Lights, Camera, Action: Film Crew Takes Over Home In Chevy Chase Neighborhood

CHEVY CHASE, MD — When the RVs and trucks started showing up on the quiet residential street in Chevy Chase, it looked like Cousin Eddie and his extended family had returned for a spring break visit and were planning another extended stay.

The people in the vehicles had also shown up with lights, but not the decorative Christmas-style to hang on the house.

As neighbors became curious about the new guests early last week, they learned a film crew had taken over the house on the corner of Leland Street and Rolling Road, a block from Beach Drive.

The crew told neighbors that BET was using the house to make a film, with a working title of "Wake" that might be streamed on BET+. On at least one day last week, work on the film started at around 6:30 p.m. and continued into the night.

According to the word on the street, the RVs and trucks would be there for about a week to 10 days. Neighbors have not reported seeing or hearing actors Randy Quaid and Chevy Chase arguing inside one of the RVs.

Patch contacted BET to learn about the movie production in the Chevy Chase neighborhood and to get a plot summary of the movie. BET had not responded at the time this article was published.