High spirits despite rainy weather at Labatt Park for filming of baseball movie – London | 24CA News
Despite the wet climate, the present did go on at Labatt Park Friday night with cameras rolling on the most recent film to make use of London, Ont. as a filming location.
Production for You Gotta Believe rolled into the Forest City for the primary of two stops whereas filming in Ontario this summer season.
While little was recognized of the film earlier than coming to London, American leisure publication Deadline reported Thursday night the movie can be starring Luke Wilson and Greg Kinnear, with Molly Parker and Sarah Gordon additionally on board.
A casting name for extras described the movie as, “A heart wrenching and inspiring independent feature film telling the incredible story of a Texan little league baseball team making it against all odds to the 2002 Little League World Series.”
Manager of Film London, Andrew Dodd, stated it was months in the past when the scouting and manufacturing workforce for the film reached out about utilizing Labatt Park for one of many settings.
“Once they knew they were going to be Ontario based… and doing a historic baseball movie, then Labatt Park is obviously going to come on their radar,” stated Dodd.
Casting calls went out just a few weeks in the past for locals to seem in extras as followers within the stands throughout video games. Speaking in between takes whereas filming was ongoing, Londoner Austin Trotman stated he thought-about the chance to seem in a film a “bucket list” merchandise.
“It’s a cool thing to be a part of a movie and it’s cool that they are doing filming here,” stated Trotman, including the actual fact they have been at Labatt Park made it further particular.
Another further praising the usage of Labatt Park is London Mayor Josh Morgan.
“What’s really neat about using this space is a movie is being filmed in the oldest continuous-used ballpark in the world,” stated Morgan forward of filming.
“It really gives this gem of our city a cool place in cinema history.”
Dodd, who helped present the manufacturing workforce round Labatt Park, says he thinks it was “gut instinct” for why the workforce selected to movie in London.
Other than exchanging the Canadian flags for American ones and overlaying up some signage that may give away the place the film is being shot, not many alterations have been being made to the stadium.
Over the previous yr, London has hosted quite a few productions, just like the lately launched Blackberry. Morgan gave large kudos to Dodd and the Film London workforce with the London financial improvement company for the expansion in film and tv manufacturing coming to the town.
“We can do things at a very affordable rate for these productions, and we have such amazing spaces across the city that can be both unique or seen as everyday,” stated Morgan.
For his half, Dodd says there may be extra to return with “irons in the fire” for later this yr.
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