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WEREWOLVES ARE PROWLING AROUND
BUFFALO THIS WEEK...BUT THERE'S
NO NEED TO STOCK UP ON SILVER
BULLETS.. NEWS 4'S AL VAUGHTERS
REPORTS THE CITY OF GOOD
NEIGHBORS IS SERVING AS A
BACKDROP FOR A HOLLYWOOD MONSTER
MOVIE.
SECURITY HAS BEEN TIGHT,
SURROUNDING THE FILMING OF THIS
UPCOMING MOVIE.. AN ORIGINAL
SCREEPLAY CALLED, "WARD'S
ISLAND".. BUT WE GOT TO SNEAK IN
SOME OF THE ACTION ALONG THE
BUFFALO RIVER. THE MOVIE IS
ACTUALLY SET IN NEW YORK CITY..
BUT IT IS BEING SHOT ENTIRELY IN
BUFFALO.
((WE ARE TRYING TO GET A NEW
YORK CITY LOOK OUT OF IT, AND A
LOT OF THE AREAS OF BUFFALO, WE
CAN CHEAT TO MAKE LOOK LIKE NEW
YORK CITY. SO IT IS NOT THAT
MUCH OF A STRETCH? NO IT IS NOT
THAT MUCH OF A STRETCH, AND THE
FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY
THE NYC PRICES. THAT IS THE BEST
PART? YES.)) TIM CLARK, THE
HEAD OF THE BUFFALO NIAGARA FILM
OFFICE SAYS BUFFALO HAS "BODY
DOUBLED" FOR A LOT OF FAMOUS
PLACES.
((DOUBLED FOR MONTREAL, WE'VE
DOUBLED FOR NEW YORK. WE HAVE
DOUBLED FOR CHICAGO, AND IN LOS
ANGELES, EVEN. A LOT OF PEOPLE
ARE SURPRISED TO FIND OUT THAT
'PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN' WAS
SHOT HERE.)) WE CAN'T REVEAL TOO
MUCH ABOUT THE PLOT.. BUT IT'S
ABOUT A VIRUS THAT TURNS PEOPLE
INTO WEREWOLVES.. AND STARS A
GROWN UP ARIANA RICHARDS, THE
SWEET LITTLE GIRL FROM 'JURASSIC
PARK'.. VETERAN ACTOR ON THE BIG
AND SMALL SCREEN CRAIG SHEFFER..
AND A WELL-KNOWN LEAD ACTOR, WHO
IS ON TV EVERY DAY--DENNIS
HAYSBERT, FROM THE ALLSTATE
INSURANCE COMMERCIALS.. THE
PRESIDENT FROM THE TV SERIES,
'24'.. AND LOTS OF OTHER SHOWS
AND MOVIES TO HIS CREDIT. A
REAL "GET" FOR BUFFALO.
((SO TIM, WITH YOU AND THE FILM
OFFICE HOSTING THIS, THIS MOVIE
PRODUCTION IS IN GOOD HANDS.))
((THEY FALL IN LOVE WITH THE
PLACE AND IT ENDS UP BEING A
CINEMATIC DREAM FOR THESE
PEOPLE.)) SO HOW DID THEY GET AN
ACTOR OF HAYSBERT'S STATURE FOR
A LOW-BUDGET MOVIE?
((IT SEEMS LIKE WE GOT KIND OF
LUCKY ON THAT ONE. IT MIGHT HAVE
BEEN JUST THE LUCK OF THE DRAW,
IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN JUST
AVAILABILITY. IT WAS DEFINITELY
GREAT TO GET HIM IN HERE. IS HE
GOING TO BE GOOD GUY? YOU WILL
HAVE TO WATCH AND SEE THAT
ONE.))
TIM CLARK TOLD US, THIS IS THE
FIFTH MOVIE TO BE SHOT IN
BUFFALO THIS SUMMER.. AND A
NATIONAL ADVERTISER SHOT A
COMMERCIAL HERE, TODAY. CLARK
POINTS OUT, THE MOVIES BRING
PRESTIGE, AND THE PRODUCTION