Tom Cruise filming at Gaslight in the South End

Tom Cruise, currently in Boston filming the soon-to-be-renamed "Wichita" project with Cameron Diaz, darts out after a day of filming inside the classic Parisian brasserie Gaslight located at 560 Harrison Avenue in the up-and-coming SoWa district of the South End.

His outfit? Jeans and a white T-shirt.

Cruise--spotted around town with wife Katie Holmes jogging along the Esplanade, shopping on Newbury Street, dining with son Connor at Abe & Louie's and soaking in the sounds of U2 at Gillette Stadium--has been shooting scenes at the trendy restaurant since Saturday, Sept. 19.

Principal filming for the made-in-Boston spy flick "Wichita," starring Cruise, Diaz, Maggie Grace and Marc Blucas, kicked off on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at the Worcester Regional Airport.

According to one tipster, security is extremely tight on set at Gaslight. "There were about 10 police officers surrounding the set," the source adds. During filming, Holmes stopped by with daughter Suri. Also, Diaz was filming at Gaslight wearing a yellow outfit.

The untitled "Wichita" project follows Cruise as a secret agent who pops in and out of the life of a single woman played by Diaz.

Meanwhile, production is hashing out an elaborate crash scene where a commercial 727 airliner skids into a Cumberland Farms cornfield near Curve Street in Bridgewater. Scheduled to shoot Thursday, Sept. 24 and Friday, Sept. 25, the scene depicts the aftermath of a plane crash in a fictional Indiana locale.

Click here for the latest on "Untitled Wichita Project."

--Copyrighted photo for Loaded Gun Boston by Ryan Miner, Beantown Photo

SouthField Studios Boston ready to accept tenants

The race for Boston's first multi-use movie studio heats up with the latest news that developers from SouthField Studios in Weymouth are ready to start accepting tenants for the project.

Allan Kassirer, a principal at International Studio Group (ISG), tells the Patriot Ledger they're opening their doors to groups ranging from special-effects companies to costumers to fill up the 600,000-square-foot space.

"We would start signing up tenants today," Kassirer says here. "We're ready to begin leasing."

According to a mock-up here, the front-lot-set streets of SouthField Studios will be sourced from historic Boston City locales. In fact, the set is a dead ringer for any brownstone-lined street in the South End or Back Bay neighborhoods. It's Beacon Hill ... without the hill.

The proposal continues, "These highly detailed facades will allow companies to shoot key exterior scenes in a controlled environment that includes publicly-accessible restaurants and shops to enhance the authenticity of the streets."

A Hollywood East stand-in for Boston? Yep.

As previously reported in Loaded Gun, the plan to build a multi-use movie complex will include 10 to 15 sound stages, production offices and more than 125,000 square feet of retail and office space.

The new studio, which needs to undergo state environmental review, could serve as a post-production facility for the slew of filmmakers currently taking advantage of the state's low tax credit.

Similar to the online push from Plymouth Rock Studios that ultimately passed as a $422 million deal with minimal opposition, SouthField Studios launched an aggressive campaign here with construction slated for the summer and an opening slotted for the fall 2010.

In addition, SouthField Studios Boston will also feature an interactive film and TV tour in the heart of the town center for residents and guests. Think Universal Studios ... minus the rides.

Armed with its Boston facade front lot, this multi-use complex would be an ideal space for filming ongoing Boston-set TV series like TNT's "Bunker Hill" pilot starring Donnie Wahlberg and the ABC pilot "See Kate Run."

Click here for the latest on SouthField Studios Boston.

Brighton native strips down for MTV's 'The Phone'

Mitch, a 22-year-old Brighton native currently studying Nutrition at Arizona State University, had to pose nude to distract an artist while his partner and Boston College student, Rameika, looked for the clue at the artist's loft in the latest Boston-set episode of MTV's "The Phone" airing on Tuesday, May 12.

In the fourth episode called "The Russians," the personal trainer hung out in a towel at a so-called Russian sauna, found the name of a piece of music at the Boston Public Library to use as a password for a Russian informant and helped his partner dodge green lasers to snag the show's top prize of $35,000.

Mitch ultimately shared his winnings with his 22-year-old teammate Rameika from Dorchester.

Last week, Marblehead's Katelyn Kennedy, a 22-year-old broadcast journalism graduate, shared the $20,000 prize money she won with teammate Chris Hanoian in the first Boston-set episode of MTV's "The Phone."

Click here for the latest on Justin Timberlake's "The Phone."

--Photos courtesy MTV

Marblehead native snags prize in MTV's 'The Phone'

Marblehead's Katelyn Kennedy, a 22-year-old broadcast journalism graduate, shared the $20,000 prize money she won with teammate Chris Hanoian in the Boston-set episode of MTV's "The Phone" airing on Tuesday, May 5.

Kennedy, currently living in NYC, kicked off the competition with a mafioso shoot 'em up set in Chelsea Square. Competitors Stephanie Hallett from Allston and Rob Wilson from Worcester started off strong, but had consistent issues finding the keys to their car at a impound joint in Somerville called Mike's Scrap & Metal. Apparently, a guy name Sam had issues picking up the pieces (which turned out to be a severed right thumb).

Hallett and Wilson ended up getting crushed for scrap metal.

Kennedy and Hanoian continued to the second round of the competition heading to an apartment facing the Boston Common. Kennedy spied from a room that looked a lot like Matt Damon's pad in "The Departed" on Tremont Street (with a view of the Massachusetts State House) while Hanoian searched for clues spewed by mafioso types circling Brewer Fountain.

The duo then jumped on the Blue Line T and headed to what was called Pier 17 in East Boston. There they worked together to stop an assassination attempt on two Boston police officers, with the top cop played by Quincy native Raymond Alongi.

In the nail-biting finale, Kennedy correctly answered the final trivia question and was handed a suitcase with $20,000. Instead of keeping the money to herself, she decided to share her winnings with Hanoian, an 18-year-old student from Seekonk.

There's a second Boston-set episode of MTV's "The Phone" slotted to air in the next few weeks.

Click here for the latest on Justin Timberlake's "The Phone."

--Photo courtesy MTV

Locals in Boston-set episode of MTV's 'The Phone'

MTV has released the names of the four local contestants featured in the Boston-set episode of Justin Timberlake's "The Phone" airing 10 p.m. on Tuesday, May 5. The foursome include Marblehead's Katelyn Kennedy, Seekonk's Chris Hanoian, Allston's Stephanie Hallett and Worcester's Rob Wilson.

In the Boston-shot sequence airing tonight, two teams are challenged to "take down the mob before an assassination takes place." The goal in the mob smack down is to save the life of a police officer.

The second Boston-based episode is scheduled to air on Tuesday, May 12.

Kennedy, a Marblehead native currently living in NYC, tells Loaded Gun Boston that she got a good workout participating in the MTV reality show. "I was one of the contestants in the show and they had Raymond chase me around the city and through the T," she remarks here, referring to actor Raymond Alongi who plays the role of a Boston police officer in the episode. "It was a great time!"

While several scenes were shot in Charlestown, East Boston and the South End, local photographer Ryan Miner says Chelsea is a prime location for one of the two Boston-set episodes in the six-part series. "One of the best scenes is going to be where a man jumps off a four-story building," Miner spills to Loaded Gun Boston. "My wife and her best friend were watching the filming and ended up being extras, when gun shots are being fired, they run down a sidewalk."

Alongi, a former student of the Actors Studio in Los Angeles and a Quincy High grad, says he had a blast working on "The Phone."

"The best thing was the phone call the next day from one of the producers telling me how much they enjoyed my performance," Alongi says. "That is huge for any actor. Recognition! We thrive on making every part believable."

Click here for the latest on Timberlake's "The Phone."

--Photo of "The Operator" Emmett J. Scanlan by Mark Mainz

Boston episode of MTV's 'The Phone' airs May 5

MTV's latest competition reality show, "The Phone" produced by Justin Timberlake, premiered with a bang and a terrifying crawl on Seattle's Space Needle during the series debut on Tuesday, April 21. Good news is that the Boston-set episode is slotted to hit MTV on 10 p.m. Tuesday, May 5.

Boston-area locals featured in the episode include Marblehead's Katelyn Kennedy, Seekonk's Chris Hanoian, Allston's Stephanie Hallett and Worcester's Rob Wilson.

As previously reported in Loaded Gun, crews from the "The Phone" shot scenes in Chelsea Square in Chelsea. Charlestown, South End and East Boston two months ago with John Fiore, a former mob boss from "The Sopranos," acting in one of the reality show's scenarios.

In the Boston-shot sequence, two teams are challenged to "take down the mob before an assassination takes place." The goal in the mob smack down is to save the life of a police officer.

Raymond Alongi, an acting veteran and a native of Quincy, plays the role of a Boston police officer in the episode.

"Yes, I had a blast doing the show," muses Alongi in a previous interview. "When you see it, you'll know what I mean by blast!"

According to NYC-based KKenn (Katelyn Kennedy), she had fun running around Boston in the mock-mafioso mission. "I was one of the contestants in the show and they had Raymond chase me around the city and through the T," she remarks here. "It was a great time!"

Photographer Ryan Miner says Chelsea is a prime location for the Boston-set episode of "The Phone." Miner explains, "One of the best scenes is going to be where a man jumps off a four-story building. That is the scene that was shot in Chelsea. My wife and her best friend were watching the filming and ended up being extras, when gun shots are being fired, they run down a sidewalk."

Click here for the latest on Timberlake's "The Phone."

--Photo by Mark Mainz courtesy MTV

Raymond Alongi featured in MTV's 'The Phone'

Raymond Alongi, an acting veteran and a native of Quincy, takes the cliché "there are never small parts, only small actors" to heart. The 48-year-old is a featured player in an upcoming action-packed episode of Justin Timberlake's "The Phone" hitting MTV on 10 p.m. Tuesday, May 5. The premiere is set in Seattle, however, Boston is expected to be featured in an upcoming episode.

"Yes, I had a blast doing the show," muses Alongi, who runs the Purple Eggplant Pizzeria in Halifax, MA with his wife Michelle when he's not pursuing acting gigs. "When you see it, you'll know what I mean by blast!"

As previously reported in Loaded Gun, crews from the new MTV reality series "The Phone" shot scenes in Charlestown, South End and East Boston two months ago with John Fiore, a former mob boss from "The Sopranos," acting in one of the reality show's scenarios.

In the Boston-shot sequence, two teams are challenged to "take down the mob before an assassination takes place." The goal in the mob smack down is to save the life of a police officer.

Alongi, a former student of the Actors Studio in Los Angeles and a Quincy High grad, plays the Boston officer in the scene.

"The best thing was the phone call the next day from one of the producers telling me how much they enjoyed my performance," Alongi spills to Loaded Gun Boston. "That is huge for any actor. Recognition! We thrive on making every part believable."

Based on a Dutch idea that juxtaposes "The Bourne Identity" with "The Amazing Race," the show kicks off with two strategically hidden cell phones ringing in opposites sides of a city. Several scenes were shot in Boston for the six episode, one-hour-long series. Winners snag a $50,000 prize.

Click here for the latest on Timberlake's "The Phone." Also, click here for the lowdown on Alongi.

'See Kate Run' crews transform Shawmut's Joe V's

Crews from the currently-in-production ABC-TV pilot "See Kate Run" have taken over the picturesque Union Park in the South End today between Tremont and Shawmut Ave. Set designers were busy transforming Joe V's located at 315 Shawmut Ave., an Italian eatery across the street from the South End Buttery, into an upscale lobster restaurant called the "Bean Town Lobster Company" or "B.T.L.C."

FTP Productions LLC, the group orchestrating the massive shoot for ABC, literally moved out all of the cars normally parked down the tree-lined street and replaced them with rentals. A crane was set up for a sweeping birds-eye shot of Union Park.

Filming is slotted to run into the evening of Saturday, April 4 until the wee hours of Sunday, April 5.

Starring Amy Smart in the main role, the series follows a Boston-based district attorney destined to become the first female president. The pilot also stars Liza Lapira from "21" and local actor Sean Paul Cormier. A crew member confirmed that the pilot is now officially called "See Kate Run" and it's Kate with a "K" and not a "C."

Click here for the latest on "See Kate Run." Filming officially wraps this weekend. Also, click here for additional photos on Hub On Location.

--Photos by Sam Baltrusis

Justin Timberlake's 'The Phone' showcases Boston

Crews from the new MTV reality series "The Phone" shot scenes in East Boston two months ago with John Fiore, a former mob boss from "The Sopranos," acting in one of the reality show's scenarios. The action-packed episode, hitting MTV on 10 p.m. Tuesday beginning April 21, features ... no surprise here ... a Boston mafioso. The premiere is set in Seattle, however, Boston is expected to be featured in an upcoming episode.

In the sneak peek above, two teams are challenged to "take down the mob before an assassination takes place." The goal in the mob smack down is to save the life of a police officer. Challenges in other cities like Seattle and NYC include stopping a mad bomber and infiltrating a drug cartel.

One scene, featured in the extended clip, involves a crash scene filmed in Charlestown. This is not to be confused with an additional crash scene that was orchestrated on Harrison Avenue in the South End which eventually leads contestants to the Boston Public Library.

Based on a Dutch idea that juxtaposes "The Bourne Identity" with "The Amazing Race," the show kicks off with two strategically hidden cell phones ringing in opposites sides of a city. Several scenes were shot in Boston for the six episode, one-hour-long series. Winners snag a $50,000 prize.

Back in August, a source spilled to Loaded Gun that there was an e-mail going out from casting folks to local theater groups asking for participants with a wicked thick Boston accent.

Click here for the latest on Timberlake's "The Phone."

'See Kate Run' crews return to Tremont Street

In the wee hours of Saturday, April 4, between 2 a.m. and 8 a.m., crews from the currently-in-production ABC-TV pilot "See Kate Run," will film outside of the Cyclorama located at 539 Tremont St. in the South End, in the area near The Beehive and the Calderwood Pavilion.

Crews filmed a scene there on Wednesday, April 1 and shot a few scenes today, Thursday, April 2, in the Waterfront/Fort Point neighborhood. Loaded Gun spy Angela says the pilot "was filming at the old Everett High School on Broadway, too, all day on Wednesday."

Starring Amy Smart in the main role, the series with a working title called the "Untitled John Scott Shepherd Project" follows a Boston-based district attorney destined to become the first female president. The pilot also stars Liza Lapira from "21" and local actor Sean Paul Cormier.

Last weekend, crews from FTP Productions LLC, the group orchestrating the massive shoot for ABC, took over the front steps of the Massachusetts State House and filmed exterior shots in front of the gilded-domed building. Filming continued on Saturday, March 28 near the Ashburton Park side of the State House on Bowdoin Street between Beacon and Derne.

On Thursday, March 26, I received a tip that production staff were filming at Chelsea's City Hall for the courtroom scenes. "What a hottie Amy is," Chris Whitt says here about "See Kate Run" star Amy Smart. "Sitting in [Chelsea's City Hall] watching her do her thing. Who knew it takes about 300 people to film a scene?"

And on Monday, March 23, set designers were busy transforming Doyle's Cafe located at 3484 Washington St. into the 21st Amendment, a stand-in for the political watering hole across the street from the State House.

Click here for the latest on "See Kate Run." Also, click here for additional photos on Hub On Location.

--Photos by Sam Baltrusis

Random Shot: :: Shepard Fairey's mural destroyed

Above is a shot of one of Shepard Fairey's infamous graffiti installations on an abandoned storefront on Melcher and A Street in the Fort Point neighborhood. Unfortunately, the public-art piece is ripped and shredded to bits.

The street art-- along with a slew of other Institute of Contemporary Art-commissioned pieces scattered throughout the city including Grand boutique in Somerville's Union Square, the red brick wall outside the Gap at 15 Brattle Street and Central Kitchen in Cambridge's Central Square--has been under fire by anti-Fairey critics.

Click here for more photos from the "Loaded Gun Random Shots" series.

--Photo by Sam Baltrusis

Romentics' Scott & Scott unveil 'E-Male' this week

I recently interviewed Scott D. Pomfret and Scott Whittier, a South End-based couple and authors of the “Romentics” gay romance series of novels. The in-depth profile will run in the Thursday, March 19 edition of Bay Windows. Pomfret and Whittier's latest "E-Male," a Manhunt-meets-Match.com exploration of the whole social networking phenomenon hits shelves this week.

Partnered since 2001, the duo laughs in unison when asked if writing “E-Male” has spiced up their own sex lives. “If you’ve just had an orgasm together, it’s almost impossible to write a sex scene,” Pomfret quips.

“Sex scenes are actually hard to write. And they’re even harder to write when it’s same-sex, sex scenes just because of the English language. Antecedents and pronouns kill me,” Whittier adds. “ It’s droll and monotonous to begin with and then you have to come up with different ways to say ‘penis.’ The repeating of the names is my No. 1 pet peeve because you just want to say ‘he, him and his’ but then it’s difficult to tell who you’re talking about.”

In fact, Whittier had an editor write back pointing out that in one explicit, guy-on-guy scene a character was “reaching around and grabbing his own ass.” Whittier says with a laugh, “I lost it at that point.”

“E-Male,” (ISBN 9781928662167, $14.95) a Palari Pride imprint is available at Calamus Books, 92 B South Street in the Leather District and Now Voyager, 357 Commercial St. in Provincetown or online at Romentics.com.

Click here for the complete article in Bay Windows.

Random Shot: :: Shepard Fairey's South End mural

Above is a shot of one of Shepard Fairey's infamous graffiti installations on a Montgomery Street fence in Boston's South End.

The street art-- along with a slew of other Institute of Contemporary Art-commissioned pieces scattered throughout the city including Grand boutique in Somerville's Union Square, the red brick wall outside the Gap at 15 Brattle Street and Central Kitchen in Cambridge's Central Square--has been under fire by anti-Fairey critics.

In fact, a South End couple, Fritz Klaetke and Susan Battista, had to combat a complaint from the South End Landmark District Commission on Tuesday, March 3. Avoiding a $500 fine, the Boston couple must remove the peace sign mural plastered outside of their row house on Aug. 17, the day after Fairey's exhibit ends at the ICA.

Now, another Fairey mural in the South End may be under fire. Is it me, or does the above Fairey piece on Montgomery Street look vandalized? How ironic ... vandalizing the work of a so-called vandal.

Click here for more photos from the "Loaded Gun Random Shots" series.

UPDATE: Shepard Fairey, a renegade-turned-celeb street artist known for his red, white and blue "Hope" and "Change" posters that became a national symbol of the Barack Obama presidency, is facing 30 additional graffiti charges filed against him today.

The artist is slotted to appear in the Roxbury District Court tomorrow to combat the new charges including placing five additional "Obey the Giant" posters on a Mass Pike building.

Photo by Sam Baltrusis

Justin Timberlake's 'The Phone' rings the South End

Justin Timberlake, who back on Aug. 11 sent a crew of casting directors to the Boston Hard Rock Cafe, 22 Clinton Street, on the hunt for fresh meat with a wicked-thick accent, sent crews to film a crash scene on Harrison Avenue in the South End yesterday then followed contestants to the Boston Public Library for his new reality show "The Phone."

Producers of the new MTV reality series shot scenes in East Boston this week with John Fiore, a former mob boss from "The Sopranos." Several episodes of "The Phone" are slotted to be shot in Boston. At least one of the episodes features ... no surprise here ... a Boston mafioso.

As previously reported in Loaded Gun, Timberlake is making a return to MTV and this time it's not in a music video with Madonna.

Based on a Dutch idea that juxtaposes "The Bourne Identity" with "The Amazing Race," the show kicks off with two strategically hidden cell phones ringing in opposites sides of a city. MTV producers were looking for "outgoing and adventurous contestants" with a "dynamic personality and are ready to win."

Back in August, a source spilled to Loaded Gun that there was an e-mail going out from casting folks to local theatre groups asking for participants with a wicked thick Boston accent.

Click here for the latest on Timberlake's "The Phone."

Free 'Rebirth of a Nation' screening at The Beehive

In honor of Black History Month, a free screening of the film "Rebirth of a Nation" by Paul Miller (aka DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid), will be held at The Beehive from 7-8 p.m. Sunday Feb 22.

The free screening is one stop of a month-long traveling even including stops at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, Texas and the Duke Ellington School for the Arts in Washington D.C.

The film is a "remix" of D.W. Griffith's 1915 "Birth of a Nation" that was highly controversial due to its graphic portrayal of racism in the post-Civil War south. Miller's remix deconstructs one of the most influential and inflammatory movies ever made, while drawing striking parallels to present socio-political conflicts in America.

The film includes Paul's original score, performed by Kronos Quartet.

The Beehive is located at 541 Tremont St. in the South End. Call 617-423-0069 or click here for the lowdown.

SouthField Studios plan boasts Boston stand-in

The Los Angeles-based group known as International Studio Group (ISG) unveiled the plans for its new TV and film sound stage complex tranforming the Weymouth Naval Air Station into a $300 million project called SouthField Studios.

And, well, it looks a helluva lot like Boston.

According to a mock-up here, the front-lot-set streets of SouthField Studios will be sourced from historic Boston City locales. In fact, the set is a dead ringer for any brownstone-lined street in the South End or Back Bay neighborhoods. It's Beacon Hill ... without the hill.

The proposal continues, "These highly detailed facades will allow companies to shoot key exterior scenes in a controlled environment that includes publicly-accessible restaurants and shops to enhance the authenticity of the streets."

A Hollywood East stand-in for Boston? Yep.

As previously reported in Loaded Gun, the plan to build a multi-use movie complex will include 10 to 15 sound stages, production offices and more than 125,000 square feet of retail and office space.

The new studio, which needs to undergo state environmental review, could serve as a post-production facility for the slew of filmmakers currently taking advantage of the state's low tax credit.

Similar to the online push from Plymouth Rock Studios that ultimately passed as a $422 million deal with minimal opposition, SouthField Studios launched an aggressive campaign here with construction slated for the summer and an opening slotted for the fall 2010.

In addition, SouthField Studios will also feature an interactive film and TV tour in the heart of the town center for residents and guests. Think Universal Studios ... minus the rides.

Armed with its Boston facade front lot, this multi-use complex would be an ideal space for filming ongoing Boston-set TV series like TNT's "Bunker Hill" pilot starring Donnie Wahlberg and the Spike-TV project "War of '04."

The only caveat? The "controlled environment" may be too pristine for all of the thugs-on-film projects in the works.

Click here for the latest on SouthField Studios.

Mel Gibson stops traffic in front of Foodie's

Silver Line bus service and pedestrian traffic was re-routed late Friday, Nov. 14 to accommodate filming of the Mel Gibson flick "Edge of Darkness" outside of Foodie's Urban Market on the corner of Washington and Pelham streets in the South End.

The scene? Mel Gibson, wearing a blue button-down shirt and gray slacks, is shielding himself with a sports jacket from a simulated New England rain storm as he bolts from the South End market.

Several large "rainmaker" cranes spew water on Gibson as he exits the market and past a fake lighting store called Shady Business. Two Boston police officers stand watch in front of an orange "Road Closed" sign during filming as Silver Line buses zoom down an alternate route on W. Dedham Street. While Foodie's was obviously closed to the public on Friday, Nov. 14, its neighbor Pho Republique remained opened.

One bystander jokingly says from the sidelines: "I can't believe they spent hours rehearsing that one shot."

Click here for the latest on "Edge of Darkness."

'EOD' crews return to South End crash scene

Loaded Gun's South End sources confirm that Mel Gibson and the crews from "Edge of Darkness" plan to resume filming tomorrow evening, Friday, Nov. 14, in front of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross on the corner of Washington and Waltham streets.

"Mel will be back tomorrow," remarks one Loaded Gun tipster via e-mail. "The equipment is all out and there were notes on all the resident cars that the filming location is the Cathedral on Washington Street It mentioned that the filming will be tomorrow at night, and the other few times it was always at night, too."

According to sources from last Friday's shoot, the Silver Line bus service in the South End apparently had to be re-routed and filming continued into the wee hours of Saturday, Nov. 8.

"Yes, nothing quite like having stadium lights blare into your apartment until 4:30 a.m.," adds another source.

Click here for the latest on "Edge of Darkness."

Mel Gibson photos from South End 'EOD' shoot

Mel Gibson flipping a loaded gun? You bet.

M&C or Monsters and Critics published several photos from the "Edge of Darkness" shoot this past Friday, Nov. 7 outside of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross.

The "EOD" scene was in front of Cathedral High School on the corner of Washington and Waltham streets where Gibson was packing heat. Filming continued into the wee hours of Saturday, Nov. 8 (one source says they were still shooting at 4:30 a.m.).

The photo series by Mark Edwards/Splash News features Gibson flipping a gun and goofing around with the cast and crew. One pic includes "EOD" director Martin Cambell.

Click here for the latest on "Edge of Darkness."

'EOD' crews film crash scene in the South End

According to a Loaded Gun tipster, the Silver Line bus service in the South End apparently had to be re-routed tonight, Friday, Nov. 7, to accommodate the "Edge of Darkness" crews filming on Washington Street.

The source says "EOD" crews are filming a scene that begins with a car chase--perhaps the finale of the car chase scene shot earlier this week on Rutherford Ave. near Bunker Hill Community College in Charlestown--that ultimately ends in a horrific crash.

Click here for the latest on "Edge of Darkness."

UPDATE: The "EOD" shoot was in front of Cathedral High School on the corner of Washington and Waltham streets. Filming continued into the wee hours of Saturday, Nov. 8 (one source says they were still shooting at 4:30 a.m.). Click here for photos.