The makers of a dramatic Apple TV+ thriller starring Natalie Portman were forced to suspend filming in Baltimore after local drug dealers threatened to shoot up the set unless they were paid $50,000, according to reports.
The Baltimore Police Department said that residents of the area warned producers filming “Lady in the Lake” that they would “come back later this evening [and] shoot someone” if they continued their work on the 200 block of Park Avenue in the Bromo Arts District.
The “locals” allegedly told the producers that they would “allow the production to continue” if the producers paid them $50,000, according to a police statement cited by The Los Angeles Times.
The “locals” cited by police were in fact drug dealers whose $50,000 extortion attempt was rejected by the producers, according to a report in the local online publication, The Baltimore Banner.
“The leaders of the production decided to err on the side of caution and reschedule the shoot after they found another location,” the police told the Times.
Natalie Portman’s Apple TV+ show ‘Lady in the Lake’ stops Baltimore filming after shooting threats
Portman, who is also an executive producer of the series, plays a journalist investigating a murder while Ingram portrays a social justice activist in 1960s Baltimore. Nyong’o plays a “hard-working woman juggling motherhood, many jobs, and a passionate commitment to advancing Baltimore’s Black progressive agenda,” according to an Apple press release.
LOL.....A Social Justice/progressive movie, victim of the environment of Murdermore's social justice and progressive policies......Ironic no?
The Baltimore Police Department said that residents of the area warned producers filming “Lady in the Lake” that they would “come back later this evening [and] shoot someone” if they continued their work on the 200 block of Park Avenue in the Bromo Arts District.
The “locals” allegedly told the producers that they would “allow the production to continue” if the producers paid them $50,000, according to a police statement cited by The Los Angeles Times.
The “locals” cited by police were in fact drug dealers whose $50,000 extortion attempt was rejected by the producers, according to a report in the local online publication, The Baltimore Banner.
“The leaders of the production decided to err on the side of caution and reschedule the shoot after they found another location,” the police told the Times.
Natalie Portman’s Apple TV+ show ‘Lady in the Lake’ stops Baltimore filming after shooting threats
Portman, who is also an executive producer of the series, plays a journalist investigating a murder while Ingram portrays a social justice activist in 1960s Baltimore. Nyong’o plays a “hard-working woman juggling motherhood, many jobs, and a passionate commitment to advancing Baltimore’s Black progressive agenda,” according to an Apple press release.
LOL.....A Social Justice/progressive movie, victim of the environment of Murdermore's social justice and progressive policies......Ironic no?
