'The Company Men' filming at Lynn golf course

"The Company Men," a topical flick about the impact of corporate downsizing on the masses, kicks off prelim filming on Wednesday, April 8 at the Gannon Municipal Golf Course in Lynn. According to the Daily Item here, crews are slotted to return to the course on Tuesday, June 2.

Starring Cambridge homeboy Ben Affleck, Harvard alum Tommy Lee Jones and Kevin Costner, the film is based on the script by director John Wells. First signs of filming in Boston is slotted near First Church, 10 Putnam St. in Roxbury on Monday, April 13 and Tuesday, April 14.

Actress Rosemarie DeWitt, known for her performance in last year's "Rachel Getting Married," has signed on as Affleck's wife in the made-in-Boston film following a year in the life of three men trying to survive a round of corporate downsizing.

Also, Oscar-nominated Chris Cooper is reportedly in negotiations to join the cast as a blue-collar worker losing his job.

Shooting at the scene of the crime where Robert De Niro literally dropped the ball before leaving the made-in-Boston film "Edge of Darkness" over "creative differences," Affleck's "The Company Men" will hopefully have better luck with its early golf-course scenes.

While De Niro backed out of "Edge of Darkness," the Lynn golf course and its amazing views will be on display in Mel Gibson's flick, starring British Powerhouse Ray Winstone in De Niro's place, when the film hits screens in November.

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--Photo of Affleck in Universal's "State of Play"