Arts & Entertainment
Halle Berry, Mark Wahlberg To Film In NJ This Summer: Report
The stars are poised to film in North Jersey for an upcoming Netflix spy thriller, according to NJ.com.
NORTH JERSEY - A star-studded cast is set to film a new Netflix spy thriller in New Jersey later this summer, according to an NJ.com report.
“Our Man From Jersey,” an upcoming movie starring Halle Berry and Mark Wahlberg, is scheduled to film in Jersey City, Bayonne, Kearny and Paterson around July 10, the outlet reported. The project also filmed in London earlier this year.
“Mike, a down-to-earth construction worker from Jersey, is quickly thrust into the world of super spies and secret agents when his high school ex-girlfriend Roxanne recruits him on a high-stakes US intelligence mission,” reads the film’s IMDB description.
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The project is directed by "Ballers" director Julian Farino and written by David Guggenheim (“Safe House,” “Stolen”). It also stars J.K. Simmons (“Whiplash”), Jackie Earle Haley ("Watchmen") and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (“Suicide Squad”) alongside Wahlberg and Berry. Related: $125M NJ Movie, TV Studio Planned: What We Know
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Other current projects filming in North Jersey include Law & Order: Organized Crime, Retreat (Kearny), Isle of the Dead (East Rutherford), The Best Man (Kearny, Newark), Bammas (Newark, Paterson and Passaic), The Kill Room (Jersey City and Hoboken), Wu-Tang: An American Saga (Kearny) and Impossible Valentine (Hoboken, Paterson and Newark). Read more: Film Crew Of 'The Kill Room' With Uma Thurman Is Back In Hoboken
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