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construction, one way traffic and limited sidewalk space all through the week, there are some benefits, Tamkin added. By the time the series is completed filming next year, they will have spent about $1 million locally. “That’s a pretty accurate figure,” he said. “We are paying the District of Kent a monthly permit fee of a significant amount. There are also 30, 40 or 50 people staying in hotels, eating in restaurants, doing their laundry and all of that regular living stuff.” They’ve also hired a large crew of local labourers, although not as many as they’d hoped to. “We were not able to find as much local labour as we thought would could,” he said, due to a lack of available workers. He added that the union workers are all busy working on a George Clooney movie also shooting in Vancouver. And many of the local labourers were already booked up for the time needed. Of those staying from out of town, he estimates they’ve been using about 40 rooms a night in recent weeks. Each business affected by the filming has been contacted by the production company and given a contract that includes a payment for the inconvenience and reimbursements for loss of business. “All those things add up and essentially we’ll leave a million dollars in the area that wasn’t here before,” he said. Wayward Pines will star Matt Dillon, Carla Gugino, Terrence Howard and Juliette Lewis, among others, and is being directed by M. Night Shyamalan. Dillon, the main character, was in town this week for the filming. news@ahobserver.com
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Filming is set to wrap up today (Friday) for the first episode of television series Wayward Pines. Set construction came to a frenzied pace on Wednesday in Agassiz, after several weeks preparation for the filming of the television series. Shooting started Thursday morning, along Pioneer Ave. The entire street has been redesigned to portray the imaginary town of Wayward Pines, ID. The road was completely closed to traffic and parking on Thursday and Friday, said location manager David Tamkin. To ease traffic, production assistants will be on hand every day of shooting, redirecting traffic through Agassiz and helping people find parking. While the street is closed to traffic, all businesses will remain open. Changes will also be seen for transit those days. Bus stops that are normally on Pioneer, outside Lordco and the Observer, will temporarily move to Cheam Ave., behind Lordco. “It will be just like when there is a parade in town,” Tamkin said prior to the shoot. The excitement may wrap up on Friday night, but only temporarily. Many of the stores are completely covered in movie set facades. Those will be removed and stored for the next shooting days, sometime in October, Tamkin said. Any business that is currently disguised or has its sign covered will be restored so that the business can operate as usual. All set dressings will be pulled away or secured, as well, such as the outdoor cafe that has been designed around The Observer office. However, the large set that is
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Matt Dillon and director M. Night Shyamalan walk down Pioneer Ave., which has been transformed into the imaginary town of Wayward Pines, ID.
placed along Pioneer Park will remain in place until shooting of the series wraps up in February. To keep the sets safe, the production company has hired 24 hour
security, with two guards on site at all times. While the downtown may be feeling some minor inconveniences, with the constant
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