Edge of Darkness and Britney to Boston?

A popular TV series is coming to Boston and is being made into a movie. According to the Boston Globe, filming will take place this summer for Edge of Darkness which follows a police investigator whose activist daughter is killed under mysterious circumstances.

Mel Gibson is set to begin filming the flick in August with Boston local William Monahan penning the script. The movie is being produced by Graham King who last worked with Monahan on the Oscar winning The Departed.

Also ,according to another Boston Globe article, rumored to join the cast is Britney Spears. Is Boston ready for Britney? We’ll have to see.