Arts & Entertainment
Stars Shoot Hollywood Film In Hartford
Elizabeth Banks and Sigourney Weaver are among the stars shooting a film in Hartford this week.
HARTFORD, CT — The filming of a movie titled "Call Jane," featuring stars like Elizabeth Banks, Kate Mara, and Sigourney Weaver, was shooting in Hartford on Monday, according to The Hartford Courant.
The description for the movie on IMDb reads: "A married woman with an unwanted pregnancy lives in a time in American where she can't get a legal abortion and works with a group of suburban women to find help."
The film does not have a release date yet and is set in the 1960s, prior to the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ruling.
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The movie is the second to be filmed in Hartford in the last six months.
In November, the Hallmark movie "One Royal Holiday" was shot in Woodstock, Putnam, and Hartford.
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Hollywood comes to Hartford! That’s actress Sigourney Weaver on set of a film shooting this month in #Hartford. #ElizabethBanks, #KateMara & #ChrisMessina are here too. The film is named “Call Jane.” We’ll have more at 6 on @WFSBnews pic.twitter.com/x1qHnUjb2U
— Patricia Del Rio (@patriciadelrio) May 10, 2021
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