Some 200 cast and crew will descend on Ucluelet this week to film a scene for the starring Oscar winner Allison Janney and Lovecraft Country star Jurnee Smollett.

Directed by Anna Foerster from an original screenplay by Maggie Cohn, B次元官网网址楲ouB次元官网网址� takes place in 1986 and tells the story of two women tracking a kidnapper across an island in order to rescue one of the womenB次元官网网址檚 daughters.

B次元官网网址淭he filmmakers selected Ucluelet as a location because of the locationB次元官网网址檚 unique beauty and magnificent coastline,B次元官网网址� notes the filmB次元官网网址檚 publicist Lorraine Jamison.

About 40 Tofino and Ucluelet locals were hired as background performers for the Aug. 9 and Aug. 10 filming dates, which involves relegating Main Street with intermittent traffic control.

UclueletB次元官网网址檚 director of Parks and Recreation Abby Fortune says Deerfield Productions was awarded a film permit and business licence through the District of Ucluelet.

B次元官网网址淎lthough filming will be taking place the second week of August, traditionally a busy time of year, the disruptions of the Main Street road closures is negligible in comparison to the economic benefit a production such as this brings to our community. The result of a large-scale Netflix production will not only support many local businesses during the filming and into the future, but it will place Ucluelet as a desirable and experienced filming locations on the West Coast,B次元官网网址� said Fortune.

For the scene, Pioneer Boatworks will be converted into a hardware store and The CrowB次元官网网址檚 Nest, UclueletB次元官网网址檚 longest running store, will be transformed into a bank.

B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檒l be fun for the community. They are building a fa莽ade by the old post office end of the building,B次元官网网址� said Jan Draeseke, owner of The CrowB次元官网网址檚 Nest.

Owner of Pioneer Boatworks Bonnie Gurney said her shop will be closed for business on Aug. 9 to accommodate the production.

B次元官网网址淭hey were very specific about wanting the parking lot empty. And they want a boat on the marine railway and a boat at the dock,B次元官网网址� said Gurney.

Fortune went on to say that the cast and crew B次元官网网址渁re meeting and exceeding all current Public Health RegulationsB次元官网网址� to protect the community from COVID-19.

B次元官网网址楲ouB次元官网网址� is also filming in and around Vancouver. Release dates are still to be announced.

nora.omalley@westerlynews.ca
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