UPDATED: 'Joy' Film Crew in Framingham, But No Stars

Film crews for the new Jennifer Lawrence movie were in Framingham Wedesday, but no stars were in town.

Crews were filming under the title Kay’s Baptism in the parking lot of a vacant building on Pleasant Street Connector.

The David O. Russell film, starring Lawrence and Bradley Cooper, titled Joy is about the life of Long Island mom Joy Mangano, who invented the Miracle Mop.

The movie is described as a “rags-to-riches tale about Miracle Mop inventor Mangano, a Long Island single mother of three children, who became a millionaire practically overnight after launching the product on QVC in 1991. Mangano (being portrayed by Lawrence) is a fixture on the Home Shopping Network with her many inventions, though the mop was her ticket to fame and fortune. She began her inventing as a teen and kept on dreaming and tinkering while still a single mom raising three kids.”

The movie has an expected release date of Christmas Day this year.

Scenes from the movie had been filmed in Wilmington, North Reading and Winchester.​

This was the fourth time, Hollywood was in Framingham filming either a movie or television scenes in the last 18 months.

In August 2014, scenes from the Ted 2 movie were filmed in Framingham.

Last November, Vince Vaughn filmed scenes for the movie The Business Trip in Framingham.

In March, NBC filmed a TV pilot starring former Nurse Jackie and Twilight saga actor Peter Facinelli and actor Treat Williams in Framingham.​

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Photo is one tweeted by Jennifer Lawrence’s film company while filming in Wilmington earlier this year.