica Scott and she is an ambitious executive banished to a small, frigid Minnesota town with the assignment of turning around a failing factory.
10/01/2008 Chilled In Miami Starts Filming
Renee officially started work on Gold Circle Films production Chilled in Miami in Winnipeg on Monday.
Zellweger was dressed for Miami weather in a blue blouse and short dark skirt, heating things up among the travellers who lucked into a glimpse of the Texas-born Oscar-winner on the second floor departure level of the Richardson International Airport around noon.
The airport was pressed into service as Miami International Airport for the scene, explaining why a small army of extras was dressed in summer attire for the shot, with two male extras dressed as members of the Miami Police Department.
Earlier in the day, Zellweger shot scenes in the airport's observation deck.
These scenes represented the end of a long day's shoot for Renee, who worked at 1a.m., filming scenes on an airplane near the airport. The airport was a surprisingly controlled environment for the shoot, with the crew erecting makeshift curtains around a section of the second-floor departure to give Zellweger and the film crew a measure of privacy. But Renee had already made her presence felt in the city. She was seen wandering through the Winnipeg Art Gallery Sunday afternoon to take in the last day of the Andy Warhol exhibit.
"There's no impact on operations really," said Christine Alongi, Richardson International Airport director of Communications.
"People have to go around a bit in the areas that are blocked off," She said, adding that Robin Williams film The Big White and the Ben Kingsley movie You Kill Me both shot scenes at the airport with a minimum of inconvenience to travellers.
Chilled in Miami co-stars Harry Connick Jr., J.K.Simmons, Nathon Fillion and Frances Conroy, and is expected to shoot in Winnipeg for the next six weeks.
08/01/2008 JK Simmons Joined The Cast
J.K. Simmons, who plays the dad in Juno, is about to start work in Canada on Chilled in Miami, starring Renee Zellweger and Harry Connick Jr. "Renee plays a corporate fish out of water from Miami who is transferred to Minnesota and is not happy," says Simmons. "Harry plays a backwoods guy. They hate each other and then, shockingly, they don't."
08/01/2008 Romance In The Air
From sfgate.com, it tells us more about the story of the movie: "Renée Zellweger seems to be cornering the market on romantic comedies. After her 2004 "Bridget Jones" sequel with Colin Firth and Hugh Grant, she hooked up with George Clooney in his screwball sports comedy "Leatherheads," which is due out in April. And this month she begins work with Harry Connick Jr. on "Chilled in Miami." The cute meet: Zellweger is a corporate shark sent to restructure a factory in the Midwest, where she winds up crossing paths with the proletarian of her dreams."
07/08/2007 Renee , Connick Jr. get "chilled"
Renee and Harry Connick Jr. are in negotiations to team in Gold Circle Films' fish -out of water comedy "Chilled in Miami". Danish writer-director Jonas Elmer is aboard to helm
