May 22, 2013

Big Spence and New York Hook Up for ‘The Shop’

big spence & tiffany pollard

*Big Spence (born Marcus Spencer) continues to stay busy in the acting game. Spence’s publicist person, Sue McGaughey says the actor’s latest project is “The Shop” (Shawn Cunningham/Straightlyne films). The production, filmed on location in Oakland, also features none other than Tiffany Pollard (“I Love New York”). It goes without saying that anything with Pollard [...]




Actor Big Spence Joins Cast of ‘Fruitvale’ (the Oscar Grant Story)

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*If you’re wondering about actor/producer Big Spence, he has been busy on the set of “Fruitvale.” “Fruitvale,” an Indie film written and directed by Oakland, CA native Ryan Coogler and  produced by Oscar winner Forrest Whitaker, is being filmed currently in the Bay Area. The film will prove to be a heart wrenching as it [...]




Big Spence is on the Move: Actor Experiencing Busy Year

big spence

*If you’ve been wondering about actor Marcus Spence, better known to the acting community and his fans as Big Spence, well,  he’s having quite a busy 2012. Currently, you can find him on set of “The Shop” which is being filmed in Oakland, CA. “The Shop,” a Shawn Cunningham film, is about two friends and [...]




Big Spence is Back in Sac!

Big Spence

*Big Spence, graduate of the Sacramento area’s Del Campo High (DC) in 2002 is back in town working on the new feature film Ivy. Many of you know him as Marcus Spencer, football phenom from DC but now he goes by ‘Big Spence’ christened with the name by non other than 4 time Grammy-Award Winner [...]




New Civil Rights Movie (‘IVY’) Set for Filming in Sacramento

Ivy Bridge Location

Ivy is a 50’s period piece and is set in the deep dirty South.  But Ivy is being shot entirely in the Golden State’s capital city of Sacramento and is being produced by Wagner Media. Sacramento’s roots in filmmaking run deep going back as far as the early 1900s. Ivy the feature film and character [...]




Growing Up ‘BIG’: Big Spence – The Marcus Spencer Story

Big Spence, Malcolm Warner & Ed Gillis III on the set of TRUE BLUE

*His story would make an excellent movie. Marcus Spencer’s (Big Spence) quintessential upbringing started in Oakland, CA. He grew up in Oakland as well as Richmond, two northern California urban cities with many roads to take (the majority being bad). Big Spence was the third of six boys from his mom. He became a “ward [...]