FBI Shooting Action Film on GMU Campuses

The FBI is shooting a 30-minute action movie on two of George Mason University’s campuses in December and January to show how law enforcement, fire, rescue and federal agencies collaborate during shooter emergency scenarios.

Filming will take place two days on GMU’s Fairfax Campus starting Friday, Dec. 19 on Rivanna River Road at University Commons, between Amherst Hall and Essex Hall. A minor vehicle accident will be staged midmorning to midafternoon by the sidewalk outside Hanover Hall and an FBI helicopter is tentatively scheduled to film aerial views of the campus Monday, Jan. 26.

Filming will take place from Jan. 4-9 and on Jan. 13 at GMU’s Prince William Campus, during which film crews, emergency vehicles, actors and emergency response personnel will be stationed in and around Bull Run Hall.

Signs around campus will indicate restricted areas and suggest alternate routes while the following areas will be closed:

• Jan. 4, access to Bull Run Hall will be restricted.
• Jan. 4‒13, the Bull Run parking lot will be closed for filming.
• Jan. 5, Cannon Creek Lane will be closed for filming of a staged traffic jam.
• Jan. 5‒6, portions of the Bull Run Hall atrium and second floor will be closed.
• Jan. 5‒7, all events, Governor’s School classes and biomedical classes in Bull Run Hall will be relocated.
• Jan. 8‒9, the rear entrance and rear patio of Bull Run Hall will be closed to pedestrians; George Mason Circle near the EDGE team-building trail and Freedom Aquatic and Fitness Center will be closed for exterior filming.
• Jan. 13, exterior filming is set to take place around Bull Run Hall.

For more information, contact Mason’s director of safety and emergency management, Dave Farris, at dfarris@gmu.edu, or Prince William Campus operations and events coordinator Carrie McVicker at cgrubb1@gmu.edu.

The project is currently seeking college-aged and adult residents to play background extras in the training film. Pay is $125 per day for up to 10-hour days. For more information on casting, visit projectcasting.com.

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