They are shooting the Hairspray musical movie in Toronto instead of Baltimore, to take advantage of tax breaks and other benefits of shooting a film north of the border. While the article reports that some shooting will take place in Baltimore, it seems they have now decided simply to recreate Baltimore on a sound stage.
Baltimore is just as much of a character in this story as Tracy Turnblad or Penny Pingleton. John Waters seems to take the filming location change in stride, even though he was a staunch believer in making Baltimore prominent in the settings of most of his movies. It's all about the money these days.
This should be a wake up call to the film industry in the U.S., which needs to institute a few incentives to keep film crews from crossing the borders.
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"Good Morning, Toronto!"
"Good Morning, Soundstage!"
Nah. I don't think so.
Is Waters directing this one as well? I loved the original but am having a hard time getting excited about this one.
Er, giving our tax dollars to Hollywood gazillionaires so they won't take their latte-sipping entourages north of the border? Nah, I think I'll pass on getting behind that one.
Given that, how could it NOT be filmed in Baltimore?
Has someone told Serial Mom about this? I don't think she'd be too happy.
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