Back in August principal photography commenced on director Luc Besson’s Malavita. The film stars Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dianna Agron and Tommy Lee Jones and centers on a notorious mafia family who gets relocated to Normandy as part of the witness protection program. Though they’re seemingly out of harm’s way, the family finds it hard to let go of some of their more colorful old habits and soon find themselves “handling things the ‘family’ way.”
Filming ha been taking place in Normandy but will move to NYC this week. According to one of our readers,@m4nwell, Malavita is filming at Bedford Ave and Ross St in Brooklyn, NY on Sunday, October 14.
If you spot Malavita filming in NYC, let us know about it at olv@onlocationvacations.com!
Here’s the press release that was published when filming began in August:
Principal Photography Begins on Luc Besson’s Malavita
De Niro, Pfeiffer, Jones, Agron and D’Leo to Star in EuropaCorp and Relativity’s Comedic Actioner
(Beverly Hills, Calif.) August 8, 2012 –Principal photography begins today on EuropaCorp and Relativity’s comedic actioner Malavita directed by Luc Besson (Taken, Transporter) and starring Oscar®-Winner Robert De Niro (Limitless, Heat), Oscar®-Nominee Michelle Pfeiffer (Dark Shadows, People Like Us), Oscar®-Winner Tommy Lee Jones (No Country For Old Men, Men in Black), Dianna Agron (Glee, I Am Number Four) and John D’Leo (The Wrestler, Wanderlust).
Collaborating with Besson behind the scenes is a creative below-the-line team including: director of photography Thierry Arbogast (The Fifth Element), production designer Hugues Tissandier (Taken), sound editor Ken Yasumoto (The Transporter), costume designer Olivier Bériot (Taken) and editor Julien Rey (The Lady).
The darkly comedic action film Malavita is the story of the Manzonis, a notorious mafia family who gets relocated to Normandy, France under the witness protection program. While they do their best to fit in, old habits die hard and they soon find themselves handling things the “family” way.
Filming commenced in Normandy and will continue in France at La Cité du Cinéma, where the brand new Studios de Paris are located. Additional shooting will take place in New York. The film will bow in 2013 with Relativity handling US distribution as well as working with its foreign output partners on the film’s release in the UK, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Spain, Greece, Thailand and CIS. EuropaCorp will take on distribution in France and handle international sales.
The script is adapted by Besson from the book Badfellas by author Tonino Benacquista. Virginie Besson-Silla (From Paris with Love) from EuropaCorp is producing. Relativity’s Ryan Kavanaugh (The Fighter) is producing, while the studio’s Tucker Tooley (Immortals) will executive produce.
Looking ahead, Relativity will release the edge-of-your seat thriller House at the End of the Street (in theatres September 21, 2012), the outrageous Movie 43 (in theatres January 25, 2013) and comedy 21 and Over (in theatres March 15, 2013). Relativity is currently in post-production on Scott Cooper’s gritty dramatic thriller currently-titled Out of the Furnace and is in production on the film adaptation of Nicholas Sparks’ best-selling Safe Haven (in theatres February 8, 2013) and the corporate espionage thriller Paranoia (in theatres September 27, 2013).
EuropaCorp is currently in production on Taken 2 which it will distribute in France and with its partners in Germany, Scandinavia and Russia. Fox will handle the distribution of the film in the US and throughout its international distribution organization. The company is also in production on Mobius directed by Éric Rochant and starring Oscar®-Winner Jean DuJardin, Cécile De France and Tim Roth.
They had sign’s up in Woodhaven Queens all week on Park Lane South for Sat the 13Th, now the sign;”s are all down,anyone know why they changes it?
I work on the movie but I personal feel maybe they want too cut the shoot time so they just did the brooklyn seen…It “s alway about the money….
Yeah Billy i came in to say exactly the same.. Signs were all taken down when i stepped outside my house Thursday morning… they were down 88th street and 85th road and along park lane south.. was thinking of calling that number and see what happened lolol
I like to know to if they are coming back,Megan if you fine out let me know thank’s i am in Woodhaven too
Just walked by the Bedford Ave and Ross St location and it looks like the signs were taken down there as well. Wonder what’s going on with this production.
Something is up thank’s for the info over there at Bedford Ave
Dianna Agron is not filming in New York. These scenes are the beginning of the movie and her character is a kid
Photo of De Niro here https://twitter.com/Muggsatron/status/257509360723443712
Where r they filming??? Location please?? I went by bedford ave an ross st..there is nothing there…im dying to meet deniro..hes the best!!
They are still shooting on bedford they used my car yesterday and they pick up a couple of more cars from my club for today
https://twitter.com/JohnnyBombola/status/257604530810798081/photo/1 another photo of De Niro
Was there today saw Robert De Niro stop by, looks like he was doing some directing, also saw Dominic Chianese shoot a scene set up outside a social club having a cup of espresso.
Where’s Michelle Pfeiffer!?