tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7443056582484561574.post-51641624869608728842008-01-22T12:23:00.003-05:002008-07-01T12:52:49.892-04:002008-07-01T12:52:49.892-04:00<div style="text-align: justify;">Looks like we're in for some more movie filming coming up soon. Martin Scorsese will be filming a movie adaptation of Dennis Lehane's book "Shutter Island" in Boston starting in March. Coming up this Saturday, Jan 26th will be an open casting call.<br /><br />The movie which is currently called "Ashecliffe" is set in a 1950's mental institution with flashbacks to a World War II concentration camp. The film will star: Leonardo DiCaprio, Michelle Williams, Patricia Clarkson, Ben Kingsley, and Mark Ruffalo.<br /><br /><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.gwcnyc.com/casting.shtml">Grant Wilfley Casting</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> is opening a satellite office in Boston for the feature film ASHECLIFFE directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Filming begins in the Boston, Mass. area in March 2008. An open call will be held from 10am to 4pm on Saturday Jan. 26 at Boston University (George Sherman Union- Metcalf Hall) 775 Commonwealth Ave. Boston, MA 02215 to cast extras for the feature film.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;">Casting for people to play mental institution staff (doctors, nurses, orderlies, guards), mental patients (including interesting, quirky or unusual character faces), the malnourished and emaciated concentration camp prisoners (many of whom will have their heads shaved), and people to play WWII American and German soldiers (young athletic types, people with military or law enforcement experience and knowledge of firearms, police officers, fire fighters, ROTC, etc). Seeking men who are willing to have their hair cut short and women with natural-looking hair color, no highlights. Specifically seeking Caucasian and African American people. If you cannot attend the open call, you can mail in a recent picture and contact information to - Ashecliffe Production Office, Attn: Grant Wilfley Casting, 51 Sleeper Street, 5th Floor, Boston, MA 02210 or email boston@gwcnyc.com.</span><br /><br />I wonder how Giselle feels about Leo spending some time in Boston.<br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">UPDATE 1/30/08:</span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The casting call has come and gone. A few thousand people showed up. Here are a few more details on the filming: Filming is scheduled to begin in March and will last three months and will take place at Whittenton Mills in Taunton and the former Medfield State Hospital.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Update 3/12/08</span><br />According to the Globe, filming is currently taking place a the 42 acre Whittenton Mills complex along the Mill River in Taunton. And filming will also take place later at the former Medfield State Hospital.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Update 7/1/08</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">No, that's not a male nurse in a Shaw's parking lot, it's actor Leonardo DiCaprio on the set of Martin Scorsese's new movie "Ashecliffe." In the film, which was shooting in Hull over the weekend, DiCaprio plays a US Marshal investigating the disappearance of a murderess who has escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane</span> (<a href="http://www.boston.com/ae/celebrity/articles/2008/07/01/dead_on_arrival/?page=2">here</a>).<br /><br />Sorry I couldn't find the pic online.<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Know of Any Interesting Boston News or Events That You'd Like to Share?</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Email me at <a href="http://www.zend2.com/browse.php?u=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5iZWFudG93bmJsb2dnZXJ5LmNvbS9tYWlsdG86YmVhbnRvd25ibG9nQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ%3D%3D&amp;b=31">beantownblog@gmail.com</a><br /><br /></span></div>Beantown Bloggeryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04813218028299370371noreply@blogger.com