'The Company Men' returns to the South End

Crews for Ben Affleck's "The Company Men," the made-in-Boston film following a year in the life of three men trying to survive a round of corporate downsizing, are filming on the tree-lined streets on the corner of Shamut Avenue in the South End on Tuesday, May 12 from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. with veteran actor and Harvard alum Tommy Lee Jones.

Production is slotted for all day near South End Buttery and Joe V's at a three-story brownstone located at 5 Union Park. Set designers were busy sprucing up the brownstone on Monday, May 11 and working on the lampposts surrounding the set (they're lighting the block for an evening shoot).

As previously reported in Loaded Gun, filming first hit the Union Park area on Thursday, April 16 and Friday, April 17.

"The Company Men" follows a year in the life of three men trying to survive a round of corporate downsizing. Affleck plays a corporate bigwig whose six-figure salary is suddenly cut after he gets a pink slip.

As previously reported in Loaded Gun, Affleck and Costner were on set on Monday, May 4 and Wednesday, May 6 at a dilapidated Victorian house located at 174 Highland Street in the Fort Hill section of Roxbury. On Tuesday, May 5, Affleck was spotted on Watson Road in Quincy Point. The scene featured Affleck driving down the road and getting out of a Volvo wagon with his family including his on-screen wife played by Rosemarie DeWitt, then entering a small neighborhood home.

Also, crews were spotted on Friday, May 8 filming a scene at a home on Houston Street in West Roxbury with Oscar winner Chris Cooper. On Monday, May 11, Affleck and Jones were filming at Milton Cemetery located 211 Centre St.

Click here for the latest on "The Company Men."--Photos by Sam Baltrusis

Ben Affleck's 'The Company Men' filming in Quincy

Cambridge homeboy Ben Affleck, currently in town filming the downsizing drama "The Company Men," was spotted on Watson Road in Quincy Point early on Tuesday, May 5. The scene featured Affleck driving down the road and getting out of a Volvo wagon with his family including his on-screen wife played by Rosemarie DeWitt, then entering a small neighborhood home.

As previously reported in Loaded Gun, both Affleck and Kevin Costner have been filming scenes at the under-construction Hodgdon House located at 174 Highland Street in the Fort Hill section of Roxbury. If you compare the before photo of the Hodgdon House here to the pics I shot on Sunday here, the transformation is already dramatic.

After shooting scenes in Quincy today, filming is scheduled to resume in Roxbury on Wednesday, May 6.

"The Company Men" follows a year in the life of three men trying to survive a round of corporate downsizing. Affleck plays a corporate bigwig whose six-figure salary is suddenly cut after he gets a pink slip. Costner, a blue-collar construction worker who reportedly is boasting a posh Kennedy-esque Boston accent, offers Affleck a job installing drywall.

Click here for the latest on "The Company Men." Also, click here for additional photos from the Hodgdon House set in Roxbury.

Kevin Costner slotted to perform at Showcase Live

Who knew Kevin Costner could sing? The acclaimed director and actor, currently in town filming the downsizing drama "The Company Men" with Ben Affleck, is scheduled to perform with his band Modern West at 8 p.m. Thursday, May 7 at Showcase Live located at 23 Patriot Place in Foxboro.

"Four years ago, this band just started playing. We did not make an announcement or a big deal out of it," he says here, adding that the group plays originals and covers of songs the "Dances With Wolves" star digs. "We want to hold an audience with our own songs. Otherwise, we may as well play in our living rooms and not ask people to pay money to come hear us play."

As previously reported in Loaded Gun, Costner joins Affleck from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Monday, May 4 until Wednesday, May 6 at the under-construction Hodgdon House located at 174 Highland Street in the Fort Hill section of Roxbury.

In "The Company Men," Costner plays a blue-collar construction worker who offers the recently downsized Affleck a job installing drywall.

Click here for tickets to Showcase Live. And, click here for the latest on "The Company Men."

'The Company Men' returns to Roxbury's Fort Hill

Cambridge homeboy Ben Affleck and Kevin Costner are slotted to shoot scenes from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Monday, May 4 until Wednesday, May 6 at the under-construction Hodgdon House located at 174 Highland Street in the Fort Hill section of Roxbury.

With initial scenes shot on Monday, April 13 and Tuesday, April 14, crews are returning to film Affleck working construction on a triple-decker Victorian in desperate need of repair. If you compare the before photo of the Hodgdon House here to the pics I shot today here, the transformation is already dramatic.

"The Company Men" follows a year in the life of three men trying to survive a round of corporate downsizing. Affleck plays a corporate bigwig whose six-figure salary is suddenly cut after he gets a pink slip. Costner, a blue-collar construction worker, offers Affleck a job installing drywall.

As previously reported in Loaded Gun, there was filming in the Boston Common and the Financial District on Wednesday, April 22 and in the South End at a three-story brownstone located at 5 Union Park on Friday, April 17. On Thursday, April 16, Tommy Lee Jones was spotted on the 17th floor of Fish and Richardson at One Marina Park Drive in South Boston and moved to the shoot located at 78 Waltham St. also in the South End.

Click here for the latest on "The Company Men." Also, click here for additional photos from the Hodgdon House set in Roxbury.

--Hogdgon House photos by Sam Baltrusis