They’re not taking chances and minimizing risks. The shot on the left is during rehearsal, everyone wears a mask during rehearsals. In this scene on Market Street in front of the Loews Hotel, Adam Sandler valets his car. There’s a different person who takes the discarded masks as well. I noticed that those people are right there when the actor is done filming a scene, to give him a mask. In the container is a bunch of masks (The guy with the mask containers mom contacted me to say she hasn’t seen her son in a month as he’s been quarantined well before filming started). When Juancho is done he goes to the Covid Safety person, who in the right photo is carrying a blue container. In this shot you can see NBA player Juancho Hernangomez filming a scene on the left, the camera man has a mask on as does the sound guy. The transportation vans all have a plastic sheet protecting the extras/actors from the drivers. Note the people with the Yellow and Red Vests on. For example the past two days the extras were staying in a hotel. Those would be the people who interact with the public the most as they are working on the outside perimeter of the COVID19 Bubble. Those would be some of the crowd control folks, the lighting equipment operators, drivers of the trucks, some security, production assistants. Then there’s another level probably called don’t even think about going in the yellow or red area. The Yellow area folks can’t go into red, but they might go into the public areas. It’s not easy to be an extra, it’s a lot of waiting around, being patient, but they are passionate and do it for the love of the process (as I do observing them and sharing it with you). I hear they are being treated very well, are comfortable, feel very safe, and are enjoying this new level of treatment. Masks are worn at all times when a scene is being filmed. In RED all the actors, extras, crew are limited in their bubble on set, as they are transported from holding to the set and most notable they are quarantined in a hotel for days leading up to the shoot of a scene, and everyone is rapid tested everyday before heading to the set. One of the things I noticed on set is it’s divided into at least two categories, Red and Yellow. Safety: Netflix is taking COVID19 very seriously. They’ve thought of everything to keep everyone safe from catching the virus, right down to quarantining actors, NBA players, crew, and extras for the duration of the filming. What I found observing them filming, is Covid Safety is the key. Sure enough someone in the know did and told me the filming days, which were then pushed forward because of Tropical Storm Delta. If you were following my new social media name you would have seen me post clips of the bball court on various days. Every day I would drive by to try and figure out when it would be an active film set. Juancho Hernangomez films the Netflik’s movie Hustle in Philadelphia on October 13, 2020Ī reader tipped me off to a basketball court being built on a parking lot on Market St, about 15 days ago and a sign that said Netflik. The Adam Sandler movie filming in Philadelphia right now is a Netflix movie “ Hustle” about a fired basketball scout who discovers a talented player overseas and then brings him back to America. Safety is exactly what I’m going to be talking about today. I’m sorry I can’t tell you where they will be on any given day, in the name of safety. Kate Winslet who filmed a HBO series in Philadelphia this week (in Fairmount Park near Valley Green), and Adam Sandler is filming in Center City this week, specifically on Market Street these past few days. Well that ramped up quickly, Phillywood is hosting 2 major film projects this month. The set was relaxed and they allowed spectators to watch the action, as long as they stayed out of the scene. Nick Nolte was looking very much like we grown accustomed to him looking on the red carpet for the past decade. I caught up with the filming in Rittenhouse Square last week, about 7 days into filming. It’s directed by Philadelphia native director Brandon Eric Kamin (l), who’s last film was “The Nomads” which was also filmed in Philadelphia. Jones (r), last seen in West Side Story on Broadway, who befriends a homeless man Nick Nolte (c), who lives in Rittenhouse Square and their relationship over the years. Without giving away too much of the plot, the film is about a young man, played by actor Dharon E. But for the past few weeks legendary actor Nick Nolte has been filming in our area, especially in Rittenhouse Square, as well as in Ardmore, the art museum area, and in Center City. Look for Christian Bale to shoot in our area in December. Philly has been hot, hot, hot with films lately being shot here including the just wrapped Adam Sandler’s Hustle, which filmed late last year and this past summer.
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