Things seen around town...

First we have this nice "MOXIE" sign which I noticed right outside of the Emerson Building/La Verne University...

If you were to ask me what my first guess was as to what this sign was for, I would say Night at the Museum 3.  "Moxy" was a major plot point in Night at the Museum 2 and that's where my mind flew to. If I were to take an educated guess at this, given the known filming locations around town, I would say this is for the filming of the drama, Prime Suspect. I saw similar signs on Magnolia for "Trio films" all weekend. 

This next bit I actually photographed while I was near the Magnus Rex sets back in September and I did an "accidental" set visit to the set of Chuck. I've never been a Chuck fan, but I know they're filming the final season now.  Some of the set PA's and actors actually walked over from the Chuck set to The Dark Knight Rises set to see what was going on. Anyway in case you ever wondered what a real live permit looks like: 

Set Strolling on SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS

I don't know a whole lot about Seven Psychopaths. I do know that it has Colin Farrell, Christopher Walken and Sam Rockwell though, and it's from writer/director Martin McDonagh, whose last film, In Bruges, is one of my favorite films of all time. It's a shockingly underrated modern classic that more people owe it to themselves to watch.  I heard they were filming in Downtown LA and apparently other people beat me to the punch a day early judging by set photos of Colin, who I would have loved to have met.  Even so, I took a trip down there and saw some beat up cop cars. It's better than nothing.

One thing I'm coming to learn from set visits is that movies have their own schedules. Some shoot only on weekdays while others choose to do the big scenes on weekends. Looks like this one was a weekday shoot.