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USA Network’s Mr. Robot is Filming Again in Coney Island

Posted in film, Television, tagged Christian Slater, Mr. Robot, Rami Malek, USa Network on April 19, 2015| 2 Comments »

Notices on Surf Avenue say that Mr. Robot is shooting on Surf Avenue in Coney Island on Tuesday. April 18, 2015. Photo © Tricia Vita

USA Network’s Mr. Robot, a hacker drama starring Christian Slater, which premieres on June 24, will be filming in Coney Island again on Tuesday. Casting notices say they’ll be shooting exteriors all day. Last October, scenes for the pilot were shot in Wonder Wheel Park.

In the thrilling new trailer for the show, you’ll catch a glimpse of Slater riding in one of the Wheel’s cars with Elliot (Rami Malek), a cybersecurity engineer by day and vigilante hacker by night. Slater’s Mr. Robot is the mysterious leader of an underground hacker group trying to recruit Elliot to destroy the firm he is paid to protect. “What if you could set in motion the single biggest incident of wealth redistribution in history?” Slater asks him as they whirl in the sky over Coney Island.

Last Month, Mr. Robot won the SXSW Audience Award. On April 26, the Tribeca Film Festival will have an advance screening of the pilot episode.

Work-in-Progress: Tommy Holiday’s Coney Island Mural on Surf Avenue

Posted in art, tagged LunaTics Ice Cream, mural, sign painter, Surf Avenue, Tommy Holiday on April 15, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Work-in-progress: Tommy Holiday mural on side of LunaTics Ice Cream, Coney Island. April 15, 2015. Photo by Stan Fox

“A friend and I will be painting a huge Coney Island mural on the side of LunaTics Ice Cream shop on Surf Avenue,” wrote Coney sign painter Tommy Holiday in an email to ATZ. His previous work in Coney Island includes Coney Island USA, Wonder Wheel Park, and the cars of the Cyclone. Today, they are filling in the letters with designs featuring Steeplechase’s Funny Face, the Wonder Wheel, Luna Park’s gate and more. Many thanks to Stan Fox for his photos of the work-in-progress.

Work-in-progress: mural on side of LunaTics Ice Cream, Coney Island. April 15, 2015. Photo by Stan Fox

Rare & Vintage: Show Painter Jim Hand’s Yard Sale

Posted in art, circus, sideshow, tagged Jim Hand, Show Painter, Yard Sale on April 14, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Signs by Show Painter Jim Hand via Facebook.com/Circuspainter

Florida-based show painter Jim Hand is (forgive the pun) an old hand at painting signs and banners for circuses and sideshows including Hall & Christ’s World of Wonders. Over the weekend he posted these photos on his Facebook page with the following pitch that quickly gathered a tip of interested customers.

I been ‘thinking” of doing this for along time….TODAY was THE DAY……I started cleaning out my storage sheds and the old truck in my yard…..Man -o-man some of this stuff hasn’t seen the light of day for YEARS……

I have been saving (hoarding ?) this stuff thinking I might need that piece ‘some day’….

EBAY HERE I COME !!! It’s time to let all my treasures go….But FIRST I will post a picture here on my page to see if any of you has space in your shed for something you “Might need someday”

PM me if you have any interest….