'Ghostbusters' on the way to SouthField
Aug 28, 2015 at 3:47 PM Aug 28, 2015 at 7:41 PM
Final preparations are being made on the South Weymouth set for the remake of the movie "Ghostbusters."
WEYMOUTH – It's almost time to call "Ghostbusters."
Final touches were being made Friday to the set at SouthField to get ready for filming the remake of the 1984 hit movie featuring a female cast.
The development is on the site of the former South Weymouth Naval Air Station, and the movie is using the hangar and part of the base's runway for the film set. Through the use of green screen magic, the area will appear to moviegoers as Times Square in New York City.
The hangar is one of more than two dozen leftover Navy buildings that were slated for demolition. LStar Management, the master developer for SouthField, decided to keep the hangar and complete a $500,000 renovation to make it into studio space. LStar managing partner Kyle Corkum said he's spoken to companies interested in shooting a television show and another movie in the space.
The movie, which has already been filming scenes in Boston and Easton, stars Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones and Chris Hemsworth.
Once underway, filming at SouthField is expected to last about a month.
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