A while back we reported the open casting call for “Contagion”, the movie which is expected to bring stars such as Matt Damon, Kate Winslet and Jude Law to the North Shore, now we can confirm that several locations have been chosen in Wilmette and other locations around Chicago, IL.
According to sources close to Warner Bros, the studio has “inked deals to shoot scenes in the old Sherman Hospital in Elgin and outside a high school in Yorkville” furthermore several locations have been chosen for filming in Wilmette.
Filming is expected to take place in Wilmette at Central Elementary School on Central Avenue, the 600 block of Greenleaf Avenue and William H. Scott Funeral home at 1100 Greenleaf Avenue.
According to the school’s superintendent, filming at Central Elementary is scheduled to take place over Thanksgiving break. The crew will prepare for the shoot starting Nov. 22, while filming at Central School will take place Nov. 23 and 29. The first day of shooting is to include 232 background actors, on Nov. 29, there will be 21 extras.
Filming permits for the area around the private homes and the funeral home requested several days of no-parking zones, parking lot closures, street blockades and fire department assistance, the filming will also require the street to be shut down as a scene in the film includes someone being wheeled into an ambulance on the street.
Shooting in Chicago is expected to place from October 19 though mid-November. The movie is currently shooting in Hong Kong, and several other global locations.
“Contagion” will hit theaters October 2011.
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