A select sampling of recently shot, currently shooting and upcoming films using New York and surrounding locations.
A Beautiful Mind
(Start date: March 27) Imagine Ent./Universal/DreamWorks
Director: Ron Howard
Producer: Brian Grazer
Cast:Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Paul Bettany
Location: Yonkers
Distributor: U
Ali
(Jan. 11, 2001) Columbia Pictures
Director: Michael Mann
Producers: A. Kitman Ho, Michael Mann, Jon Peters, James Lassiter, Paul Ardaji
Cast: Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Jon Voight, Jeffrey Wright, Ron Silver
Bad Company
(March 26) Operative Prods. Touchstone/Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Director: Joel Schumacher
Producer: Jerry Bruckheimer
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Chris Rock, Gabriel Macht, Kerry Washington
Distributor: BV
City By The Sea
(Nov. 14, 2000) Warner Bros./Franchise Pictures/Seabreeze Prods.
Director: Michael Caton-Jones
Producers: Michael Caton-Jones, Elie Samaha, Brad Grey, Matt Baer
Cast: Robert De Niro, Frances McDormand, James Franco, Eliza Dushku
Location: Manhattan
Distributor: WB
Death to Smoochy
(Feb. 17) Smoochy Pictures/Mad Chance Prods.
Director: Danny DeVito
Producers: Andrew Lazar, Peter MacGregor-Scott
Cast: Robin Williams, Edward Norton, Danny DeVito, Catherine Keener
Distributor: WB
Deeds
(March 26) Columbia/Happy Madison Prods./Out of the Blue
Director: Steven Brill
Producers: Jack Giarraputo, Sid Ganis
Cast: Adam Sandler, Winona Ryder, Peter Gallagher, Steve Buscemi
Distributor: Sony
Don’t Say a Word
(Dec. 8, 2000) 20th Century/Kopelson Ent./New Regency Prods.
Director: Gary Fleder
Producers: Arnon Milchan, Arnold Kopelson, Anne Kopelson
Cast: Michael Douglas, Brittany Murphy, Oliver Platt, Famke Janssen
Location: Manhattan
Distributor: Fox
The Duplex
(Upcoming) Duplex Prods.
Director: Greg Mottola
Producer: Drew Barrymore, Stuart Cornfeld, Nancy Juvonen, Ben Stiller
Cast: Drew Barrymore, Ben Stiller
Enter Fleeing
(May 14) InDigEnt/IFC/Goldheart Pictures
Director: Rebecca Miller
Producers: Lemore Syvan, Gary Winick, Alexis Alexanian
Cast: Lili Taylor, Kyra Sedgwick, James LeGros, Ron Leibman
Far From Heaven
(Oct. 15) Killer Films
Director: Todd Haynes
Producer: Christine Vachon, Pamela Koffler, Katie Roumel
Cast: Julianne Moore
Distributor: USA Films
The Guru
(April 18) Working Title Films/Universal/StudioCanal
Director: Daisy von Scherler Mayer
Producers: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Michael London, Shekhar Kapur
Cast: Heather Graham, Marisa Tomei, Jimi Mistry, Christine Baranski
Locations: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens
Distributor: U
The Hours
(Feb. 1) Scott Rudin Prods.
Director: Stephen Daldry
Producer: Scott Rudin
Cast: Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, Ed Harris
Distributor: Par
Hollywood Ending
(working title) (April 2) DreamWorks/Predido Prods.
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Woody Allen, Tea Leoni, Treat Williams, Debra Messing
Location: Manhattan
Distributor: DreamWorks
How to Go out on a Date in Queens
(Dec. 5, 2000) Diva Chihuahua
Director: Michelle Danner
Producers: Michelle Danner, Rob Estes, Brian Drillinger
Cast: Jason Alexander, Bob Estes, Alison Eastwood, Kimberly Williams
Location: Queens
Igby Goes Down
(Feb. 28) Igby Prods.
Director: Burr Steers
Producers: Marco Weber, Lisa Tornell
Cast: Kieran Culkin, Susan Sarandon, Claire Danes, Ryan Phillippe, Jeff Goldblum
Location: Manhattan
Distributor: UA
K-Pax
(Nov. 13, 2000) Universal/Lawrence Gordon Prods.
Director: Iain Softley
Producers: Lawrence Gordon, Lloyd Levin, Robert Colesberry, Sue G. Pollock
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, Mary McCormack, Alfre Woodard
Distributor: U
Kate & Leopold
(Feb. 20) Konrad Pictures/Miramax Films
Director: James Mangold
Producer: Cathy Konrad
Cast: Meg Ryan, Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Natasha Lyonne
Location: Manhattan, Yonkers
Distributor: Miramax
Life, or Something Like It
(April 17) Life or Something Like It Prods.
Director: Stephen Herek
Producers: John Davis, Toby Jaffe, Kenneth Atchity, Chi-Li Wong
Cast: Angelina Jolie, Edward Burns, Tony Shalhoub
Distributor: Fox
Men in Black 2
(June 4) Columbia
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Producers: Walter F. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald
Cast: Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Rip Torn, Lara Flynn Boyle
Distributor: Col
The Palace Thief
(March 3) Universal/Longfellow/Horsepower Ent.
Director: Michael Hoffman
Producers: Marc Abraham, Andy Karsch, Kevin Kline, Emile Hirsch, Embeth Davitz
Location: Emma Willard School in Troy, N.Y.
Distributor: U
Panic Room
(Jan. 8) Columbia
Director: David Fincher
Producers: Gavin Polone, David Koepp, Judy Hofflund
Cast: Jodie Foster, Forest Whitaker, Dwight Yoakam, Jared Leto, Patrick Bauchau
Distributor: Col
People I Know
(Feb. 6) Myriad Pictures/South Fork Pictures
Director: Daniel Algrant
Producers: Leslie Urdang, Karen Tenkhoff, Michael Nozik, Robert Redford (exec), Al Pacino (exec)
Cast: Al Pacino, Ryan O’Neal, Kim Basinger, Tea Leoni
Distributor: Myriad Pictures
Phone Booth
(Dec. 4, 2000) Fox 2000 Pictures
Director: Joel Schumacher
Producers: David Zucker, Gil Netter
Cast: Colin Farrell, Ron Eldard, Forest Whitaker, Katie Holmes
Location: Manhattan
Distributor: Fox
Riding in Cars With Boys
(Aug. 28, 2000) Gracie Films
Director: Penny Marshall
Producers: James L. Brooks, Laurence Mark, Richard Sakai, Julie Ansell
Cast: Drew Barrymore, Steve Zahn, James Woods, Rosie Perez
Locations: Manhattan, Rockland County, Westchester County
Distributor: Columbia
The Royal Tenenbaums
(Feb. 26) Mordecai Pictures
Director: Wes Anderson
Producers: Barry Mendel, Scott Rudin, Wes Anderson
Cast: Gene Hackman, Danny Glover, Anjelica Huston, Bill Murray
Location: Manhattan
Distributor: BV
Spider-Man
(Jan. 8, 2000) Sony/Columbia
Director: Sam Raimi
Producers: Laura Ziskin, Ian Bryce, Stan Lee (exec)
Cast: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Dafoe, James Franco
Distributor: Col
Storytelling
(Aug. 2000) Fine Line/Good Machine/Killer Films
Director: Todd Solondz
Producers: Christine Vachon, Ted Hope
Cast: Heather Matarazzo, James Van Der Beek, Selma Blair, John Goodman
Location: Yonkers
Stuart Little 2
(March 12) Sony Pictures/Imageworks
Director: Rob Minkoff
Producers: Douglas Wick, Lucy Fisher, Jason Clark (exec)
Cast: Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie, Jonathan Lipnicki
Distributor: Col
The Time Machine
(Feb. 5) DreamWorks/Warner Bros.
Director: Simon Wells
Producers: Walter Parkes, David Valdes
Cast: Guy Pearce, Samantha Mumba, Jeremy Irons, Mark Addy
Locations: Albany, Troy, Schenectady, Poughkeepsie
Distributor: DreamWorks
Unfaithful
(March 22) New Regency/Fox 2000
Director: Adrian Lyne
Producers: Adrian Lyne, G. Mac Brown
Cast: Richard Gere, Diane Lane
Location: Westchester
Distributor: New Regency/Fox 2000
Vanilla Sky
(Nov. 20, 2000) Paramount/Cruise/Wagner Prods.
Director: Cameron Crowe
Producers: Tom Cruise, Paula Wagner
Cast: Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Kurt Russell
Location: Manhattan
Distributor: Par
Zoolander
(Sept. 13, 2000) Par/VH1/Mandalay/10th Planet/Red Hour
Director: Ben Stiller
Producers: Scott Rudin, Ben Stiller, Stuart Cornfeld
Cast: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Jerry Stiller, Christine Taylor
Location: Yonkers
Distributor: Par
Source: New York Mayor’s Office of Film, Theater and Broadcasting and Variety production archives