Article – One Tree Hill Back to Filming

Posted on March 13th, 2008 by Amy

On March 6, just weeks after learning the show had been picked up for a sixth season, the cast and crew of “One Tree Hill” set up shop at Wrightsville Beach’s Seapath Marina to begin filming episode 13 of season 5. As a result of the 100-plus-day writers’ strike, the area has suffered in terms of production income, and now, with a looming actors’ strike hanging in the balance, Hollywood east is still not out of the woods.

Jane Beck, set costumer for “One Tree Hill,” said that she had a lot of faith that the show would be picked up for a sixth season based on its overall success, but feels lucky just the same to be part of an active production.

“I’m feeling tremendously blessed,” Beck said. “It is one of the CW’s highest rated shows, and since the actors are contracted for one more year, I had a lot of faith that we would be picked up again. There are just so many reasons to do it.”

With many teen dramas going down the destructive path of following their established characters to college, “One Tree Hill” took a different approach

Staff photo by Dana Hawley
Chad Michael Murray, center, and co-star Kieren Hutchinson rehearse a scene for episode No. 513 of “One Tree Hill,” for which the cast and crew filmed at Seapath Marina on Thursday, March 6.

and fast-forwarded each character four years ahead — in seasons five and six, the show has relied on flashbacks to keep the audience up to speed.

Although the show is offering its viewing audience something different when compared to the majority of most teen dramas, the potential actors’ strike may still inhibit the forward motion of all production in the area, which may spell trouble for the film industry as a whole.