Hollywood East Films

06/17/2026

https://theslate.hollywoodeastfilms.co/posts/above-the-hook-the-highlands-historian

Eric Kane built Above the Hook from zero in September 2025. Nine months later, the Highlands treats him like its historian. How a brand that refuses to sell became the area's memory.

06/16/2026

https://theslate.hollywoodeastfilms.co/posts/the-freehold-acting-school-that-keeps-booking-netflix

Ralph Colombino has been running Actors Playground in Freehold since 2005. His students are on Stranger Things, in Happy Madison films, on Law & Order. The quiet engine of Hollywood East.

05/23/2026

TONIGHT — episode 3 of Dutton Ranch on .

Miguel rides for 10 Petal.
He also lifts at our gym.

Last week, we sat down with for our "Jersey's Best" segment on The Slate — six rapid questions, no takebacks, eight pins on the map. The guy you've been watching square up with the Duttons on Friday nights is the same guy who knows where the slice is in South Amboy.

FAVORITE RESTAURANT → One Willow, Highlands
ALSO → Ember & Eagle, Eatontown
FAVORITE BEACH TOWN → LBI
SUNSET → Hotel LBI, Ship Bottom
GYM → Power Pack, Atlantic Highlands
SLICE → Delio's, South Amboy
ALSO → Franny's, Highlands
THE VIEW → Beacon Hill, Atlantic Highlands

Memorial Day Weekend. The shore is open. The playbook is dropped.

Watch Dutton Ranch tonight. Tag the spot you're hitting first.

🎙️ The Slate
A Hollywood East Films production

05/12/2026

Behind every great man is an even better woman.
(Even though I'm behind her in this one.)
Meet Kelly. She helps run the business. Keeps me sane. Keeps me organized. Gives me the hug at the end of the long day. Lifts me up when I'm dragging. None of this — the company, the work, the life — happens without her.
I'm the guy you usually see behind the camera. She's the reason I'm still standing in front of it here, smiling like an idiot.
Love you, 🤍
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Hollywood East Films | cinematic identity

05/06/2026

Calling all Jersey Shore restaurants, hotels, and shops 👋
Memorial Day to Labor Day is the entire year. Fourteen weeks to make your year.
So I'm doing this:
Five Shore businesses. One shoot day per business. Brand film, 20 editorial photos, 6 hand-crafted Reels, full b-roll library. Shot before Memorial Day, delivered mid-June.
Founding rate $3,950 — worth $12,150 stand-alone.
4 of 5 slots left.
Booking closes May 18.
Apply at the link in bio 🎬

05/04/2026

Most agents use video to market a listing. The smart ones use video to win the listing.

40 Wakefield is the property Jillian Abbadessa just signed. The reason she's the one who signed it? A previous film we made together. The seller saw it. Recognized the level. Made the call.

That's what a cinematic identity does. It works for you before you even know who it's working on.

"Chris brings storytelling to life through video in a way that truly sets my brand apart. He creates a full day-in-the-life experience that sells the lifestyle, not just the home. His work doesn't just look good — it performs. I've gained new clients directly from his videos and sold homes faster because of the visibility and engagement they create."

— Jillian Abbadessa, Luxury Real Estate · NY & NJ

Imagine working with the right media company and building the real estate business you actually want.

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Hollywood East Films · NJ · NY hollywoodeastfilms.co

05/03/2026

Some brands here will be remembered. Most will be scrolled past.

Hollywood East Films makes cinematic identity for the people building the new Jersey Shore — luxury real estate, Shore brands, the businesses that'll be on camera when the rest of the country shows up.

25 years on network sets. Emmy-nominated. Survivor, HBO, MLB Network, Discovery, CBS to make a few. Now home, telling the story of the Shore I live on — while Netflix builds Hollywood East a few miles down the road.

Selective slate. A few clients a quarter. We don't take everyone.

If you're building something here — a $5M listing, a beach club, a brand that deserves to outlast the algorithm — let's talk.

📍 Serving Monmouth · Ocean · Middlesex · NYC 🎬 hollywoodeastfilms.co

05/03/2026

Derby Day in Sea Bright, NJ