FILMING IN NYC: AUGUST EDITION

Filming in NYC: August Edition

 

Film and television crews are still taking advantage of the summer weather in August. This month’s offerings include returning shows like Law & Order: SVU and The Blacklist and up and coming Rebel Wilson movie Isn’t It Romantic. Read on for the full list.

 

The Blacklist

Starring: James Spader, Megan Boone

Filming: West 39th Street and 5th Avenue, Manhattan

Season 6 of The Blacklist is coming to NBC this fall, and fans are ready for it after all of the unresolved questions at the end of Season 5.

 

Manifest

Starring: Josh Dallas

Filming: Hillcrest Avenue and Hillside Avenue, Queens

In this new NBC high concept series, a group of passengers survive a three hour plane crash and find out that five years have passed in the world around them.

 

Ray Donovan

Starring: Liev Schreiber, Jon Voight, Susan Sarandon

Filming: 30th Avenue and 30th Street, Astoria

Ray Donovan is back for Season 6 and for the first time, these 12 episodes are filming in New York City. Season 6 is set to premiere on Showtime this fall.

 

Tell Me A Story

Starring: Billy Magnussen, Kim Cattrall

Filming: East 12th Street and 4th Avenue, Manhattan

This new psychological thriller TV series is set to premiere on CBS All Access this fall. The series is based on the Mexican show Habia una vez and is being developed for American audiences by Scream screenwriter Kevin Williamson.

 

God Friended Me

Starring: Brandon Michael Hall, Suraj Sharma, Joe Morton

Filming: 5th Avenue and 32nd Street, Manhattan

This new fantasy series is coming to CBS this fall, and it centers around Miles, a proud atheist who suddenly, as the title implies, gets a friend request from God on Facebook.

 

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Starring: Rachel Brosnahan, Tony Shalhoub, Alex Borstein

Filming: Montaque Street and Hicks Street

After Season 1 of this Amazon Prime TV series won Golden Globes for Best Comedy Series and Best Actress in a Comedy, it was a no-brainer to renew for Season 2, currently filming. Both seasons are primarily filmed in New York, but made to look like 1958, when the show takes place.

 

Gotham

Starring: Ben McKenzie

Filming: New York Expo Center, Bronx

After Gotham City was evacuated at the end of last season, it will be interesting to see where the show goes from here. The fifth and final season of the superhero centred show is coming in early 2019 and you can see locations from the show on our Super Tour of NYC.

 

Law & Order: SVU

Starring: Mariska Hargitay

Filming: Pierpont Street, Brooklyn

Upcoming Season 12 of SVU will allow it to be tied with Gunsmoke for the longest running drama in the U.S., and we can’t wait for Olivia Benson to solve more cases in NYC.

 

Isn’t It Romantic

Starring: Rebel Wilson, Adam Devine, Priyanka Chopra, Liam Hemsworth, Betty Gilpin

Filming: South Street and South Macquesten Parkway, Mt. Vernon

Rebel Wilson stars as Natalie, a girl who wakes up one day and realizes she is in a rom-com full of clichés in this 2019 film.

 

The Sinner

Starring: Bill Pullman, Carrie Coon

Filming: Broadway Stages Greenpoint, Brooklyn

After the success of Season 1 starring Jessica Biel, Detective Ambrose is back in Season 2, this time starring Carrie Coon from Gone Girl, Fargo, and Avengers: Infinity War. The show premiered August 1st and the latter half of the season is currently filming.

 

FBI

Starring: Missy Peregrym, Jeremy Sisto

Filming: Midtown near Grand Central, Manhattan

From the creator of the Law & Order franchise, this new CBS show about America’s FBI premieres on September 25th and is filming all around NYC.

 

Crashing

Starring: Pete Holmes

Filming: West 3rd Street and 6th Avenue, Manhattan

This Judd Apatow approved comedy series centers on a group of stand-up comedians, all playing fictionalized versions of themselves. After the first two well received seasons aired on HBO, it was renewed for a third season.

 

Instinct

Starring: Alan Cumming

Filming: Court Square, Long Island City

Based on the book Murder Games,Instinct is returning for a second season on CBS, Alan Cumming stars in this procedural thriller taking place in NYC.

 

Jessica Jones

Starring: Krysten Ritter

Filming: West 45th Street and 10th Avenue, Manhattan

Jessica Jones is part of the Marvel Universe, acting as one fourth of The Defenders. Season 3 of the Netflix series is currently being filmed in New York. See Jessica Jones locations on our very own Super Tour.