Chris Paine is a busy guy. Not only is he currently in the midst of filming a sequel to his successful documentary Who Killed The Electric Car?, but he’s also about to open to the public his “green demonstration home” in Southern California. Called The Marraskesh House, Chris and his team transformed a hillside mid-century [...]
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Chris Paine — well known director of Who Killed The Electric Car? — has launched a blog site for his next film Revenge of the Electric Car.
There’s not much content yet, but the FAQ is revealing. For instance, Paine is empathetic that this film not be labeled as a “follow up” or “sequel” saying that [...]
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Chris Paine, director of the popular doc Who Killed The Electric Car, is currently working on the sequel titled Revenge of the Electric Car. Set to hit theaters in 2009, Paine won’t reveal much more other than “the movie will chronicle the work major automakers are doing to get a second generation of electric cars [...]
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Last Thursday evening, Tesla Motors — makers of the all-electric Tesla Roadster — celebrated the opening of their first ever retail store in Santa Monica, California. Celebrities in attendance included Quincy Jones, Jenny McCarthy, Anna Getty and Jenna Elfman. Also roaming around with a camera, and no doubt thrilled to see such an event happening, [...]
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Now that the Tesla Roadster is actually starting to trickle on to roads around America, speculation is heating up as to who’s on the list — and when they’re getting their car. We already know George Clooney, Matt Damon, Michael “Flea” Balzary, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Will.i.am, and Aaron Wills are signed up and paid. We also [...]
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Some of our favorite green documentary directors have been attendance at Hollywood Goes Green; most notable being Leila Connors Petersen of The 11th Hour and Chris Paine of Who Killed The Electric Car.
Ms. Petersen joined a panel titled “Pitching, Producing and Marketing Environmental Themes in Feature Films” and offered some insightful commentary on the differences [...]
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