Omaha World-Herald: Omaha shoot next week (April 11-15)
Alexander Payne, Matt Damon to shoot film in Omaha next week; locations include Prep, midtown
http://www.omaha.com/go/alexander-payne-matt-damon-to-shoot-film-in-omaha-next/article_39a9584d-dd95-51a3-8b1f-5effa141fe26.html
Alexander Payne will shoot his next movie in Omaha a few days next week, and The World-Herald has learned of a few details and locations, including a school, a pizza place and a few blocks in midtown.
The biggest detail: “Downsizing” star, Matt Damon, will be in Omaha for the shoot.
It’s unknown if any of the film’s other stars — including Kristen Wiig, Neil Patrick Harris, Jason Sudeikis and Christoph Waltz — will be here.
For his new film, Payne is going back to his old school, Creighton Prep, and he’s bringing Damon with him.
This week, Creighton Prep parents received an email that the entire Prep campus will close at 3:15 p.m. Wednesday and will remain closed the rest of the day and evening...
The World-Herald also learned of a couple of other spots where “Downsizing” will be filming next week.
The film will shoot around La Casa Pizzaria, said Victor Hahn, assistant manager of the restaurant at 4432 Leavenworth St.
“I can tell you that there will be no stars,” he said. “It’s simply exterior shots.”
The film will also be shooting around Douglas Street between 46th and 48th Streets.
This week, residents in the neighborhood received courtesy notices from the production, saying that crews will be on site preparing to film throughout next week. The shoot there is slated to take place from 5 p.m. to midnight Monday and from 5 p.m. Thursday to 5 a.m. Friday.
If I were still in Omaha, I'd be all over this -- my old house wasn't too far from midtown. (Alas, I'm about a two-hour drive away from there now.)
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