PROVIDENCE – J.J. Abrams won’t limit filming of his new movie to Providence, the state’s film commissioner told The Providence Journal on Friday, Aug. 15.
In fact, the filming won’t be limited to Rhode Island, according to Steven Feinberg, executive director of the Rhode Island Film & Television Office. But Feinberg declined to identify which locations will be used for filming. He wouldn’t even say which Rhode Island communities will be involved and which other state will be used.
Actor Glen Powell, center, and director J.J. Abrams film on Glasgow’s Newton Street in June for the Warner Bros. production of “Ghostwriter.”
Feinberg has not acknowledged that Abrams is behind the film that Feinberg’s office in a Aug. 14 press release identified only as being a Warner Bros. Pictures project.
Abrams, whose credits include “Star Wars,” “Star Trek” and “Mission: Impossible” movies as well as the TV series “Lost,” had been filming the science-fiction blockbuster “Ghostwriter” in the United Kingdom this summer before coming to Providence. “Ghostwriter” stars Samuel L. Jackson, Glen Powell, Jenna Ortega and Emma Mackey.
Producers have said that filming will take place on Benefit, Angell and Thomas streets on Monday, Aug. 18. Film crews were spotted Thursday, Aug. 14, renovating Rockstar Piercing on Wickenden Street into a cell phone store set. And the city has announced that the Point Street Bridge will be closed to traffic Sunday, Aug. 24, into Monday, Aug. 25.
With filming expected to span that week-long period, that means plenty of other locations have not been publicly announced.
A movie truck parks on Wickenden Street at the corner of Hope Street on the morning of Aug. 14 as a crew redecorates the Rockstar Piercing parlor to portray a cell phone store for a J.J. Abrams movie that is expected to start filming Monday, Aug. 18.
Does J.J. Abrams’ new movie qualify for RI tax credits?
On Aug. 15, Feinberg said that the production will not be participating in the state’s film tax-credit program because it fails to meet the program’s criteria. A majority of a movie must be made in Rhode Island, or it must spend at least $10 million in Rhode Island to qualify for a tax break equal to 30% of the movie’s production costs. The Abrams movie does not meet either requirement.
This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: JJ Abrams’ new movie will use several RI communities to film
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