Travel News May 2015

-- Independent Film Ashby Filmed in North Carolina

The N.C.-filmed independent feature Ashby premiered this week at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival in New York City as a selection in the event's "Feature Narrative" category. The production, written and directed by Tony McNamara, filmed June-July of 2014 in the Charlotte region. The film is the story of a high school student (Nat Wolff) who befriends a former CIA assassin (Mickey Rourke) who only has a few months left to live. Ashby was one of more than 50 productions to shoot in the state last year who combined had an estimated direct in-state spend in excess of $316 million while creating more than 19,000 job opportunities while filming in more than one third of the state's 100 counties.