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Nicole Kidman and Elizabeth Olsen were in Central Texas last week filming a new series. (CC)
More Hollywood stars are coming to the Hill Country as a new HBO series started filming in Williamson County last week.
In Hutto, film crews began shooting "Love and Death," a new series executive produced by Academy-award winning actress Nicole Kidman and starring "Wandavision" star Elizabeth Olsen. The series—about the frustrations and desires of two women in a small town that culminates in a terrible act of violence, according to an HBO executive—is based on the book "Evidence of Love: A True Story of Passion and Death in the Suburbs" and a collection of articles from Texas Monthly (Love & Death in Silicon Prairie).
The first of the filming was done at Hutto's historic Church Street and Live Oak Street. In a city of Hutto release, it states the community nearby was notified. Production will return to the Central Texas town later this year, according to the city.
This is the 20th production filmed in Hutto, which was named a Film Friendly Community by the State of Texas.
The Austin area has been increasingly chosen as the backdrop for films. "Walker," a reboot of "Walker, Texas Ranger," was just renewed for season two after filming season one in Austin. Additionally, Ben Affleck is living in town as he films for a new Robert Rodriguez film "Hypnotic."
And to make it easier on themselves, HBO is reportedly leasing about 110,000 square feet in Kyle for storage space as it prepares for the production of a movie based in Lockhart.
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With major entertainment events slated for October, the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport is gearing up for a busy month.
Artists and music lovers are set to pack into Zilker Park for The Austin City Limits Music Festival in the coming two weekends. Following that, Formula One will bring racing fans to the Circuit of the Americas.
For those two events, the airport is anticipating high passenger days with 30,000 or more people departing flights.
ABIA recommends arriving at least two and a half hours in advance for domestic flights on those days. For ACL, it's expected on both Sundays of the festival along with the Monday and Tuesday after. The F1-driven high passenger days are expected on Oct. 20-21 and Oct. 23-26.
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F1, especially, could draw in loads of travelers as the three-day event saw 400,000 attendees last year. ABIA warns that highways leading to the airport may see even higher traffic than usual around the event and that travelers should plan their route accordingly.
Bailey Grimmett, a spokesperson for ABIA, said travel numbers come in 24 hours in advance. So, it's hard to predict if the airport will see travel volumes at the same levels that have happened around previous F1 races or if it'll top ACL's flight traffic.
Still, she says historical knowledge points to a chance for it.
“We've had that Monday after F1 break the record for single busiest in airport history," Grimmett said. "So context clues I would say yes, but I can't confirm that. But the historical background points to that."
In anticipation of the high volume of flyers, the airport received additional TSA officers for security screening through the end of October. To prepare even further, the Department of Aviation and partners hosted a job showcase and hiring fair to address the continued labor shortage the airport has experienced.
Relief from hectic travel days is on the horizon with November likely to see a slowdown.
"I don't anticipate it will be as busy as October just because we don't have as many events going on," Grimmett said. "Thanksgiving is kind of our primary holiday that we see a lot of passengers coming in and out of the airport."
