UPDATE: Be a Part of Efron Film in Iowa

UPDATE: HELLO NEWTON, IOWA: Zac Efron and Dennis Quaid, will be at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa, on Saturday, July 16, taping scenes for an untitled movie..that's what I was just given...well, that movie isn't about racing per se, but is that farming family movie based in De Kalb County, IL. ...shooting during Prairie Meadows 200... From the Iowa Speedway comes this: Iowa Speedway President Jerry Jauron said: "I hope fans will take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see A-list celebrities and be part of a movie. Let's show the film crew what Midwestern hospitality is all about!"

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NEW: Fans are invited to be part of the movie magic. Tickets for the Prairie Meadows 200 ARCA Series Stock Car and Coca-Cola 200 presented by Hy-Vee NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races are on sale for $25 a http://www.iowaspeedway.com/ZacandDennis .

Fans purchasing tickets online will be entered into a drawing, and 100 lucky winners will have the chance to participate in the pre-race festivities '" and could appear in the crowd scenes in the movie!The film is an untitled, Iowa-based movie (this is Midwest based) starring Efron as a rural teen aspiring to become a professional race car driver; Quaid plays Efron's father in the film. Producers will shoot Efron walking across the pre-race stage, Quaid cheering from the stands, and stock car racing footage during the Prairie Meadows 200 scheduled to begin at 4:15 p.m.

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ILLINOIS FILM NEWS, DE KALB COUNTY:

By Tim O'Brien

OBNS President

Zac Efron is heading to Illinois to film, but it's not in connection with "Superman: Man of Steel." Many times, when executives are looking for a place to shoot a film they will use a working title to disguise the real one. For example, "Autumn Frost" is what led us to "Superman: Man of Steel" which has completed its casting calls for now and will begin filming in Illinois in August. Now comes a project called, for now, the "Untitled Ramin Bahrani Project (2012)" and it will be filmed, I have learned, in De Kalb County, because of its rich and abundant farm land. The plot is simple so far: This will be a drama which focusing on a farmer whose plans cause problems within his family. The plans will surely get in the way of a normal farming family. Besides Efron, the film includes Dennis Quaid, Red West and Maika Monroe. So far, it can be noted that West will play a man named Clifford Whipple and Monroe is Cadence Farrow. It is to be directed by Ramin Bahrani with screenplay credits at this time by Bahrani and Hallie Elizabeth Newton. The film is due to be released in 2012. * * * FOR MORE: http://www.obriennewsservice.com/

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