SEPTEMBER 3, 2008.- ROBERT DE NIRO HIT THE 15 HOLE
Source: Boston Herald
Hollywood heavyweight Robert De Niro hit the 15th hole at the Gannon Golf Club in Lynn yesterday to shoot scenes for the Mel Gibson flick “Edge of Darkness.”
De Niro, who plays a CIA operative in the emotional thriller, spent the day trying to get out of a sand trap while the cameras rolled.
We hear that the director, Martin Campbell, of “Casino Royale” fame, was unable to fit the actor, the sand trap and the Boston skyline in his shot so the groundskeeping crew at Gannon spent the last week excavating the pit for the flick.
“They actually ended up liking the way it turned out, so they’re going to keep it,” said Someone Who Knows.
Gannon is open to the public today - but only holes 1 through 9: Bobby D. and the rest of the “Edge” crew have the back nine.
SEPTEMBER 5, 2008.- ROBERT DE NIRO ANKLED "EDGE OF DARKNESS"
Source: Variety
Robert De Niro has abruptly ankled "Edge of Darkness," the Martin Campbell-directed drama that Graham King's GK Films began shooting in Massachusetts on Aug. 18.
De Niro just arrived on the set this week.
"Sometimes things don't work out; it's called creative differences," explained a spokesman for the actor.
De Niro had signed to play an operative sent to clean up the evidence in the murder of a young woman. Mel Gibson stars as the victim's father, a homicide detective for the Boston Police Dept. who uncovers her secret life, a corporate cover-up and government collusion.
Danny Huston, Shawn Roberts and Bojana Novakovic also star.
The filmmakers plan to shoot around De Niro's character's scenes until they cast an actor to replace him.
Pic is based on a 1985 BBC miniseries that Campbell directed. William Monahan wrote the script. King, who financed the picture and received a SAG waiver to shoot it, is producing with Michael Wearing and the BBC.
Since starting Aug. 18, much of the filming had taken place in a warehouse in Chelsea. Today, the cast and crew are due to film on the Boston Common. With his departure, De Niro presumably will be able to spend more time promoting his new film, "Righteous Kill," out next week.
SEPTEMBER 6, 2008.- MEL GIBSON OUT IN PUBLIC
Source: Boston Globe
Mel Gibson and costar Bojana Novakovic, who plays his daughter in "Edge of Darkness," filmed in the Public Garden yesterday. The actor, who was spotted with an umbrella-wielding, sun-blocking assistant, did a contemplative scene on a bench, and was later scheduled to shoot some car scenes.
SEPTEMBER 7, 2008.- "EDGE OF DARKNESS" IN SOUTH STATION
Fuente: flickr. com
On September 6, the film crew took over Boston's South Station. The South Station was full of electrical cables, equipment trunks, lighting arrays and cameras, not to mention a small army of the film crew.
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