Hollywood has hit the Hub. Here is what is filming in Boston.
Shooting in 2008
Ashecliffe: Based on the book
Shutter Island by local author Dennis Lehane (
Mystic River and
Gone Baby Gone), Ashecliffe follows the story of two United States Marshals who investigate a mental patient’s disappearance on a Boston area island. They uncover that nothing is quite what it seems on this mysterious island.
- Starring: Directed by Martin Scorcese: Mark Ruffalo, Sir Ben Kingsley and Leonardo DiCaprio
- Filming: East Boston, Taunton, Medfield, Nahant Beach, Hyde Park and Boston Harbor Islands (Peddocks Island), North End
- Status: Filming completed (March-July 08); for release in 2009
Bride Wars: Best friends become rivals when they schedule their respective weddings on the same day.
- Starring: Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway
- Filming: South Station, Public Gardens, Suite nightclub and Back Bay
- Status: In Post Production as of July 2008; for release in 2009
Edge of Darkness: A police officer investigates the death of his activist daughter.
-Starring: Mel Gibson
-Filming: South Boston
-Status: Filming as of 09/09/08
The Fallen: A true-life story of a Boston Fire Fighter whose life is turned upside down after a devastating injury leaves him with a severe drug addiction.
- Starring: TBD
- Filming: TBD
- Status: Filming soon
Ghosts of Girlfriend's Past: The romantic comedy is about a bachelor who attends his younger brother’s wedding and is haunted by the ghosts of his past girlfriends.
- Starring: Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner
- Filming: South Street, Wellesley, Ipswitch, Chelsea, and Hingham
- Status: Post production as of July 2008; for release in 2009
- Tidbit: Ben Affleck was originally slated to play in McConaughey's role
Paul Blart: Mall Cop:
Paul Blart: Mall Cop is a comedy about a security guard who tries to stop a group of crooks who are taking over a mall.
- Starring: Executive Producer Adam Sandler; Kevin James
- Filming: Boston Harbor Islands, Burlington Mall, Hanscom Fields, Centre Street in West Roxbury, South Shore Plaza
- Status: Post Production as of July 2008; for release in January 2009
The Proposal: A pushy boss marries her young assistant in order to keep her Visa status in the U.S. and avoid deportation to Canada.
- Starring: Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock
- Filming: Financial district, Rockport area, Salem
- Status: Post production as of July 2008
- Tidbit: While in Massachusetts, Bullock got in car accident but was not hurt.
The Surrogates: The Disney a sci-fi thriller story is set in the near future where humans interact with one another through surrogate robots.
- Starring: Bruce Willis
- Filming: Seaport District, Old Worcester Courthouse, Worcester, MA, Back Bay
- Status: Completed Filming as of August 2008
This Side of the Truth: A comedy about a town where no one has ever lied - until a writer decides to give it a shot for his own personal gain.
- Starring: Written/Directed by Ricky Gervais: Tina Fey, Jennifer Gardner, Christopher Guest, Jason Bateman (rumored) Rob Lowe
- Filming: Lowell, MA
- Status: Completed filming as of September 2008;
Filmed in 2007
21: Based on Ben Mezrich’s bestseller,
Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six MIT Students Who Took Vegas for Millions,
21 shows how some MIT students beat Vegas.
- Starring: Jim Sturgess, Kevin Spacey and Kate Bosworth
- Filming: South Street Diner, Boston Convention Center, Harvard Medical Center, Copley Mall, Boston University
- Status: on DVD
The Box: This thriller/horror focuses on the the story of a mysterious wooden box that brings both fortune and misfortune into the lives of a couple after being opened.
- Starring: Cameron Diaz and James Marsden
- Filming: South Boston, Boston Public Library, Ipswitch
- Status: Post production for release in late 2008
My Best Friend's Girl: Comedy about a guy who men hire to take their ex-girlfriends on bad dates so they crawl back to their boyfriends.
- Starring: Dane Cook and Kate Hudson
- Filming: Castle in the South End, Boston Common, South Street Church, Copley Square
- Status: Post production for release September 19, 2008
The Great Debaters: A 1930s African American debate team takes on Harvard and wins.
- Starring: Dane Cook and Kate Hudson
- Filming: Acorn Street in Beacon Hill, Wang Center
- Status: Released in theaters December 2007
- Tidbit: Wang Center doubles as a train station
The Lonely Maiden: The comedy centers on three museum security guards who devise a plan to steal back the artworks to which they have become attached after they are transferred to another museum.
- Starring: Morgan Freeman, William H. Macy and Christopher Walken
- Filming: Public Garden
- Status: Post production for release in late 2008
On Broadway: A playwright stages a production of his work in the back of an Irish pub.
- Starring: Joseph McIntyre, Eliza Dushku and Will Arnett
- Filming: Dorchester, Waltham, Boston Public Library
- Status: Awaiting distribution
Pink Panther 2: Insp. Jacques Clouseau teams up with a squad of International detectives who are just as bumbling as he is.
- Starring: Steve Martin and Andy Garcia
- Filming: Chelsea, Wang Theatre, Financial District
- Status: Post production for release in 2009
- Tidbit: Boston doubles as France
Real Men Cry: The story follows two childhood friends as they go through life surviving through petty robbery and other crimes in South Boston.
- Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Ethan Hawke, Amanda Peet and Donnie Wahlberg
- Filming: South Boston
- Status: Post production for release in 2008
The Women: A wealthy New Yorker leaves her cheating husband and bonds with other society women at a resort.
- Starring: Annette Bening, Meg Ryan and Eva Mendes, Debra Messing
- Filming: South End, Back Bay, Newbury Street, Boston Public Library
- Status: In Theaters
- Tidbit: Boston doubles as New York. Rumored not to have a single man in the cast.
Information compiled from various sources including IMDB.com, the
Boston Herald and the
Boston Globe.
Labels: Anne Hathaway, Ashecliffe, Ben Kinsley, Bride Wars, Edge of Darkness, Kate Hudson, Kevin James, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Martin Scorsese, This Side of the Truth
