Amazon's 'The Hunt' With Al Pacino Is Filming In Paterson

PASSAIC COUNTY, NJ — Al Pacino is filming his first regular television role in Paterson.

Amazon's new internet series "The Hunt," starring Academy Award-winner Al Pacino, is filming in Paterson. Parts of Paterson will be transformed into the Warsaw Ghetto, NorthJersey.com reported.

"Al Pacino is coming to Paterson this week," said Mayor Andre Sayegh in a video message on Facebook."Because of the film production there are going to be several street closures."

Sayegh said more media productions are looking at Paterson as a place to film television shows and movies.

"We're drawing a significant amount of interest," Sayegh said. "We are attracting the film industry to Paterson. They want to be here: HBO, Warner Bros., Amazon. There are other pending projects."

Paterson has long been used as a setting for movies and television shows.

Martin Scorsese filmed scenes from "The Irishman," which also stars Pacino, and "The Sopranos" filmed scenes in Paterson during its run on HBO.

"The Hunt," executive-produced by "Get Out's" Jordan Peele, centers around a group of Nazi hunters living in 1977 New York City. They discovered that hundreds of high-ranking Nazi officials are conspiring to create a Fourth Reich in the United States, Deadline.com reported. Pacino's characer is named Meyer Offerman.

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