Jennifer Beals filming new pilot ‘Ridealong’ in Chicago

Jennifer Beals has landed the lead role in the Fox pilot, Ridealong, which is set to begin filming in Chicago on Tuesday, April 6 (though there have been various reports on Twitter and Facebook of filming taking place downtown today).

In the series, Beals plays Teresa, “a young, female chief of police” who is “attempting to navigate Chicago politics.”

The show will be “filmed primarily on the streets with our cops’ vehicles serving as their offices. It will be part cop procedural, part buddy comedy, part political thriller, part undercover drama… or it will just be a huge mess,” its creator, Shawn Ryan said. “But I’m going to try to make it good.”

If Ridealong is picked up by Fox, Ryan is hoping that it will be filmed entirely in Chicago.

One movie that we know will be entirely filmed in Chicago is, Sin Bin, a new independent feature film starring Jeff Garlin which also begins production next week.

If you spot Ridealong, Sin Bin or any other production filming in Chicago, send us a tip at olv@onlocationvactions.com!

31 COMMENTS

  1. Im so glad Jennifer is starring in her own show finally she is such a good actress and so beautifulIve been following her career since flashdance .Keep up the good work A loyal fan.

  2. Ridealong has been filming all day on Wellington Ave at the intersection of Lincoln and Southport. The streets are a mess, but it makes for an interesting summer!

  3. I think they are filming on Marshfield at Roscoe too… Right under the Paulina stop. Big bright lights, tents, and porta-pottys are all set up nearby. Seemed like a filming of some sort…

  4. I didn’t see JB last night. i saw a pretty red head though. she looked very familiar. any word on todays location? I would like to meet Jason Clarke.

  5. Caught Ride Along chase seen being filmed on 63rd street. Scene involved a blue Mustang being chase by appx. 7 police vehicles. Caught footage on cell. They had 63rd closed from Cottage Grove east to nearly Stoney Island on Chicago’s. south side. It was INTERESTING to watch !

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