Some local insiders are saying that the Micky Ward biopic will NOT be filmed in Lowell, where the boxer trained and grew up in. Instead it will be shot in Providence, RI...that means no chance run-ins with Mark Wahlberg or Matt Damon at Cobblestones (bummer).
As with other movies that are based in Massachusetts and filmed else where, the production would be too costly to be filmed here in the Bay State. How they will be able to recreate the character of the Mill City anywhere else is beyond me.
nothing against RI but...what ever happened to "Make It in Massachusetts"
I'll tell you what happened. The movie producers won't slap enough dollars into the open palms of our mafia union bosses or government leaders to allow it to happen. We wouldn't want something good for the state to happen here. Not if it means someone besides corrupt union members will be making the money while our gutless leaders lack the you know what to stand up to them.