Wednesday, May 27, 2009

'The Company Men' and 'Grown Ups' filming nearby

The Back Bay area, including Boylston and Newbury streets, was teaming with celebrities today with gangs from two made-in-Massachusetts flicks, "The Company Men" and "Grown Ups" gathered within a few blocks from each other.

Crews from "The Company Men" wrapped up shooting at Daisy Buchanan's pub around 11 a.m. on Wednesday, May 27 and then headed to shoot an interior scene on the corner of Massachusetts and Commonwealth Avenues next to the Eliot Hotel located at 370 Commonwealth Avenue. Tommy Lee Jones was the featured player in the Daisy Buchanan's scene shot earlier on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Adam Sandler and his "Grown Ups" entourage including Kevin James and his former "Saturday Night Live" cohorts including Chris Rock, Rob Schneider, David Spade, Colin Quinn and Norm Macdonald met at the Mandarin Oriental Boston located at 776 Boylston St. for a pre-filming pow-wow. The "Grown Ups" gang then headed back to Southborough for an additional day of shooting at the Pilgrim Congregational Church and Old Burial Grounds located at 15 Common St.

The town of Southborough will reportedly snag an additional $1,330 for the extra day of "Grown Ups" filming at the church, topping off a pro-rated amount of $20,000 Columbia Pictures has already agreed to shell out to use the facility. However, an inside source tells Loaded Gun Boston that the fees paid to use the location ended up being a lot more than what was initially reported.

As previously reported in Loaded Gun, "The Company Men" production is scheduled to end next week for the principal actors with a wrap scheduled for Saturday, June 6. Production for "Grown Ups" is moving to Essex, a Cape Ann town near Gloucester which will continue until mid-August.

Click here for the latest on "The Company Men" and here for the latest on "Grown Ups."
--Adam Sandler and Tommy Lee Jones photos by Ryan Miner, Beantown Photo

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