Suddenly, airplanes are the big thing for the big screen. We caught up with producer Karl Koeppen at Sun ‘n Fun, who is ready to start work on “Northern Lights,” about airshow pilots, later this summer. (Click here for the podcast interview with AVweb editor-in-chief Russ Niles.) This week, a film crew visited EAA in Oshkosh, Wis., to shoot aviation scenes for “Public Enemies,” a gangster movie starring Johnny Depp. Also this week, Variety reported that Hilary Swank and Richard Gere will star in a movie about Amelia Earhart. Shooting will start later this month in Toronto, Nova Scotia, and South Africa.
Of course, airplanes are nothing new in the movies. The Reel Stuff Film Festival opens this week in Dayton, Ohio, with eight classic movies on screen, Thursday through Saturday. The lineup includes “633 Squadron” with Cliff Robertson, “Top Gun,” the Imax film “Fighter Pilot,” and more.
