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Hollywood Movie Scene Shot in Malden
Director David O. Russell of "I Heart Huckabees" and "The Fighter" fame is filming a new movie in the Boston area, including an outdoor scene at Malden's Amerige Park.
Update: Due to script changes, the scene planned in Malden was scrapped from production. However, the crew continued to shoot just over the town line in Medford.
Have you seen film crews at Amerige Park?
Director David O. Russell (I Heart Huckabees, The Fighter) is shooting a new project in the Boston area, including an outdoor scene at the field's tennis courts in Malden this week.
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The film, currently untitled but formerly known as "American B******t", is a historical dramatization of the "Abscam" wiretap case, a scandal-laden FBI investigation that ended in criminal bribery convictions for a U.S. senator, five congressmen and other state and local officials in the early 1980s.
Russell has an all-star cast for the film, including Jennifer Lawrence, Chistian Bale, Bradley Cooper and comedian Louis C.K.
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The movie is tentatively scheduled for a December release.
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