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FangKC wrote: Thu Sep 01, 2022 8:19 pm The Last of Us TV series has been filming in Kansas City.

https://twitter.com/KansasCity/status/1 ... M27noOOlxQ

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_ ... TV_series)
Considering the premise of the show, I imagine it's not going to portray KC in the most flattering light, but still cool to have a fairly major production filming in town
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FangKC wrote: Thu Sep 01, 2022 8:19 pm The Last of Us TV series has been filming in Kansas City.

https://twitter.com/KansasCity/status/1 ... M27noOOlxQ

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_ ... TV_series)
Very cool. So the Wikipedia entry makes it sound like a crew is filming exteriors in KC but principle scenes with the actors will be filmed in Canada?
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yes. KC is substituting for scenes in Pittsburgh.
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If you thought you loved Jason Sudeikis before, listen to what he said last night post Emmy win when I asked about his hometown. “Kansas City is part of my soul”
https://twitter.com/JordanBettsTV/stat ... xnV3s_RUnQ
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Some footage of downtown Kansas City in the 1950s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5j5pp1yduHA
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FangKC wrote: Tue Sep 20, 2022 6:18 pm Some footage of downtown Kansas City in the 1950s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5j5pp1yduHA
Wow, it’s incredible to see how bustling the downtown was back then. If you start at 20:37 in the video you can see how much activity there was.
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FangKC wrote: Tue Sep 20, 2022 6:18 pm Some footage of downtown Kansas City in the 1950s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5j5pp1yduHA
Some screenshots. Makes KC look like NY

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Interesting how in most of those shots, those buildings are still there just it's not bustling anymore.

I'm sure if Petticoat Lane still existed today, it would once again be a premier area for shopping downtown. What's left of it is more or less a lifeless office street. Thanks Town Pavilion for nothing
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The Kansas City skyline appears in the Starz series, The BMF Documentary, Blowing Money Fast, in an episode entitled "The South Has Something to Say."

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16152514/

The series is also available on Philo.com, Hulu, the Roku Channel, and YouTube.
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KCKev wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 1:21 am
FangKC wrote: Tue Jun 28, 2022 11:32 pm New Short Film ‘West Bottoms’ Puts KC on the Map for Cinematography

https://www.inkansascity.com/arts-enter ... atography/

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CbvUBe-J_4r/
This look great. Looking at the trailer trying to identify locations looks to be the underpass on 17th street heading up to Summit. Anyone else know any of the shot locations? Will have to search for a copy on the intertube.
Movie short online now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIpdcwfktDs&t=4s
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They did a good job with that short movie. Really captured the grittiness of the West Bottoms and fused it with a decent story line. I think it could’ve been a little bit longer, but it was good.
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There are plans to possibly fund a feature length version of this film. Would be amazing to see the city on 35mm one day!
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I liked it , really well done.

I'll forgive them fetishizing the dirtbag downtown motorcycle/car culture we all hate.
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Clipping from The Circleville Herald
Circleville, Ohio
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See the sixth paragraph.

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Barstool Sports - The Definitive Guide To BBQ In Kansas City
Fantastic!

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Was not sure where else to put this. This story about KCPD was on the front page of the Washington Post today. Doesn't really put the department in good light. I didn't know about most of what was in the article.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2 ... nsas-city/
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The entire new episode tonight of 'The Last Of Us' was set in downtown Kansas City. So cool. It's one of the biggest shows out right now.

It appears next weeks episode (and maybe more) are all going to be in KC too
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FangKC wrote: Thu Sep 01, 2022 8:19 pm The Last of Us TV series has been filming in Kansas City.

https://twitter.com/KansasCity/status/1 ... M27noOOlxQ

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_ ... TV_series)
UMKC Roo wrote: Mon Feb 06, 2023 3:05 am The entire new episode tonight of 'The Last Of Us' was set in downtown Kansas City. So cool. It's one of the biggest shows out right now.

It appears next weeks episode (and maybe more) are all going to be in KC too
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trying to figure out which scenes were actually filmed in KC--or did they just take some "B roll" footage for background CGI? in the "behind the scenes" interviews after the episode, the producers said they actually filmed the "kansas city" scenes in calgary. i guess they deviated from having the scenes set in pittsburgh (as in the video game) b/c they were filming in calgary and decided it looked more like KC than pittsburgh.
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chrizow wrote: Mon Feb 06, 2023 9:53 am trying to figure out which scenes were actually filmed in KC--or did they just take some "B roll" footage to do background CGI? in the "behind the scenes" interviews after the episode, the producers said they actually filmed the "kansas city" scenes in calgary. i guess they deviated from having the scenes set in pittsburgh (as in the video game) b/c they were filming in calgary and decided it looked more like KC than pittsburgh.
My fav part of the episode was when Joel says “for the good of this city, we must remove the North Loop” lol
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