Hard to say Gina, I think it depends on the person and their approach rather than their experience, maybe the fresh energy of a new director could be a very creative thing! I have  in so many interviews and seen so much behind the scenes stuff on how easy an experience it is for directors and co-stars to work with Nic, and how collaborative the process is!

I think Scott Walker also wrote the screenplay? That has to be cool, to see the project through from conception! Great cast too...really looking forward to this project!

According to Anchorage Daily News, filming began on Frozen Ground today !!

http://community.adn.com/?q=adn/node/158359

Interesting piece from the Location Guide on Alaska filming incentives!

http://www.thelocationguide.com/blog/2011/10/alaskan-filming-incentives-attract-nic-cage-and-john-cusack-feature-the-frozen-ground/

Alaskan filming incentives attract Nic Cage and John Cusack feature The Frozen Ground

According to Hollywood Reporter, Radha Mitchell will play the role of Nic's state trooper character's wife in Frozen ground.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/risky-business/radha-mitchell-cast-playdate-frozen-256897

Wow! That`s a great vid. They are all so exited about it. And, it`s good to know, when they will wrap it up. Thanks for posting, Lula.

You're welcome everyone! 

It is great to see the location and how the sets are created, and there seems to be real openness and buzz there! And did we get a glimpse of Nic shooting too? 

It does seem a short while Lady True, but it only takes a while to create a masterpiece....and the intensity of that must have it's advantages...don't forget Leaving Las Vegas was shot in only 28 days! 

What an amazing opportunity - to film in so many different countries and meet the locals there. I wonder if Nic will visit the museums like he usually does.

UPDATE 11/9/11

Seems a storm is brewing in Alaska.  Hope Nic and the crew are okay...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - An "epic" storm was bearing down on western Alaska on Tuesday, the National Weather Service said, warning that it could be one of the worst on record for the state.

The storm, moving inland from the Aleutian Islands, was expected to bring hurricane-force winds with gusts up to 100 miles per hour, heavy snowfall, widespread coastal flooding and severe erosion to most of Alaska's west coast, the National Weather Service said.

"This will be an extremely dangerous and life threatening storm of an epic magnitude rarely experienced," the service said in a special warning message.

Nome and the rest of the Seward Peninsula, a section of land that juts out toward Siberia, were expected to be the hardest-hit areas, said Andy Brown, lead forecaster for the National Weather Service in Anchorage.

Powerful storms in the North Pacific and Bering Sea are common this time of year, but this event is unusual because of its trajectory, Brown said.

"It's going very far north," he said.

Officials in Nome issued an evacuation order late on Tuesday for people living along Front Street, a beachside avenue that serves as the finish line for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, and for other low-lying areas in town.

At least three other communities were housing residents in local shelters as of Tuesday afternoon, said Bryan Fisher, chief of operations for the Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management.

But long-distance evacuations from the remote region were not considered feasible, Fisher told a media briefing in Anchorage.

NATIVE VILLAGES IN HARM'S WAY

"Air traffic will not be flying in the weather that we're expecting in the next 24 to 48 hours," he said.

Posing an additional threat is the lack of sea ice off northwestern Alaska, forecasters said.

The last time a storm of a similar magnitude was sent in the same northward direction was 1974, but the sea surface was much more frozen then, Brown said.

"History tells that the sea ice helps subdue the storm surge," Brown said. "With no sea ice there, we could see the full brunt of that 6- to 9-foot storm surge."

Arctic sea ice this year reached the second-lowest coverage since satellite records began in 1979, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colorado.

"Forty years ago, a big storm like this would come through and the sea ice would act as sort of a buffer," said Mark Serreze, director of the Snow and Ice Data Center.

"The Bering Sea has and always will have these strong storms. What is different now is their potential destructiveness as you lose the sea ice cover," he added.

Federal, state and local agencies were making emergency preparations in advance of the storm. The state Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management set up an incident command, with numerous agencies coordinating responses.

The U.S. Coast Guard said it has staged helicopters in the region and sent a cutter to prepare for emergency responses, with a special focus on the crab-fishing fleet.

Numerous government agencies have set up an incident command, said Jeremy Zidek, a spokesman for the Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management.

Nome, with 3,600 residents, is one of the largest cities in western Alaska. The communities spread along the coastline are mostly traditional Native settlements, with a few hundred to a few thousand inhabitants, and no roads linking communities.

Although the region is sparsely populated, the storm presents significant dangers, Alaska Senator Mark Begich said in a written statement.

"I realize we are in a remote part of the country, but many people and communities are in harm's way," Begich said.

It is turning out to be quite the cast for Frozen Ground! According to The Hollwood Reporter, Writer / director Ryan O'Nan is on board to play another Alaskan State Trooper alongside Nicolas Cage.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/brooklyn-brothers-ryan-onan-nicolas-cage-258301

Joblo.com also has this brief synopsis, is this the first time we have heard of the name 'Halcombe' for Nic's character? (or have I just been walkng around ith my eyes shut?!)

http://www.joblo.com/horror-movies/news/ryan-onan-joins-nicolas-cage-john-cusak-serial-killer-flick-frozen-ground-02

Quote:

Halcombe (Nicolas Cage) sets out to end the murderous rampage of Robert Hansen (John Cusack), a serial killer who has silently stalked the streets of Alaska for more than 13 years. As the bodies of Anchorage women start to add up, Sgt. Halcombe goes on a personal manhunt to find the killer. When 17 year old Cindy Paulson escapes Hansen's unspeakable violence, she believes the law will take him down. Instead she finds herself, once again, fighting for her life. With her only ally, the unlikely Sgt. Halcombe, Paulson is determined to bring a serial killer to justice.