Knowing

     There is a new Nicolas Cage movie coming out next year called, "Knowing," which is supposed to be a real thriller...  It is directed by Alex Proyas, an Australian raised filmmaker - he grew up in Australia since he was three years old, and went on to attend the Australian Film Television and Radio School.

     The premise of this science fiction picture revolves around a professor (Cage) finding truth behind contents of a time capsule, leading him to believe that the world is ending and that he and his son are involved in some kind of apocalypse.  It is set for theaters March 20th, 2009.

     the film is set in Boston, and location shooting took place in Westford Massachusetts in September.  However, they were only shooting here for just a couple of days because the majority of the film was shot in Australia.  To represent the city, filmmakers used Australia's Camberwell High School, Geelong Ring Road, Melbourne Museum, Mount Macedon, and Collins Street.  The Australian Synchrotron conference room was transformed into Cage's on-screen office, and the Camberwell High School was converted to John Adams Elementary in Boston circa 1958.  In studio shots were done at the Melbourne central City Studios.  It is interesting that Australia was chosen to represent Boston for the shooting of this film.

-Matt Colbert