It’s a good thing NBC’s hit series “Smash” has wrapped its first season. The city has imposed a two-month moratorium on film shoots in Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO—bringing a cease fire to movie-making in two of the borough’s most cinematic communities.
The Brooklyn Paper reports today that the clamp-down follows persistent complaints from neighbors about parking restrictions, lights, power cables and trailers. Continue Reading →
A small film shoot is taking place this morning on Cranberry and Willow streets, which was scheduled to begin at 7 a.m. “All I Need Prods” is the company manning the filming. At the moment, that’s about all we know. Anybody have details? (Photo: Homer Fink)
If you don’t mind some occasional inconvenience, there’s money to be made in making your habitation available for video shoots. Interested? Contact someone like Andrea Raisfeld.
New York Observer: In fact, one Brooklyn Heights townhouse that Ms. Raisfeld represents hosted shoots for Eileen Fisher, Oil of Olay, More magazine, Lucky magazine, Cetaphil, Nordstrom, Bloomingdale’s, Bali Bras, Kmart, Chico’s and Huggies.
At $1,000 to $20,000 a day (even with the 25 percent casting fee that agents generally collect) that’s enough to pay off the mortgage.
Then, again, do you really want your place to be advertising Kmart? Depends on the bucks, I suppose.
On top of filming for CBS-TV’s “Golden Boy” along Remsen Street & Montague Terrace Friday April 6, a second production will be shooting in Brooklyn Heights Friday. Atlantic Pictures is lensing French indie film “People Kissing.” The production company posted a notice along the east side of Clinton Street and on Montague Street above Henry Street, saying, “Please note that vehicles left on these streets after Friday, April 6, at 6 a.m. may be relocated to a block nearby.”
Atlantic Pictures offers a phone number if residents have concerns about deliveries, construction and accessibility needs: 917-771-3792. Continue Reading →
Filming for CBS’ upcoming TV series Golden Boy will take place beginning Thursday April 5 at 10 p.m. into the day Friday April 6, along Montague Terrace and on Remsen Street to Hicks. A “No Parking” warning is posted in hot pink along the shoot’s locale.
The upcoming hour-long drama is “about one cop’s meteoric rise from officer to detective to police commissioner,” according to IMDb. Golden stars Downton Abbey’s Theo James (as Commissioner Walter Clark), Continue Reading →
Filming for a New York Lottery commercial continued throughout the afternoon Tuesday March 20, in front of Banana Republic at 133 Montague Street. This morning, Heights resident Rick Elkin shared with BHB that the action was focused on a vehicle with smashed windshield and a felled lamp-post. Ouch! Continue Reading →
Professional photographer & Heights resident Rick Elkins was walking through the neighborhood around 11:15 this morning, when he came upon the scene of a horrendous mass of metal and debris in front of Banana Republic at 133 Montague Street. Amid the debacle were a vehicle with a smashed windshield, a felled lamp-post and a crushed supermarket cart. Egads!
Our correspondent noted a camera crew in the vicinity and inquired about the goings on. Elkins says: “I asked one of the guys what they were shooting, and got the bored reply, ‘A commercial.’” Oh… Okay, then, please return to your regularly scheduled program. All systems appear normal. (More photos below the jump)
UPDATE: 3:30 p.m. Filming continues with a crowd of zombies and ghouls! The spot is for the New York Lottery. It’s a pretty hilarious scene, with crowds of onlookers amusing themselves. Continue Reading →
The two adjoining wood clapboard multi-level town-homes at 146 and 148 Hicks Street—whose exteriors were seriously damaged when the Mansion House tree fell during last August’s Hurricane Irene—have both been undergoing intensive renovations since, with all new planking installed and replacement windows, many of which were broken by the felled American elm.
This weekend, the scaffolding came down, revealing the refreshed facades of the iconic Hicks homes. The blue three-level 146, built in 1826, was utilized for filming of the Coen brother’s “Burn After Reading,” starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt, as well as the site of an AT&T commercial. Continue Reading →
Shooting for the feature film “Low Life” will take place in Brooklyn Heights Tuesday, February 14, on Montague Street between Clinton and Henry streets. A notice from Jewel Box Productions advises vehicles to make swift haste Monday evening, February 13, with towing beginning at 6 p.m. in surrounding posted areas.
Starring French actress Marion Cotillard and American actor Joaquin Phoenix Continue Reading →
NBC’s upcoming mid-season replacement “Smash,” must be counting on a ratings boon when it launches Feb. 6 at 10 p.m. The show’s crew returned to film in Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO Monday. Seen: lead Katharine McPhee, and episode guests Uma Thurman and Jerry O’Connell. The latter pair was photographed with the “Kill Bill” star playing a courier and landing a punch upside Jerry’s face after she handed over a package. Continue Reading →
Brooklyn Heights continues to be a sweet destination for 2012 dramedy “The Longest Week,” starring Jason Bateman, Olivia Wilde and Billy Crudup. At 11 p.m. Thursday, the bottom of Remsen Street was a maelstrom of lights and crew, as neighborhood filming wrapped Dec. 8.
The shoot was briefly interrupted by real life NYPD police chase that ended with the perp’s car crashing at the corner of Hicks and Montague Street. Earlier in the evening paps caught Wilde and Bateman shooting a scene riding a Vespa.
Shots here of the couple on the Promenade courtesy of Filmofilia.com, while on-scene shots from your BHB reporter.
If it wasn’t enough excitement for Arrested Development freaks to see Jason Bateman (photo, in red tie) shooting pickups for The Longest Week in Brooklyn Heights today, an interesting prop on Willow Street might just have put them over the edge. Okay, maybe not over the edge but… Continue Reading →
The Longest Week will be filming in Brooklyn Heights again on Friday (12/2/11) from 10AM – 11PM according to signs posted in the area. Cars should be moved by 5pm this afternoon. Residents may call the locations department at 646-783-2661 with any questions. Continue Reading →
The Longest Week the Peter Glanz film starring Jason Bateman and Olivia Wilde is shooting today and tomorrow in the North Heights.
Karl Junkersfeld got some video earlier today of the shoot on Orange Street check it out after the jump. Continue Reading →
Filming on Remsen Street between Montague Terrace and Hicks Street 
Monday between 1-6 p.m. for 2012 thriller flick “Broken City”—starring Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe and Catherine Zeta-Jones—is creating less than a thrill for residents.
Signs have been posted since Friday warning that vehicles would be removed beginning at 10 a.m. this morning—and they meant it. Police and tow trucks have been clearing the way since mid-morning, including forcing residential building renovation crew trucks and vans to skedaddle.
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