The film "Crazy Heart" will shoot in New Mexico this summer, says Gov. Bill Richardson’s office. It stars Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Robert Duvall.
The music-based drama is based on the novel, "Crazy Heart," by Thomas Cobb, about a down-and-out alcoholic country singer who gets his life and career back on track through his relationship and experiences with a woman reporter.
The film will be produced by Duvall and Robert Carliner of Butcher’s Run Films, and by Informant Media’s Judy Cairo, Scott Cooper and T Bone Burnett. Bridges also will serve as executive producer along with Michael A. Simpson and Eric Brenner of Informant, and Jeff Yapp of CMT films. Cooper is the writer and director http://abc-cashadvance.com.
The production will be shot in and around Santa Fe from August through September.
Since 2003, more than 100 major film and television projects have been shot in the state, bringing about $1.8 billion in economic impact to New Mexico.