A neighbor tipped me off to a massive film crew setting up last night on St. James and Washington, saying, “Probably just Law and Order, but it looks to be bigger than that.”
So I checked it out. Sure enough, there were countless trailers, equipment, etc on Lafayette, Washington, Clifton and St. James this morning.
This flier was taped to neighbors’ doors:
Regency Television Productions, Inc. is currently in production of a FOX Television pilot titled New Amsterdam, starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Firewall, Kingdon of Heaven and Wimbledon) and directed by Lasse Hallstrom (An Unfinished Life, Cider House Rules, Chocolat). This project is the first venture into American television for the Oscar-nominated director. The series, written by Allan Loeb and Christian Taylor, centers on John Amsterdam, a man cursed with immortality who works as a homicide detective in New York.
Sounds like a mix of L&O and Heroes, which is fine by me. Plus, if it’s filmed in CH, I will watch.
I think this house on Washington is being used as the set, inside and out:
Buzz and reviews sound good so far. Here’s more info on the show:
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Cool! I thought it looked bigger than L&O.
Our neighborhood sees a lot of shooting. They filmed an L&O in the halloween house or one near it and they just did the Sopranos on Clinton between Myrtle and Willoughby. Also, the brownstone scenes in Munich were filmed near Dekalb.
oops I’m sure my first sentence is gonna get some wise cracks…
I tried reading the book it’s based on, Foreveer by Pete Hamill, but it was kind of boring.
OMG- I tried reading Forever, too, and it was godawful! Not just boring, but pretty cheesy! Still, I really liked the premise- let’s hope that the series is better than the book.
I liked A Drinking Life by Pete Hamill. Never tried Forever.
While the big shoots post descriptive letters — or even leave piles of them in apartment building lobbies — everyone with a Film Office permit must identify the project by title on the temporary “No Parking” signs and on the permits on the dashboard of all the vehicles. You can then enter the title at IMDB.com and learn more.
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