CBS to film Simon Baker pilot here
From:Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Date:March 16, 2006
By Rob Owen
"Smith," a Pittsburgh-set CBS drama pilot told from the point of view of career criminals, will shoot in Downtown and Oakland for five days beginning next Thursday.
Executive produced by Carnegie Mellon University alum John Wells, the proposed series stars Ray Liotta, Virginia Madsen, Amy Smart, Jonny Lee Miller, Franky G, Chris Bauer, Michelle Hurd and Simon Baker.
This marks Baker's third Pittsburgh-set project. He starred in the CBS drama "The Guardian" for three seasons and appeared in last summer's George A. Romero movie "Land of the Dead."
Liotta filmed the 1988 movie "Dominic and Eugene" in Pittsburgh.
"Smith" was originally set to shoot in Chicago, setting of Wells' "ER," but the production was unable to secure the locations needed to tell the story of thieves who steal a piece of art from a museum. A publicist for Warner Bros., which will produce "Smith," confirmed the pilot's filming location and setting has shifted from Chicago to Pittsburgh. Some scenes will be filmed in Los Angeles.
Wells wrote the pilot script; Chris Chulack ("ER," "Third Watch," "Homefront") will direct.
Pittsburgh Film Office director Dawn Keezer said her staff has been working with the production for the past couple of weeks to secure local filming.
CBS will announce its fall schedule -- and whether or not "Smith" will ever see the light of day -- in May. It could be an uphill battle: NBC's similarly themed "Heist" premieres next Wednesday.
From Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Date:March 16, 2006
By Rob Owen
"Smith," a Pittsburgh-set CBS drama pilot told from the point of view of career criminals, will shoot in Downtown and Oakland for five days beginning next Thursday.
Executive produced by Carnegie Mellon University alum John Wells, the proposed series stars Ray Liotta, Virginia Madsen, Amy Smart, Jonny Lee Miller, Franky G, Chris Bauer, Michelle Hurd and Simon Baker.
This marks Baker's third Pittsburgh-set project. He starred in the CBS drama "The Guardian" for three seasons and appeared in last summer's George A. Romero movie "Land of the Dead."
Liotta filmed the 1988 movie "Dominic and Eugene" in Pittsburgh.
"Smith" was originally set to shoot in Chicago, setting of Wells' "ER," but the production was unable to secure the locations needed to tell the story of thieves who steal a piece of art from a museum. A publicist for Warner Bros., which will produce "Smith," confirmed the pilot's filming location and setting has shifted from Chicago to Pittsburgh. Some scenes will be filmed in Los Angeles.
Wells wrote the pilot script; Chris Chulack ("ER," "Third Watch," "Homefront") will direct.
Pittsburgh Film Office director Dawn Keezer said her staff has been working with the production for the past couple of weeks to secure local filming.
CBS will announce its fall schedule -- and whether or not "Smith" will ever see the light of day -- in May. It could be an uphill battle: NBC's similarly themed "Heist" premieres next Wednesday.
From Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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