Governor Bill Richardson Announces Night and Day to be Filmed in New Mexico
Contact: New Mexico Film Office (505) 476-5600SANTA FE—Governor Bill Richardson today announced that the Muse Entertainment Enterprises/TNT pilot, Night and Day, will shoot in New Mexico.
The production will be shot in and around Albuquerque from October 22 through November 2 and expects to hire approximately 75 local crew members, 5 principal actors and over 150 background talent. Night and Day will star William Fichtner (Crash, The Dark Knight, Mr. & Mrs. Smith), Sherry Stringfield (ER, Autumn in New York, Shark, In Plain Sight) and Riley Smith (Radio, New York Minute, Eight Legged Freaks). Executive producers are Emmy Award-winning Joel Surnow (24) and Emmy Award-winning Todd Robinson (The Legend of Billy the Kid). Producers are Emmy Award-winning Neal Ahern (The West Wing) and KC Warnke, with Milan Cheylov directing. Night and Day is a fast-paced, gritty drama about the life of Dan Hollister (Fichtner), an agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms who works for a special threat intervention task force which is juxtaposed against his home life. This marks the 109th major film or TV production shot in New Mexico since Governor Richardson took office, adding close to $1.9 billion dollars in economic impact.
