The Selena Gomez movie, partly filmed at Ringling College, will compete in August at the Venice Film Festival.
Filmed at Ringling College of Art + Design, and St. Pete Beach and in other beach cities on the southwest Florida coast, "Spring Breakers" will make its debut in another watery setting: Venice, Italy. The new crime caper, featuring bikini clad starlets on scooters, will vie for top honors at the 69th Venice Film Festival, from Aug. 26-Sept. 8, according to Ace Showbiz. "Spring Breakers" is scheduled for a 2013 U.S. film release, and stars Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens and James Franco. The moviemaking caused quite a stir in the Tampa Bay area, with streets scenes filmed along St. Pete Beach's Corey Avenue and a jail scene made in Gulfport. Filming also was done in Sarasota where classrooms and housing at Ringling College was used for …
"Spring Breakers" will have production work during Ringling College's own spring break, which begins Monday.
A spring break film staring James Franco, Selena Gomez and Vanessa Hudgens is coming to shoot at Ringling College of Art and Design starting Monday, according to media reports. Ringling students will also get to be involved in the production, WWSB reports: "The college says that its campus will serve as a setting for part of the film – said to star Oscar-nominee James Franco, as well as Selena Gomez and Vanessa Hudgens. Ringling students will serve as extras. Others will work as interns on the crew. Even those not involved are curious to watch. “It will be interesting to see the interaction that goes on between the students and the production,” says Ringling student Gabbi Ricci." The plot features the standard fun leads to trouble during …
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